Sramana Mitra: Have you seen any analysis or reporting on how many active entrepreneurs there are in the Indian ecosystem right now? Rajul Garg: I do remember seeing that at some point in time, but I’m not able to recall the report. I was at an Accenture event recently. In 2017, my guess is around
Sramana Mitra: You said you like early exits. Does that mean that if the company is raising more money after your angel round, you actually sell out on those rounds? Nitin Rai: If we have an opportunity, we will. The biggest issue for any company is when they hit the $2 million to $3 million
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Sramana Mitra: How big did the company become revenue-wise? Ram Palaniappan: The company ended up with a private equity firm getting a stake in it. Subsequently, the company was acquired by a public company called Green Dot. Sramana Mitra: Was the parent company financing it when you were brought in? Ram Palaniappan: It was financed
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Sramana Mitra: Talk about your current portfolio. What have you invested in? What are the highlights? As you’re describing, give us some insights into when they came to you, what did you see that captured your imagination. Rajul Garg: We only became a fund late last year and started investing. We’ve made four investments so
Sramana Mitra: We’ve done stories on other companies from Oregon that have that dynamic of very capital-efficient execution. We did a story on ShareID, which you probably know. I think they’re Eugene-based. Nitin Rai: I’m an early investor. Sramana Mitra: We did that story very early on. They were already quite successful. They were already