We have been watching the Unicorn phenomena very closely over the past few years, as you can see in my series Billion Dollar Unicorns and From Unicorn To Unicorpse. Entrepreneurs looking for some genuine inspiration and advice from startup founders who have built their businesses up to Unicorn levels should have a listen to the
Anirudh Suri, Founding Partner at India Internet Fund, about the funding trends in the Indian startup market.
If you are an entrepreneur in the market for raising financing, you need to understand your segment and the investors that align with it. As I keep pointing out, the early stage investment process has segmented significantly into Pre-Seed, Seed, Post-Seed, Pre-Series A, Small Series A, Large Series A, and firms and individual investors have
Writing the book Billion Dollar Unicorns a few years ago took me through the extensive process of talking to entrepreneurs who have built tech companies with valuations above a billion dollars. While there is a tremendous amount of serendipity involved in any extraordinary success story, one theme came up repeatedly: Bootstrap first, raise money later.
For entrepreneurs interested to meet and chat with Sramana Mitra in person, please join us for our informal group meetup this month. If you are living in the San Francisco Bay Area or are just in town for a visit, we hope you will add these meetups to your calendar and join us. Pre-registration is required,
For entrepreneurs, there may no longer be as many wide-open opportunities out there to build a startup venture around. However, there remain many, many niche opportunities. Some of these businesses need to be built for very small amounts of capital – $1-2 Million, and sold for $10-15M. Is there appetite among Angels for this type of
Entrepreneurs working out of India, or with an interest in India, can hear from some key players about their views of the Indian startup scene, India’s venture capital ecosystem and the India – US startup corridor. The following VC investors share their perspectives, investment strategies, and point to emerging trends in 30-minute podcast interviews. Sandeep
Entrepreneurs interested to learn more about raising funds for their startups need to keep up with what is happening with seed investors today. The seed eco-system has become a 5-stage process, spanning pre-seed, seed, post-seed, pre-Series A, small Series A, big Series A. To provide a deeper look, I’ve recently asked several seed investors what