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Episode Synopsis
Ranjan Kant is a co-founder of Arthmate.
Arthmate is enabling entrepreneurs of emerging Bharat.
He also co-founded Ofbusiness. Currently valued at $5B. And Ranjan is also a prolific angel investor.
Timeline:
00:00: Top moments
01:45: What drove Ranjan to angel investment and what was his first angel investment?
03:33: How does Ranjan pick and win deals?
07:24: What cheque sizes does he write and what sectors that Ranjan invests in?
08:52: What are the biggest wins and misses for Ranjan and his learnings from them?
12:26: Something Ranjan knows now he wishes he knew earlier.
16:48 His advice to operator angels looking to start angel investing
21:00 What was the founding story of Arthmate?
25:30 Who was the first believer of Arthmate?
26:14 If money and attention are not needed anymore what would he work on?
27:37 How much of his success would he attribute to luck and why?
29:23 What is his relationship with money?
Arthmate is enabling entrepreneurs of emerging Bharat.
He also co-founded Ofbusiness. Currently valued at $5B. And Ranjan is also a prolific angel investor.
Timeline:
00:00: Top moments
01:45: What drove Ranjan to angel investment and what was his first angel investment?
03:33: How does Ranjan pick and win deals?
07:24: What cheque sizes does he write and what sectors that Ranjan invests in?
08:52: What are the biggest wins and misses for Ranjan and his learnings from them?
12:26: Something Ranjan knows now he wishes he knew earlier.
16:48 His advice to operator angels looking to start angel investing
21:00 What was the founding story of Arthmate?
25:30 Who was the first believer of Arthmate?
26:14 If money and attention are not needed anymore what would he work on?
27:37 How much of his success would he attribute to luck and why?
29:23 What is his relationship with money?
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