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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sumant Mandal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at March Capital (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: You have been around for a long time and so have I. We have come from this era in Silicon Valley where people would not invest in companies that are more than 15 miles away from them. Now, people are investing without meeting people. What is your current thesis around what geography you
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sumant Mandal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at March Capital (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: What we also see in the Bootstrapping to Exit mode of company building is a lot of acquisition hires. We have sold companies in our portfolio in that mode. These are typically companies with a little bit of angel financing that go straight for an exit. We pulled a company to Qualys, for
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sumant Mandal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at March Capital (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: The pool of talent has also broadened. Even a little country like Uruguay now has a couple of unicorns. I remember we did a case study a long time ago where there were two founders that met on the internet. One was from Ireland and the other was from Montevideo in Uruguay. When
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sumant Mandal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at March Capital (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Are you saying that you are willing to write a $5 million check on a concept if those criteria are there? Sumant Mandal: Yes. Sramana Mitra: That is unusual these days, because people want the pre-seed and the seed guys to finance the company to significant traction before they are willing to write
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sumant Mandal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at March Capital (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: As you know, we have run 1M1M as a global virtual company right from the beginning, so nothing changed in our workflow. We don’t do anything in person. Sumant Mandal: If you have kids at home, they are very keen for you to go back to the office, especially teenagers. Sramana Mitra: Yes,
