Sramana Mitra: Is this the traditional way that you get involved in a company? Do you have people in your community who go out and raise funding and bring you into the cap table? Or are VCs also bringing you into the cap table? SC Moatti: In the example of Amplitude, we were brought in by
Sramana Mitra: Your primary business is in the small investment area. You have a $100 million fund and you’re doing Series A and pre-Series A. What is your current e-commerce strategy in terms of early-stage investments? Suresh Shanmugham: From our standpoint, we are certainly open to looking at e-commerce opportunities. I don’t think there is
Sramana Mitra: How does this audience stay engaged with you? You have this other platform that is adjacent to your fund activities. Is that a community? Is that a newsletter? SC Moatti: If you go to our website, you’ll see that we have a number of online programs with videos, podcasts, and blog articles. Our
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Sramana Mitra: You worked for a couple of more startups after this? Jyoti Bansal: I came here because I wanted to start my own company. The challenge was that I was on an H1B visa. You’re not really allowed to quit your job and start your own company. I worked in a company for a
The Economist recently did an article titled Why Startups Are Leaving Silicon Valley. The positive message in the article is that entrepreneurship has now spread around the world. Compelling ventures are getting built everywhere. Today, we put the spotlight on Utah. Utah’s first major break came with Omniture which Adobe acquired in 2009 for $1.8 billion. Founder
Sramana Mitra: That company has gone in a different direction since then. Why don’t you talk about what you see in that situation? That would give us a good segue into a trend discussion on Indian e-commerce, especially given the shifts that are happening there. What is your current analysis of the Indian e-commerce market?