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Today’s 581st FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, June 30, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup All are welcome!
Sramana Mitra: What are some examples of really good companies that are focused on that segment? Chandrashekar Kupperi: There is a company which is into chocolates. They chose tier 3 and tier 4 markets because you have the big companies in tier 1 and tier 2. What this has done is has led to the
Sramana Mitra: Then what happens after 2011? David Liu: Around 2015, we had the first investor. We had a high-net-worth individual who was interested in investing in the business. Sramana Mitra: How did that person get involved? How did you find him? David Liu: His son had just started a new e-commerce business and went
Sramana Mitra: Do you want to act as a feeder into these humongous rounds? Small funds like yours get diluted heavily. The game that the Tiger’s and Softbank’s are playing is putting in huge amounts of money in the later rounds. Some of the smaller funds that we have brought in say is it’s not
Sramana Mitra: In 2007 when you put together the appliance, how many customers did you get? How much were they paying on average? David Liu: By 2007, we’d won Nokia. Nokia started deploying us globally. We also got Juniper Networks. Sramana Mitra: This is still just you? David Liu: Yes. Sramana Mitra: Fantastic!
Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to a few examples of companies that you’ve invested in within the tech-enabled field. Chandrashekar Kupperi: The first is an EdTech company. This is a startup that helps students or professionals connect with the right mentors. It all happens via AI. It ensures that any follow-on support is given.
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 581st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others