Arihant Patni: I just had a breakfast session with a bunch of corporate venture folks. They’re all talking about how they want to evangelize startups, invest in them, work with them, and partner with them. I think that’s a terrific philosophy. I can talk about a couple of slightly more evolved startups that we invested
Sramana Mitra: I’m going to ask you something based on what we just talked about with your background as the head of platforms at Salesforce.com. My assessment is that there are probably a couple of hundred SaaS companies at this point that are doing upwards of $50 million in annual revenue.
Sramana Mitra: You were okay with them coming to you with a business model hypothesis or a use case hypothesis, but not necessarily a completely validated use case hypothesis?
Sramana Mitra: It is very refreshing to hear that you’re willing to do a $4 million to $5 million round on pure team and concept and no line of code. But the truth is, most of the micro VC’s who are doing B2B SaaS are looking for product-market fit. Some are looking for a certain
Sramana Mitra: It sounds like you’re looking at the enterprise software opportunity that’s born in India, but with a global market. Is that an accurate observation? Arihant Patni: Absolutely. Sramana Mitra: So let’s talk a little bit about these 10 investments that you made. Give us a few examples and help us understand your thought
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Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Matt Holleran as recorded in February 2019. Matt Holleran, General Partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners, talks about his firm’s investment thesis in what he calls Series A. His is one of
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Arihant Patni as recorded in February 2019. Arihant Patni is Managing Director at Ideaspring Capital, a fund focused on enterprise companies born in India and selling to the global market. Sramana Mitra: