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The LP-GP relationship is commonly thought of as uni-dimensionalVenture funds are typical platforms – servicing their LPs - providers of capital (LPs or Limited Partners -  investors who invest in venture funds) and the founders/portfolio companies. LPs provide GPs (GPs -…

When I finally tire of saying something so often, I know it's time to write it and share it with the team and the world. This practice of writing or a podcast episode for me is my rendition of emphasizing a lesson I would like to spread. Blume Day T-shirts are a manifestation of…

We at Blume invest in private Tech and Tech-Enabled companies riding fundamental Technology catalysts. Over the last decade, the Internet has been one such major catalyst. As companies from this cohort grew and wanted to build multi-generational companies, they decided to list…

“If you change me from being a founder to becoming part of another company and then back to being a founder again, I'm cool with it.”There are those who struggle to lead with empathy and ambition in tandem.And then, there’s Radhika Gupta.She is the MD and CEO of…

Daniel: “On the other hand, we were confident that improving the customer-facing checklist would differentiate our product and help convert prospects into customers. So we took a bold decision: rather than just forgoing improvements to the dashboard, we…

Scaling a cross-border SaaS startup from $0 to $1 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) is a formidable challenge, yet it remains a crucial milestone for Indian SaaS startups.

In our conversation, Prukalpa talks about the transition from SocialCops, a profitable fast-growing services play with finite limits on scale, to Atlan, a product co with theoretically no limits on scale. Prukalpa and Varun, her cofounder, were obsessed with scale and in that…

Rohit Kaul leads all things Marketing and Content and has taken up the heavy mantle of helping Blume retain our pole position when it comes to being a content-first, content-led VC fund.

Venture capital investment in global climate tech startups is accelerating, with 83 climate tech unicorns valued at $180 billion as of January 2023. In 2022, the US invested $87 billion, China $48 billion, and India $6 billion. Blume Ventures, amid a surge in India-based VC…

Stellapps is an end-to-end dairy technology solutions company helping dairy farmers and cooperatives digitise & optimise milk production, milk procurement & coldchain management so as to maximize profits while minimizing effort.

This is a unique insight and not a lens that is usually applied when people think of venture capital. Most of the people whom I interact with, especially young professionals interviewing for a role with Blume, think a role at a venture firm involves analyzing, investing in, and…

Konark Singhal cofounded MockBank, an edtech co that provided test prep for government exams. The startup saw some initial traction and were able to raise a small preseed round, but struggled to grow and scale. Eventually, the co was acquired by a well-funded competitor, and…

Today's installment in my series chronicling the stories of different roles at Blume Ventures is a special one because my colleague Rohit Kaul put me in the hot seat and gave me the chance to talk about my journey, my career decisions, defining moments and what I'm working on at…

India isn't just catching up in the fintech race; it's leading the pack. With a staggering fintech adoption rate of

Peyush: “What we tell people is we are 20 years behind in eyewear as compared to apparel, shoes and every other lifestyle category.”If you have noticed, in the past few years, a dash of color and life has been infused into the eyewear market, which was once considered boring…

Shruti: “When you are starting up, particularly from a B2B perspective, you're essentially striving to persuade someone within a business to take a bet on you as a founder. Regardless of your product or the caliber of your tech team, there will be product failures.…

If you think of a VC-investable business, the capital-intensive manufacturing industry, perhaps isn’t the first thing that pops into your mind.Vinati Organics Limited’s numbers seem quite alluring, though.Since the past 15 years, Vinati Organics has seen a ~1400X growth in…

“What happens is that entrepreneurship isn’t a straight line. Today, there is a headwind. Tomorrow, there’ll be a tailwind. The real thing is that it’s a chakravyuh.” - Raamdeo AgarwalRamdeo Agarwal, the chairman and co-founder of Motilal Oswal, one of India’s most respected…

In the last two decades, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry has reshaped how enterprises operate, communicate, and grow, becoming the backbone of modern enterprises. Today, software accounts for ~20 percent of the total enterprise spending on technology but has a value…

In this conversation, Prashant shares his take on PMF – a need is being served and in a profitable way; it may or may not have scale, but there is ideally a sublinear correlation between growth and a key parameter, like cost of acquisition of customers, that is, when you are…