in venture capital, ultimately “only a handful of companies per year actually matter” just 6 firms led the Series A of ~60% of startups in India that are worth $1B+ today. the list of firms leading investments in these cos is fairly predictable - PANZEL + Tiger Global

Impromptu mini BITS-Goa reunion today with Nishith Rastogi Sarthak Singh mridulagoel at the Locus office. Fun fact - Nishith crashed at my place in Bombay when he came to pitch Sanjay Nath at Blume for their seed round back in 2015 ☺️ Locus had an Insane journey over

Woke up to find Raghav Gupta and my cooking buddy Posha just made it to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025 ✨ ✨ Perfect example of the hardware arc: years of quiet grind, then a headline 🫡 time.com/collections/be…

Bitsian VCs x Diwali x Swish House party was super successful 🥰❤️ Thanks for the yummy snacks Swish Shreyash Singh And thanks for organising the banger party Monarch Sarthak Singh

Always feel uneasy when I hear someone emphasise‘momentum is the moat’. Feels like Sign of a bubble! Reminds me of unicorns of 2019–21 era: the B2B commerce, edtech, and hospitality companies that bought PMF with VC dollars and had to unwind it all just as fast. My learning:

Deepinder calling investors, trying to raise $5M just to keep Zomato alive. Wild to think this was only 5 years ago! Very excited to read the full cover. Congrats Megha Vishwanath

Such a special tradition✨. Took me back to my first corporate Diwali at InfoEdge (2019). Early grind days - team used to come in early and leave late. There was nothing the night before. Walked in the next morning and every desk had gifts waiting, across all desks all

Helping the Accel in India team hire and I’m betting Twitter > Consultants. We’re expanding Consumer team and looking for an early-career trend-spotter who lives and breathes consumer culture. Bonus: fast-growing consumer startup exp. Refer with: LinkedIn + 1 line on why they’re

Featuring Posha for Diwali

Might do a SF meetup tomorrow (Sunday) ! If you're down for some good talks and vibes, please DM!

Winning Bharat lies at the intersection of its faith, languages and culture, and how all three become part of product building. Nishchay sharing thoughts on how to win Bharat at the JarXchange event. Jar

Love the format - small group x real conversations. We are building a community of curious operators > hosting another mixer/panel. In BLR next week with Siddharth Ram & main man Sathya for Watch Party #1. 10 seats - more in the post!

Generation Lab (S25) raises an $11M seed round to continue their mission of reversing aging. Led by Accel //Generation Lab

We’re hosting a small watch party next week in #Bengaluru with some sharp individuals trying to break into VC or grow in VC, a couple of us who’ve been around for a while, and a few faces you’ll definitely be seeing more of soon. Watch Party #1 for Venture Capital Aspirants

If you’re an AI geek sitting on the fence about starting up, this role’s for you. A fair warning: working with Shekhar Kirani might just turn you into a founder. The last 3 folks joined, learned, and raised from him. One of the best people to work with. Dream Role.

Idk what pulls us all together, but the BITSian circuit is something else. Grateful every day 🫡❤️ 1st investment - in BITSian Deal flow - from BITSians Operators I lean on for DD - BITSians Seniors I call for advice - BITSians My Diwali parties - full of BITSians Colleagues who