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About Karthik:
Karthik founded Blume with Sanjay Nath in 2011. Karthik has shaped Blume’s investment approach and philosophy over the years, and in turn has overseen investments in some of Blume’s leading portfolio companies such as Servify, Belong, Exotel, Grey Orange Robotics, Unacademy, Healthifyme and Railyatri amongst other emerging stars.
Karthik’s stints at American Express, Reuters Instinet and The Times of India Group have given him a breadth of experience across the US and India in Financial Markets, Technology and Media. He is an alumni of IIT Roorkee, IIM Bangalore and The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.
Karthik is based in Mumbai.
How fast is Venture Capital growing in India? ⚡🤔
(00:00) Intro + doola.com/exerton
(02:18) Who is Karthik?
(04:29) VC in India in early 2000s
(06:49) Why did Indian investors start investing in India and how is the flow of money growing now?
(12:00) What difference does it make for funds to raise from Indian investors vs foreign investors?
(14:00) Who invests in Indian Funds in India?
(17:33) How do Indian LPs want to make money?
(18:40) How do different LPs look at allocation differently?
(19:45) Is Indian allocation to VC same as other countries?
(21:06) Do Indian VCs have same risk appetite as investors in other countries
(25:00) Market is the God. How should founders change according to markets?
(27:18) How does lack of risk affect innovation by companies?
Enjoy!
Get your company registered! doola.com/exerton
About Karthik:
Karthik founded Blume with Sanjay Nath in 2011. Karthik has shaped Blume’s investment approach and philosophy over the years, and in turn has overseen investments in some of Blume’s leading portfolio companies such as Servify, Belong, Exotel, Grey Orange Robotics, Unacademy, Healthifyme and Railyatri amongst other emerging stars.
Karthik’s stints at American Express, Reuters Instinet and The Times of India Group have given him a breadth of experience across the US and India in Financial Markets, Technology and Media. He is an alumni of IIT Roorkee, IIM Bangalore and The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.
Karthik is based in Mumbai.
How fast is Venture Capital growing in India? ⚡🤔
(00:00) Intro + doola.com/exerton
(02:18) Who is Karthik?
(04:29) VC in India in early 2000s
(06:49) Why did Indian investors start investing in India and how is the flow of money growing now?
(12:00) What difference does it make for funds to raise from Indian investors vs foreign investors?
(14:00) Who invests in Indian Funds in India?
(17:33) How do Indian LPs want to make money?
(18:40) How do different LPs look at allocation differently?
(19:45) Is Indian allocation to VC same as other countries?
(21:06) Do Indian VCs have same risk appetite as investors in other countries
(25:00) Market is the God. How should founders change according to markets?
(27:18) How does lack of risk affect innovation by companies?
Enjoy!
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