Insights

We launched our first EdTech report in 2020. Two years later, we take a look at the landscape again and review our findings. In this new report, we share how we envision opportunities to grow in this sector.

Over the last few years, there has been a growing focus on Mental Health in India – more millennials are openly talking about their experience with therapy, more employers are providing mental health benefits, more managers are being encouraged to undergo coaching, and…

Marc Andreessen’s famous 2011 essay on “Why Software is Eating the World” has been so widely cited over the last 11 years that it is now almost a cliche. But the implications and second degree impact of that vision are still playing out at organizational…

The above lines were spoken by Nitish Mittersain when Arpit Agarwal, Director at Blume Ventures, asked him about his decision to go public. This was in a recent episode of X-Unicorns, a podcast conceptualised by Blume to bring out the unique journeys of startups which have…

During the winter break, we asked the team to take a close look at what the next year can look like. How will fundraising change in 2023? Which sectors will be hot? Where should be expect change? Read Blume's outlook on what lies ahead. As we step…

As a team that loves to keep learning, Blume has been listening to a lot of great podcasts capturing the history of Venture firms in Silicon Valley. As VCs, our job is to forecast the future, trend-spot and pattern-match. The lessons gleaned from the mistakes and successes…

From the number of slides to structure of the content, here’s what you need to know A pitch deck is the first time a potential investor looks at your business. Hence, it makes sense to ensure that it hits all the right notes from the word go. What…

In the finale episode, Sanjay Nath chats up Naveen Tewari of InMobi on building two unicorns, creating an "institution" vs an organization, and not getting fazed by feedback. Sanjay also shares how Naveen has been a major influence in his journey of co-founding Blume. Tune in…

In this episode, Manish Taneja of Purplle tells Ashish Fafadia of Blume about the perils of moving away from your vision because "some VC told you to" and the mistakes that entrepreneurs should avoid in their journey.

In this episode, Karthik B. Reddy sat down with Prashant Pitti of EaseMyTrip to talk about his journey from IIT Madras and working in the US to returning to the homeland and starting up with his brothers.

In this episode of X-Unicorns, Karthik B. Reddy of Blume Ventures sat down with Ashwin Damera of Emeritus Education about the wisdom of failure, the wrong reasons to become an entrepreneur, and the "three box approach" to build a successful business.