Tremis Capital Annual Letter 2022
Greetings and welcome to our 2022 annual letter! We are thrilled to share with you the insights, reflections, and learnings of the past...
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- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
ESOP Valuation in Startups
ESOPs are a proven way of creating employee wealth. In any venture-funded startup, your salary will have both cash and ESOPs.
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
ESOP for early employees
Startups give ESOPs to employees to compensate for the risk. ESOPs can yield a fortune if the startup you joined becomes successful.
- Oct 13, 2022
- 2 min
Angel Syndicates vs Angel Investors
A syndicate is a collection of angel investors who invest together in early-stage startups.
- Aug 29, 2022
- 8 min
How to raise seed capital?
Raising seed investment is difficult. Luck plays a big part and you need patience and persistence to achieve it.
- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
Venture Capital vs Thrasio model for D2C brands
Raising capital is much more difficult than selling to D2C rollups. If can grow 10–20x with more capital, VC investment is the way forward.
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
Selling your D2C Brand
The competition to acquire great companies is immense. Many D2C rollups have raised big capital to acquire the best brands.
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
The evolution of early-stage startup investments in India
Startup investing has become mainstream in India. More Indians will invest in early-stage startups once the ecosystem further matures.
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
How have Indian VC funds performed?
VC investments are illiquid with 5 to 8 years lock-in depending upon the fund. Thus, it requires a higher return than most investments.
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Big global startup IPOs in Q2 2021
Nine big startups came up with IPOs in Q2 2021. All are technology companies except Oatley (Oat milk maker) and Didi (Ride hailing company).
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
How hedge funds are disrupting venture capital?
Out of the 10 biggest startup investors in H1 2021, 9 were traditional PE/Growth funds.
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
Are we in midst of a startup bubble?
In the first 4 months of 2021, more Indian companies became unicorns (startups with at least $1 Bn valuations) than in the entire of 2020.
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
India strategy for the world's highest-valued startups
The biggest startups will become more global with time. Then more global unicorns will come to India & Indian unicorns will expand outside.
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
Why startups fail?
The top 3 reasons behind startup failures are running out of cash, building a product without any real demand and industry competition.
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
How build an excellent investor deck?
An investor deck is the marketing document of your startup. Invest time in building a deck if you want to raise capital.
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
When should startups hire advisors or bankers for capital raising?
Most startups hire a banker for Series C onwards because raising so much capital is a lot of work.
- Oct 11, 2020
- 4 min
Estimating market size for startups
VCs love big opportunities. They invest in startups with big TAMs or rapidly growing TAMs.
- Jun 15, 2020
- 3 min
Where is the Venture Capital industry headed?
VCs are supposed to encourage innovation. But now they just pump money and want companies to grow at all costs.
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
How do you value startups that are mere ideas?
Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator, says ideas don't have any inherent value. If you think otherwise, try selling them.
- Feb 10, 2020
- 4 min
Do startups and investors need Intermediaries?
The best bankers collaborate with founders to achieve their goals. Their incentives are tied to those of the firms they are advising.
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