Commentary (2019)

Nov 2019

The Hunt For India’s Deep-Tech Unicorn: Blume Ventures Battles The Odds
VC investor Blume Ventures is seeding a deep-tech ecosystem in India, funding a bevy of startups. It’s nurturing companies and helping them tap overseas markets and bring in global investors. Blume’s founders believe that a deep-tech unicorn in India may not…
Sectors
DeepTech
Topics
#Fundraising
#investing
Direct Listings, Raising The Bar And Centurion Founders (Let’s Aim For 100M ARR, Not Valuation)
The Founder’s lens Moving beyond the traditional avenues of banker-driven IPOs, today’s leading unicorns are taking an alternative that has now become an upward trend. Reputed venture capitalists such as Benchmark’s Bill Gurley and…
Authors
Sanjay Nath
Topics
#Innovation
#IPO
#Entrepreneurship

Oct 2019

Sep 2019

(TL;DR) Keep Calm And Take The Road Less Travelled (A Three-Part Essay)
The Indian VC-supported startup world doesn’t seem to have come to terms with an important eventuality – Venture cycle completions means companies going public and creating monstrously large public companies that are eventually the source of smaller acquisitions…
Authors
Karthik Reddy
Topics
#Innovation

Aug 2019

Highlights From Our Recent Chai & Chatter On ‘Future Of Work’
Why do companies exist? Why is the gig economy growing? What will the firm of the future look like? These were some of the questions with which we kickstarted Blume’s 7th Chai & Chatter on the theme of ‘Future of Work’. Chai & Chatter, or C&C as…

Jul 2019

May 2019

Apr 2019

Insights

The Hunt For India’s Deep-Tech Unicorn: Blume Ventures Battles The Odds

Direct Listings, Raising The Bar And Centurion Founders (Let’s Aim For 100M ARR, Not Valuation)

PART III Epilogue

PART II: Keep Calm And Pick A ‘Listable-Founder’ Mindset

PART I: Keep Calm And Go All The Way To The IPO Bell (At Least In Your Head)

(TL;DR) Keep Calm And Take The Road Less Travelled (A Three-Part Essay)

Highlights From Our Recent Chai & Chatter On ‘Future Of Work’

Why We Invested in Procol

Thoughts On The Future Of Work – Part 1

Thoughts On The Future Of Work – Part 2

Chronicling NewSpace Part 2: Role Of US Space Policy

#ReversePitch: How Is Blume Thinking About Drones?

Building A ‘Founder-First’ Ecosystem

Chronicling NewSpace Part 1: Emergence Of SpaceX

How Prashant Singh Of PayTM Thinks About Product Management

LATAM Learnings

Decoding ESOPs: Legal Framework, Tax Implications And Compliances

Putting The ‘Ed’ Back In EdTech

[Chai & Chatter]: ‘Build Better: Diversity And Its Challenges’

Deliver Traditional Services Full Stack (Or Don’t Bother)

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The Hunt For India’s Deep-Tech Unicorn: Blume Ventures Battles The Odds

Direct Listings, Raising The Bar And Centurion Founders (Let’s Aim For 100M ARR, Not Valuation)

PART III Epilogue

PART II: Keep Calm And Pick A ‘Listable-Founder’ Mindset

PART I: Keep Calm And Go All The Way To The IPO Bell (At Least In Your Head)

(TL;DR) Keep Calm And Take The Road Less Travelled (A Three-Part Essay)

Highlights From Our Recent Chai & Chatter On ‘Future Of Work’

Why We Invested in Procol

Thoughts On The Future Of Work – Part 1

Thoughts On The Future Of Work – Part 2

Chronicling NewSpace Part 2: Role Of US Space Policy

#ReversePitch: How Is Blume Thinking About Drones?

Building A ‘Founder-First’ Ecosystem

Chronicling NewSpace Part 1: Emergence Of SpaceX

How Prashant Singh Of PayTM Thinks About Product Management

LATAM Learnings

Decoding ESOPs: Legal Framework, Tax Implications And Compliances

Putting The ‘Ed’ Back In EdTech

[Chai & Chatter]: ‘Build Better: Diversity And Its Challenges’

Deliver Traditional Services Full Stack (Or Don’t Bother)