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Piyush Lohia

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Same applies to startup funding as well. As a VC, I’ve run into a lot of cases where it’s perfectly viable for a startup to leverage debt instead of selling equity. This is especially true in manufacturing based startups. However, there’s also a dearth of venture debt funds in India. Hope that improves.

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