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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Suresh Shanmugham of Saama Capital (Part 4)
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
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With SC Moatti of Mighty Capital (Part 2)
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
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Suresh Shanmugham of Saama Capital (Part 3)
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?
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With SC Moatti of Mighty Capital (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with SC Moatti was recorded in May 2018. SC Moatti, Managing Partner at Mighty Capital, discusses Whales, Dolphins, and more. A wonderful conversation full of wisdom and pragmatism. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Steve Beck of Serra Ventures (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: How did that happen? How did they find you? How did you find them? Steve Beck: I built a company with some guys called C2B Technologies. We sold it to a company called Inktomi in 1999. We had a great exit. We started a little venture firm. One of the companies we began
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Suresh Shanmugham of Saama Capital (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: I understand that in 2007, it was betting on Vijay as the entrepreneur. How long did you stay in that company? Did you seek an exit somewhere along the way? What has been your evolution with that company? Suresh Shanmugham: We have exited a good portion of our position. The company split into
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Steve Beck of Serra Ventures (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What do you need in terms of metrics? Let’s talk about B2B SaaS. Are you looking for a million dollar ARR? Are you looking for paying customers but not yet velocity? What is the comfort zone? Steve Beck: We hear these types of things all the time. What we’re looking for are some
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Suresh Shanmugham of Saama Capital (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Suresh Shanmugham was recorded in May 2018. Suresh Shanmugham, Managing Partner at Saama Capital, talks about the Indian venture capital eco-system, trends, exits, and his firm’s investment strategy. Sramana Mitra: What we’re
