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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Pachisia of Unshackled Ventures (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: One last question, which is another trend. I would say it’s less visible. We are in 2017. Lots of stuff have already been built. Especially if you’re B2B investors, there aren’t that many wide open opportunities out there nowadays. Building another Salesforce.com is not that easy. There are many niche opportunities. Some of
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Pachisia of Unshackled Ventures (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: VC firms are raising huge amounts of capital. The management fees are so big. They don’t really need to deliver any returns. They are just sitting and becoming fat with fat management fees. Nitin Pachisia: To your earlier question about the trend in the VC industry, you have to decide as a VC
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Pachisia of Unshackled Ventures (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: If you have to make 500 micro-VC funds productive, there needs to be some of these segmentation and clear definition. Otherwise, nobody will find anybody. It’s going to be constantly hit or miss, or it’s going to be very inefficient. The information flow needs to get much more efficient. To your point that
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Pachisia of Unshackled Ventures (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What about the vehicle? Are you doing equity investments or convertible notes? Nitin Pachisia: It’s a mix. We like to do more equity and less convertibles but we work with the founders on whatever is the best solution for them is. Our preference is to do equity and we encourage founders, even for
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Pachisia of Unshackled Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Talk about your portfolio. What have you invested in? What’s interesting? Take a few highlights of your portfolio and walk us through what they are, why you’ve invested in them, and what is the thought process. Nitin Pachisia: We’ve made 18 investments in two and a half years, which is reflective of our
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nitin Pachisia of Unshackled Ventures (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 Pachisia was recorded in October 2017. Nitin Pachisia, Founding Partner at Unshackled Ventures, discusses pre-seed and seed investing. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about Unshackled Ventures. What is the focus of the firm? How
