Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

First up, Satya Choppadhandi from Bangalore, India, presented Evolutech Networks, a company that manufactures wireless energy monitoring devices for the smart home. The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. These resellers buy devices from the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2017

These designs have become integral in many industries, and this industry has shifted globally to areas such as China and India. Medical devices , smartphones, calculators and weapons systems all contain PCBs. One segment of this market includes application and manufacturing, while the other segment focuses on innovation.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

At the height of the pandemic, Mitul helped bring seamless/contactless passenger processing (using biometrics) to airports, airlines and border control agencies across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India to help resume air travel. He was featured on CNBC and quoted in The Times for his work. How Citius Partners helps their clients.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2015

While the Indian Trademark Office has been constantly trying to complete the mammoth task of clearing several thousands of trademark applications pending before it at various stages of prosecution, fulfilling the following steps would help you to protect your trademark in India quickly and cost-effectively.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time, but I needed the time to digest all the other great posts on the topics by other investors, and to analyze specific portfolio data from Haystack over the last five years. Haystack Portfolio Data. Well, that time has finally come.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

However, this primarily applies to businesses within China and India, where these big firms reside, as they rarely invest in startups outside of those two countries. As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. Sequoia , Accel , NEA , etc.). Of course, there are exceptions, but they are minimal.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

They don’t feel the need to do a deal in NYC today, India next week, SF the following. ” I have been spending a lot more time with existing portfolio companies as they all are trying to “ level up.” Markups do not equal success and sometimes equal zeroes for early investors. I can’t do every deal.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Investment theses are just hypotheses; the portfolio shows how accurate the hypothesis was. Avataar Ventures invests exclusively in companies which fit these criteria: “$15 Million + in Annual Recurring Revenues; Strong Tech-Led B2B & SaaS Companies; Core Operations in India/ South East Asia; Open to Active Partnering.”

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Transformify

APRIL 29, 2018

Within the framework of enlarging our client base and increasing product penetration among our clients in India, the Sales representatives are responsible for sales of the Transformify's HR software portfolio.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 10, 2011

First up, Nimesh Khiara from Mumbai, India, discussed StopWaitin , a restaurant reservation system that includes managing waiting lists and is similar in concept to OpenTable. Fortunately, there are numerous such companies in India. For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we teamed up with the Indian Angel Network (IAN).

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. Suresh has an Application Platform-as-a-Service (APaas) business that already has a number of multinational customers, albeit all acquired in India.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 31, 2024

Since then, I’ve received 200+ inbound leads (and counting). Have backed close to 20 emerging GP's over the past 5 yrs & looking to add 3-4 more to the portfolio this year. Investing felt very easy during that time; investment pacing, portfolio construction and follow-on decisions didn’t seem to matter. DM's open.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. with demands for new products and services.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 26, 2021

The rapid transition to remote work also triggered dramatic changes across our portfolio and startups everywhere, most notably by collapsing geographic boundaries. Many of our portfolio companies were able to recruit incredible talent that they never would have had access to previously. . The entire world becomes your talent pool.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. If the negative comments begin to erode his conviction he might withdrawal the deal on his own volition. And I believe this process is very healthy even when it doesn’t feel good. We look at stage, geography and of course sector.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2018

In fact, many of them will do the job just for a portfolio credit. Agencies in the Philippines, India, and other countries with a lower cost of living offer wide range of services, from web designing to content writing and marketing. Another cheaper option is to hire a student to get your website design done.

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Cost Web Development eCommerce Philippines 75

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As we end 2012, Gust is the official, exclusive platform of virtually every national federation of business angels in the world including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, France, Portugal, Spain, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, India, even China, all in their native languages.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 28, 2020

Even though Tesla makes terrific cars (and has a wider portfolio) – its valuation is seriously inflated. I’ve now done with Fortune 50 firms and Governments in the USA, India, China, Singapore & the UK. . – GM $ valuation per car = $5k. – Ford $ valuation per car sold = $17k. Keep thinking, Steve. .

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Valuation Technical Review Singapore India 48

Transformify

JULY 4, 2018

In India, people are used to searching for jobs using popular job portals like Naukri.com, FreshersWorld, etc. Advantages: An established brand in India used by a number of job seekers and employers. The job seekers provide a link to their Linkedin profile, portfolio, etc. Naukri.com.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 19, 2019

I received fantastic input from angels, entrepreneurs, lawyers and VCs across the world, helping me pressure test and compile this list (note: Flybridge portfolio companies are in blue). This year, I added companies from India and China with the help of a number of friends from those communities?—?a

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Why stop at having a few people on payroll to help your portfolio companies succeed? That allows you to help your portfolio companies with many more things, offer better service, and that should see the companies go on to achieve greater results.”. “It It was totally the wrong time of year to go to India.

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Founder Indiana Venture Capital India 102

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

He was a lead for distributed teams in India, Europe and the U.S., Seeing that Web developers take a lot of pride in their online portfolios and keep their LinkedIn profile up to date this just appears incredibly dated. Remote teams are a great thing if you do it right: a team in India, a team in the U.K. and a team in the U.S.

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Europe India Hiring Engineer 139

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Klyati Trehan , a design student from India created a phenomenally impressive project, combining science and typography to visually represent 26 inventions that have changed the world. 21 free tools for perfecting your portfolio | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/1lDrOSB. 10 Code Playgrounds for Developers – crowdspring.co/1jB2aSC.

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Where to Play

AUGUST 18, 2020

In 2000, they included tentage into their portfolio and since then they have established themself as a premium brand in marriage event management. A good indicator for this fact is the growing number of Chai-Startups in India. Their root lies in a small ice-cream manufacturing and sale unit which was established back in 1988.

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Pakistan Sales Cycle Marketing Technical Review 62

Version One Ventures

AUGUST 7, 2018

Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team. We have portfolio companies that are building teams in secondary cities in the U.S. for customer service and in Eastern Europe and India for development.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Examples include Benchmark-backed Popshop Live , or India’s SoftBank-backed unicorn Meesho. Creators are also increasingly becoming angel investors in B2C startups, similar to celebrity investments which are also on the rise, leveraging their profile to help their portfolio stand out. Finally, a small plug to Remagine Ventures.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

While it’s not possible to find strong acquisitions opportunities in every country (the launches in India and Turkey have been organic), it remains a key element of its fast global rollout. Since its acqui-hire of PostoInAuto, BlaBlaCar developed a team that scouts potential acqui-hire opportunities across the globe.

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Italy Technical Review Germany Poland 59

BeyondVC

JANUARY 31, 2006

I had dinner tonight with a portfolio company CEO who has managed to shift most of his resources to India. Today the company has almost 100 employees in India, over 30 of whom have been with the company for 5+ years. Even more impressive is that the employee churn has been pretty low. development manager.

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

over the last few years; in India, a Lightspeed portfolio company Udaan just hit the billion-dollar valuation mark; and last month in China, Pinduoduo rocketed from $0 to $23B+ in less than four years, going public. Only a small handful of other venture firms have grown into such global powers, such as Sequoia and Accel. [

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K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. In at least one case, one of my portfolio companies wasn’t able to source the parts they would have really wanted because Apple had locked up the entire supply chain for that part!

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. with demands for new products and services.

Global 136

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 136

Transformify

JANUARY 21, 2020

Although freelancing may be hard at the beginning, once freelancers build trust and a portfolio of satisfied clients likely to refer even more customers to them, freelancing becomes a source of steady and predictable cash flow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. with demands for new products and services.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 2, 2019

At the same time, to win a project, creative agencies need to demonstrate that they have the right skills and competencies on their teams, provide references and portfolios. Imagine that you have hired freelancers and contingent workers in the US, India and Korea. Research and Development & Life Sciences Organisations.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2020

Almost every company in our portfolio with more than 50 employees either has or is looking at a second (or third, or fourth) location. China and India work, but seem to be harder and more hit or miss. This is especially true for companies headquartered in Silicon Valley, Seattle, and New York.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2011

The company is also looking at reaching out to non-traditional startup investors as another way to diversify their investment portfolios. “We believe that startup investing should be democratized and more people should have access to supporting early stage ventures,” states Grow VC CEO and co-founder Valto Loikkanen.

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