Nandini Mansinghka: I think what has happened is that even in our portfolio, once in a while we do come across a company that looks like a potential unicorn. And that’s when you finally see a lot of investors coming in. Over a period of time, we haven’t always seen that case. So the ones
Sramana Mitra: You mentioned traction. For Mumbai Angels to be interested in a company, what kind of traction do you want to see? It sounds like you don’t do concept financing, do you? Nandini Mansinghka: We would do concept financing. We will fund anything which is a people company. It’s not an idea stage that
Sramana Mitra: What about sectors? Of course, India has gone through a lot of different cycles already in terms of sector popularity and experiments. So what are your conclusions and investment thesis around sectors at this point? Nandini Mansinghka: That’s a very interesting question. We’ve seen a slight shift in the trend over the years.
Sramana Mitra: Can you talk a bit about the way you work? If an entrepreneur wants to work with Mumbai Angels, what would be the procedure? Is it a subset of the angels who are investing? How do you manage that process? Just give us a little bit of color on the mechanics. Nandini Mansinghka:
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Nandini Mansinghka was recorded in January 2019. Nandini Mansinghka is CEO and Managing Director at Mumbai Angels Network, one of the oldest angel networks in India. Sramana Mitra: Nandini Mansinghka, from Mumbai
Nandini Mansinghka is CEO and Managing Director at Mumbai Angels Network, one of the oldest angel networks in India.
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