Sramana Mitra: If you were to assess, how many enterprise software companies that fit your thesis are operating in the market currently? What would be that number? Is it like thousands of companies? Tens of thousands of companies? What are we talking about? Arihant Patni: We definitely have thousands of companies. This is in the
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: 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 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
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: