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By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many investments resulted from that competition? Padmaja: This whole program was really to inspire entrepreneurship in the country. A large number of them benefited from the mentoring. In fact, every single person who was declined was given specific feedback as to why he or she

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Padmaja Ruparel, President, Indian Angel Network (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What are your current sources of deal flow? Padmaja: There are various sources. One is, of course, our own members. For each of them, if you look at our website and go through the profiles of our investors, you can see that they themselves are brands

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Padmaja Ruparel, President, Indian Angel Network (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the eighth interview in our series on seed financing and angel investing. I am talking to Padmaja Ruparel, president of Indian Angel Network. She is based in New Delhi, India. Irina: Hi, Padmaja. Let’s start with your telling us a little bit about yourself. Padmaja:

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