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Everyone says Zerodha is completely bootstrapped, yet there’s this big chunk—29.9%—labeled under Austin Global Ventures. Is it an external investor, or just a holding entity the founders set up? It’s not typical VC money, so maybe it’s just a family office. Either way, it raises questions about the term “bootstrapped.”

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