Library
Jul 2019
Chronicling NewSpace Part 1: Emergence Of SpaceX
We have been receiving quite a few proposals over last 9 – 12 months. Shubham and I took on figuring what should be our thesis in NewSpace in India. While we are figuring our way…- Authors
- Arpit Agarwal
- Topics
- #NewSpace
May 2019
How Prashant Singh Of PayTM Thinks About Product Management
A packed house at the 2nd Blume Product Meetup, at LBB’s office in Delhi. Every month as part of our community initiatives, Blume hosts meetups across Bangalore and NCR for tech, product and marketing leaders across our portfolio companies to meet, interact and learn…- Authors
- Sajith Pai
- Topics
- #ProductManagement
LATAM Learnings
Latin America (or ‘LatAm’ for short) is an interesting place for venture capitalists and in fact, has many similarities with India: a large middle class breaking out of the low-income category, rising prosperity + urbanization, a growing population of millennials, and a…- Authors
- Sanjay Nath
- Topics
- #GTM
Decoding ESOPs: Legal Framework, Tax Implications And Compliances
In India, over the last 2 decades, Employee Stock Options (“ESOP”) has become one of the most important components of compensation structures, especially in the start-ups which usually don’t have the money power to attract good talent. Let’s say, a start-up company ABC Pvt.…- Authors
- Varun Rajda
- Topics
- #ESOP
Putting The ‘Ed’ Back In EdTech
Every month, Blume Ventures’s Delhi office hosts an event called Chai & Chatter. We bring together investors, entrepreneurs, founders, hustlers and dreamers and engage them in an honest conversation about what we can do better. It allows us to embody what Blume has always…- Sectors
- EdTech
- Authors
- Sajith Pai
- Topics
- #Chai&Chatter
- #FiresideChat
Apr 2019
[Chai & Chatter]: ‘Build Better: Diversity And Its Challenges’
When Blume Ventures kicked off Chai and Chatter in late 2018, we had a simple goal. We wanted to have the conversations the startup ecosystem usually doesn’t. In a space hallmarked by an oversized emphasis on efficiency and a near-chronic paucity of time, we wanted to create…- Topics
- #Chai&Chatter
- #FiresideChat
- #diversity
- #Culture
Deliver Traditional Services Full Stack (Or Don’t Bother)
Over the last few years, to be or not to be ‘full stack’ has become a key business decision. The market leaders in all domains – Swiggy, Zomato, Oyo, Byju’s etc., are seeding their version of full stack by expanding vertically. The impact of this trend on early to medium…- Topics
- #Innovation
- #PMF
Indian Science & Engineering: A New Age Dawns
With the advent of new age startups who are focusing on core innovation, we thought it was befitting to have a sound panel discussion on “Indian Science & Engineering: A new age dawns” on the occasion of our annual flagship event – “Blume Day 2019”. The panel was…- Topics
- #Technology
Reaching The Next Billion Users In Bharat
The Next Billion Users or NBUs has been a hot topic in the Indian startup ecosystem. Given the many questions milling around this topic, and with a view to clarify this concept, we hosted a panel discussion on this topic on ‘Blume Day’ – our annual flagship event. The panel…- Topics
- #BlumeDay
- #FiresideChat
- #NBUs
Will Global Consumer Internet Winners Emerge From India?
At our recent Blume Day, we had a fascinating panel discussion attempting answers to the question of whether global consumer internet winners will emerge out of India? If so, when? If you scrolled through the list of apps on your phone, it would be really hard to find…- Topics
- #BlumeDay
- #FiresideChat
Keep Calm And Go All In
The Blume Day tee shirt tradition is well and alive. Celebrating our 8th Blume Day and the 5th year of tees now, the message is not simply a catch phrase every year but one that underlines a strong belief at the Blume partnership level. The hand that we are playing reads I N…- Authors
- Karthik Reddy
- Topics
- #BlumeDay
Changing Mobility Inside And Outside Cities
Mobility in India has come a long way since Blume’s maiden investments in ride-hailing aggregator TaxiForSure and intracity logistics provider Roadrunnr (later Runnr). The former was acquired by Ola in 2015 and the latter now functions as the core food-delivery arm of Zomato.…- Sectors
- EV & Mobility
- Topics
- #BlumeDay
- #FiresideChat
Mar 2019
Mainstream Fintech: Many Underserved Segments
The 8th Blume Day held on 28th Feb, 2019, saw a fascinating discussion amongst the panel comprising Blume’s fintech portfolio. The panel comprised Puneet Gupta of Kaleidofin, Sampad Swain of Instamojo, Rajan Bajaj of Slicepay and Dhirendra Mahyavanshi of Turtlemint, and was…- Sectors
- FinTech
- Topics
- #BlumeDay
- #FiresideChat
- #financialservices
- #MSME
Artificial (Intelligence) Is Now Solving Real (World) Problems
AI (Artificial Intelligence) & Machine Learning (ML) have certainly been a booming topic of discussion amongst the startup ecosystem across the world. In most ecosystems and in almost every new age startup, AI / ML have almost become a hygiene parameter. With this…- Sectors
- DeepTech
- Topics
- #BlumeDay
- #FiresideChat
- #MachineLearning
- #ArtificialIntelligence
- #BigData
There Is No Vanilla In E-Commerce
“Justdial for millennials” is how Suchita Salwan, the co-founder of Little Black Book (LBB) described her initial vision behind the venture. Just like LBB, most mature marketplace startups have not just diversified their product offerings but also evolved their core DNA from…- Topics
- #Marketing
- #ConsumerBehaviour
- #BlumeDay
- #FiresideChat
[Chai & Chatter Highlights] How New Age Entrepreneurs And VCs Think About Agriculture
Approaching end of 2018, Blume launched a series of thematic events called ‘Chai & Chatter’, where founders, investors, and the startup ecosystem can come together to discuss and exchange notes on topical sectors, once a month. Our first Chai & Chatter event –…- Sectors
- AgriTech
- Topics
- #Innovation
- #Chai&Chatter
- #Hiring
Why We Invested In Ethereal Machines?
Ethereal Machines is part of the broad of tools and machinery market. This, being ancillary to the manufacturing industry, is a very large market across the world. Just 3D printing machinery and supplies have an immense impact on manufacturing across the world and the market…- Sectors
- DeepTech
- Authors
- Arpit Agarwal
Aug 2018
Hyderabad me kya kiya? IKEA!
Logged into a call with a journalist, I was driven into a surprisingly empty IKEA parking basement in Hyderabad Thurs morning at 9:40AM. I was happy with my own gaming of the moment – One week into the frenzied opening, one day after I‑Day, good call to know that crowds would…- Authors
- Karthik Reddy
Mar 2018
Highlights from Draper Venture Network's trip to Bangalore
Our original visit to Blume Ventures was early 2017 for Blume Day in Mumbai. This time it was Bangalore, the heart of the Indian tech scene, and the Blume team was somehow able to top the last trip. Delicious southern Indian food coupled with visits to fantastic companies…- Authors
- Namrata More
From an Investor’s Lens – Empathy and Entrepreneurship
Make no mistake – the world of venture is about making numbers work The cornerstone pillars of angel investing and venture capital are indeed numbers – with power laws and other such key constructs! This is the science of early stage investing. What…