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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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- The Future: End of Capitalism
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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Rai of Elevate Capital (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: You said you like early exits. Does that mean that if the company is raising more money after your angel round, you actually sell out on those rounds? Nitin Rai: If we have an opportunity, we will. The biggest issue for any company is when they hit the $2 million to $3 million
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rajul Garg of Leo Capital (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Talk about your current portfolio. What have you invested in? What are the highlights? As you’re describing, give us some insights into when they came to you, what did you see that captured your imagination. Rajul Garg: We only became a fund late last year and started investing. We’ve made four investments so
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Rai of Elevate Capital (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: We’ve done stories on other companies from Oregon that have that dynamic of very capital-efficient execution. We did a story on ShareID, which you probably know. I think they’re Eugene-based. Nitin Rai: I’m an early investor. Sramana Mitra: We did that story very early on. They were already quite successful. They were already
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rajul Garg of Leo Capital (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: On the B2C side, the Indian investors are investing in mostly India-facing companies. Is that also your preference or are you also doing global B2C? The counterpoint of that is when it comes to SaaS, we see Indian investors mostly interested in doing global-facing companies and not so much the India-facing companies. There
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Rai of Elevate Capital (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What about industry trends? Nitin Rai: We see a very diverse group of entrepreneurs. Between 40% and 60% are technology. On the technology side, we see SaaS, VR/AR, IoT. We see a fair amount of medical device type of companies. We see apparel. We see sports. Sramana Mitra: Let me double-click down. We
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Corey Schmid of Seven Peaks Ventures (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Is there anything else that I should have asked you? Corey Schmid: I’m curious to hear your thoughts a bit on the correction going on in the market now. Sramana Mitra: It’s way overdue. Corey Schmid: It is way overdue. It’s not a crash. I think it’s a correction, and it’s happening. One
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rajul Garg of Leo 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 Rajul Garg of Leo Capital was recorded in February 2018. Rajul Garg, Head of Investments at Leo Capital, discusses the Indian startup eco-system and his fund’s investment focus. Sramana Mitra: Let’s introduce you to
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Rai of Elevate 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 Nitin Rai of Elevate Capital was recorded in February 2018. Nitin Rai, Managing Director at Elevate Capital, made a compelling case for investing in niche businesses with the upfront goal of scoring early exits.
