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Aug 2021
Meet Blume’s Latest Cohort Of Investment Analysts
We onboarded our new Analyst team over the last few weeks here at Blume. This is Blume’s fourth Analyst cohort, with our alums currently making us proud across the larger ecosystem. Analysts play a special role at our company. The world of Venture Capital looks…- Type
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Jul 2021
Announcing The Second Edition Of The Blume-U Velocity Program
In August 2020 we launched the Blume‑U Velocity program — a seven week program for our early stage portfolio founders. We have always believed that a structured learning program, specially crafted and engineered for our early-stage founders, has immense value. This therefore…- Type
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May 2021
Blume Is Hiring An Associate – Investor Relations
We are looking to hire an Associate – Investor Relations to help position Blume appropriately and strategically with analysts, investors and stakeholders. The chosen applicant will report directly to the Head – Investor Relations, and will be responsible for owning…- Type
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Apr 2021
LeadTribe 2022 – Meet The Cohort!
The first few months of the year are always an exciting time at Blume. Why? Because it’s the time to meet a new set of inspiring women building companies and reshaping sectors, aka our Lead Tribe cohort! While the first cohort of Lead Tribe ended in April 2021, the…- Type
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Mar 2021
Blume Portfolio Company Mettl Acquired By Mercer
We are pleased to share that Mettl, a Blume Fund I portfolio company, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by global consulting firm Mercer. Mettl was founded in 2010 by Ketan Kapoor and Tonmoy Shingal and is based out of Gurgaon, India (Delhi NCR). It will be…- Type
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Blume, In Close Partnership With Avendus, Closes Fund 1X, An Innovative Secondary Vehicle, At ₹350 Crores
Blume Ventures, in partnership with Avendus, launched and closed a first-of-its-kind product for Indian investors in late 2020. The INR 300 crore target fund is now closed at INR 350 crores, and was oversubscribed. The recently closed secondaries fund, named Blume Ventures…- Type
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Feb 2021
Announcing $6.5m Series A In Leverage Edu
In 2014 September, as part of his Zero to One book launch promotion campaign, Peter Thiel did an AMA (ask me anything) with Forbes’s subscribers. In that AMA, he was asked about the most important and influential book he had read. Strangely, the book Thiel mentioned wasn’t a…- Sectors
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Jan 2021
Blume Ventures Adds Kunal Bajaj And Gayatri Udeshi To The Platform Team – Strengthening Growth & Exits, Finance & Investor Relations
Blume has always been a deep believer in a partnership model, assisting its portfolio companies and investors – by building deeper engagement across the lifecycle of the relationship. As Blume kicks off its second decade, it has made two new hires to the Platform…- Type
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Blume Ventures Launches Founders Fund To Further Strengthen The Network And Build On Great Relationships
Blume Ventures, one of India’s leading early stage venture capital firms, announced its founder network initiative – Blume Founders Fund, a carve out program that utilizes 1 – 2% of the core investment funds. The program will invest a range of $25K to $100K depending…- Type
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