The D2C startup playbook for 2024 – How to raise capital in India?
The easiest way to raise capital for your D2C startup is to bring new products from other countries and create a powerful story around it.
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- Mar 22
- 3 min
What is the best funding structure for your startup in the early stages?
When you are starting your startup, raising venture capital from your acquaintances (called an F&F round) is the best and easiest approach.
- Feb 15
- 2 min
What is the impact of AI on the Indian SaaS startups?
AI might derail the Indian SaaS story because founders don't know how to leverage AI to enhance their SaaS offerings.
- Jan 30
- 4 min
How much Capital to Raise in Your First Round?
Founders should try to raise money for 18 months. The goal of pre-seed/seed capital is to launch an MVP and acquire a few paying customers.
- Nov 16, 2023
- 2 min
Liquidation Preference in Startups
Liquidation preferences help investors get their investment back when the startup is acquired or liquidated at a lower valuation.
- Oct 17, 2023
- 2 min
Will the funding winter get worse?
Carta is a treasure trove of useful information. Since it manages the shareholders' list (known as the cap table) of thousands of...
- Sep 13, 2023
- 4 min
Angel Investing – Fees, Returns and the Power Law
The power law dictates that a lion's share of VC returns comes from a small number of deals while most investments fail to return capital.
- Aug 14, 2023
- 2 min
What is a liquidity event in angel investing?
When a startup becomes big, its early investors sell their shares to bigger VCs at a profit. This is called a liquidity event.
- Jul 15, 2023
- 2 min
The math behind Carry in Angel Syndicates
Carry, short for Carried Interest, is the share in profit that a fund manager (GP) gets when they investment does well.
- 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.
- 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.
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