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Priyank

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Unpopular Opinion: If you have zero traction, donā€™t pitch VCs yet. You know what I see too often? Founders sending decks before theyā€™ve even tested the idea. Hereā€™s the blunt truth: šŸ’” VCs donā€™t fund ideas. They fund signals. And ā€œsignalā€ doesnā€™t

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Samanth Shetty

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There are VC's specially for pre-seed too. But just less in India. The paragraph is 50-50 correct. There are many pre-seed or seed round happens in India recently oben got seed funded.

Priyank

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Thanks for your response man! If you read, what I am saying is VC need to see traction in the idea - not just the idea. Its true even in the pre-seed stage. If will be great of you can give me one such example in India where VCs funded an idea even b

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Samanth Shetty

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One of the best example is CRED & DUNZO. 1.Dunzo was funded in 2015 with a idea by blume venture I guess later google backed them. 2.Cred was funded in complete idea stage even pre-product stage idk investors but yea it was funded before even the product was released. Many more like Razorpay, FamPay and Meesho via YC Ather energy is funded at idea stage too šŸ‘€ there are alot if you see or search about it...

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