Privileged to be living in India at a time when nation building is digital first! We may not realize it today: we are lucky to be working alongside the new digital industrialists (founders), a once in a country's lifetime journey and the next decade will be transformational 1/3

Matrix Partners India will change its brand name to Z47 (pronounced: ZEE-forty-seven) beginning July 1, as part of a broader branding effort. The new name is inspired by India’s journey towards a developed country by 2047, with India’s founder and digital ecosystem at the heart

Last Friday, we hosted 60+ Consumer Brand founders at our office for our weekly Dugout. The room was packed beyond capacity despite the evening rain & traffic. The panel included Chirag (GoKwik), Romita (Foxtale), CV (Matrix Partners India aka Z47) & my colleague Divyanshi

India's sports landscape is rapidly evolving, with over 5,000 organized sports turfs experiencing a dynamic 25% CAGR. The sports and athleisure footwear segment presents a significant opportunity, boasting a $2.5 Billion Total Addressable Market growing at a 16% CAGR.

💪 Whether you’re building in sports and fitness or passionate about shaping its future in India, join us for the Move-A-Thon Mixer tomorrow. To deliberate the potential of this burgeoning sector, we are excited to have Abhishek Ganguly, Co-founder & CEO of Agilitas;

Vamos, Rafa Nadal!   As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.   Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I

The weight of grief bears down on me at the news of the passing of my honoured and cherished friend: Dr Manmohan Singh. Obituaries, essays and books a plenty there will surely be about this great man, celebrating him as the architect of India’s economic reforms. As Prime

New year, new project. To start with, covering up for the days gone by. I’ll then start posting one picture daily on this thread. It’s an audacious goal but hey, that’s the fun part. If you like something or have some suggestions, I’m all ears. Lfg!

Two worlds colliding- favourite podcast meets forever obsession!

At Z47 we are big believers in the India growth story. The "47" in our brand stands for 2047 - a year that marks 100 years of India's independence and hopefully by then a nation that is fully developed and sovereign. (1/n) Avnish Bajaj #MakeInIndia

One of the finest humans I’ve had the honour of knowing. And the best gaming brain in India. Our loss of Vivek Ramachandran as a colleague << Value created for India gaming. Vivek and sashank vandrangi are building something special at GameRamp. And hiring across roles in BLR.

Long Delhi-NCR! Founders will surprise you on grit, resourcefulness and bottomline :)

When someone in New York buys Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s brand or Purple Style Labs (PSL), why should their checkout feel any different from shopping at a luxury store on Fifth Avenue? Razorpay just launched @apple Pay for Indian businesses, and it's solving exactly this problem.

Dream of a New India 🇮🇳 powered by the New Generation! ➡️ CG Pratik Mathur met a dynamic team of venture capitalists from Z47 who have backed several pioneering Indian startups and #unicorns. ➡️ Young Indian entrepreneurs shared their global expansion strategies, with India

Protein ke peeche kya hai? AKA Why are protein powders a black box? Let's change that. Let's take the protein conversation out of gyms and into our living rooms. And let's have a bit of a laugh as we do it ;)

Pranay Desai and Vikram Vaidyanathan (Z47) did our Seed Round when we didn't have GreyLabs AI email ID and were still on our personal email IDs. Seed stage investing is about betting on the Founders and Market rather than on Business/Product.

I moved back to India in 2013 with a simple mission: to build AI for the country. Since then, I've been incredibly fortunate to build Haptik, invest in 100+ startups, co-create TEAM for Mumbai and contribute to our sovereign AI strategy through the IndiaAI Mission. Today, all of

It is so poetic that the year Max Verstappen most firmly and unarguably makes a firm claim to be the GOAT is the year he doesn’t win the championship 🐐