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📉 From 66 to 4: What's happening with Y Combinator and Indian Startups? 🇮🇳 Y Combinator's backing of Indian startups significantly dropped in 2024, and it's a fascinating shift! Here's why: * "Reverse Flipping" Costs: YC's requirement for a U

Indian startups are Reverse Flipping. Many startups incorporate in countries like Singapore, Mauritius, the US (primarily for SaaS), or the Cayman Islands for several reasons: - Ease of doing business - Tax incentives - Better funding opportunities

Swiggy's upcoming IPO will be a multibagger win for early VC investors. 🎯Detailed insights will be available once their DRHP is public, but if you look at the history - - Elevation Capital: Investment of $5.9 M turned into $61.8 M (~10x returns) -

Building SaaS from India for the world - Rocketlane raises a $24 M Series B. ➡️Total Funding: $45 M (Seed at $3 M, Series A at $18 M) ⏫Lead investors: 8VC, Matrix Partners and Nexus VP. In recent years, many Indian startups are building SaaS compan

Surge, The Y Combinator of India! So Surge is a seed-stage accelerator program launched in 2019 by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA). It provides early-stage startups in India and Southeast Asia with funding, mentorship, and

Q1 25 - Startups have secured just over $3.1 B in funding, across 232 deals. Several VC firms have recently closed or launched new funds in the last quarter⤵️ - Bessemer VP → Closed a $350 M India Fund II - Accel → Raised $650 M for India Fund VIII

I genuinely feel sad when any Indian startup boasts about being funded by Y Combinator 🙏🙏 That is so because there is this unwritten rule that YC only invests in startups which are registered in the US, Singapore, Canada or Cayman Islands. So eve

I assumed H&M’s lower price point would translate into healthier profits. H&M may lead in total sales, but it’s shelling out 4.5× what Zara pays in royalties — ₹865 Cr vs Zara’s ₹190 Cr, eating into margins⤵️ (source - Entrackr) From what I’ve seen

Accel closed its 8th India fund with a $ 650 M corpus. Since entering India in 2008, Accel has been a key investor in some of the most influential startups. 📄A few early investments of Accel that have become behemoths today - - Myntra: Seed inv. i

I never thought sustainable jet fuel would be within reach so soon. Twelve, a carbon emissions company in the US, announced a $645 M Series C today. ⏭️Investors include: Capricorn Inv. Group, Pulse Fund, TPG ✈️Twelve seems to have built insane te