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Investment Thesis — India’s Pickleball Opportunity

Posting about this thesis was a chance meeting with a friend who wanted to start a pickleball business. From the outset, it seems she’s…

Feb 22

Investment Thesis — India’s Pickleball Opportunity

Feb 22

What organizations and startups get wrong about strategy

At the turn of the New Year, companies usually look at strategy. For multinational players, calls are set up looping in all key…

Feb 13

What organizations and startups get wrong about strategy

Feb 13

Metrics 101: What VCs look at while evaluating startups

Executing startup investments is hard. Wiring the actual investment may be easy, but figuring out which startups to fund is tedious. It is…

Oct 31, 2024

Metrics 101: What VCs look at while evaluating startups

Oct 31, 2024

What Startups need to understand about Venture Capitalists

Recently, a friend of mine built an app for resellers. He has been working on it for quite some time. It has been 1–2 years since he has…

Jun 28, 2024

What Startups need to understand about Venture Capitalists

Jun 28, 2024

Sales Prospecting in the New World for Startups

Disclaimer — This post was intended to be a lite paper, i.e., a condensed version of a much larger post. Also, this post is designed for…

Jun 8, 2024

Sales Prospecting in the New World for Startups

Jun 8, 2024

Raising funds during a funding winter

Recently, I was speaking with a friend of mine who is looking at launching an online reseller marketplace. His model is similar to that of…

May 25, 2024

Raising funds during a funding winter

May 25, 2024

The Essence of a Pitch Deck

When I speak with founders of early-stage startups, most work tirelessly on pitch decks. Decks for investors, decks for customers…

Feb 17, 2024

The Essence of a Pitch Deck

Feb 17, 2024

Investment Thesis Part 1: Edtech

Two things happened in 2023. India’s Edtech sector went balls up. Valuations of companies such as Byjus were slashed. This eventually…

Jan 9, 2024

Investment Thesis Part 1: Edtech

Jan 9, 2024

The VC and Founder Fitment

Most, if not all VC funds look at founder profiles as the first cut. Pitch decks typically carry one slide with the founding team…

Jan 3, 2024

The VC and Founder Fitment

Jan 3, 2024

Navigating The Funding Winter

It is no secret that India is going through a funding winter. Investors are growing increasingly wary of funding startups with dubious…

Jan 1, 2024

Navigating The Funding Winter

Jan 1, 2024

Abhijit Raghunathan

Abhijit Raghunathan

I write stuff down when I need to think. So what you're reading are a few thoughts I have penned down that might just add value to you :)

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