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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

Metrics 101: What VCs look at while evaluating startups

Oct 31

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

What Startups need to understand about Venture Capitalists

Jun 28

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

Sales Prospecting in the New World for Startups

Jun 8

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

Raising funds during a funding winter

May 25

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

The Essence of a Pitch Deck

Feb 17

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

Investment Thesis Part 1: Edtech

Jan 9

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

The VC and Founder Fitment

Jan 3

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

Navigating The Funding Winter

Jan 1

Embracing the Metaverse as a Practical Marketing Channel

TL;DR — This is a longer read than usual :).

Dec 31, 2023

Embracing the Metaverse as a Practical Marketing Channel

Dec 31, 2023

Decoding My Angel Investment Thesis

Angel investors have it tough, especially during a funding winter. They have to build their pipelines and analyze startups. Larger funds…

Dec 31, 2023

Decoding My Angel Investment Thesis

Dec 31, 2023

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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