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Startup Indian publishes content on the Indian Startup Ecosystem and Podcasts with Indian Entrepreneurs and Startup mentors. We, at Startup Indian, are a bunch of Startup enthusiasts, reading books, news, financials, and reports on everything in and around India's Startup Ecosystem, to tell you all that is worth your time.
Startup Indian Blog
7M ago
Expected exit route
While most of the startups expect to provide an exit by going public someday, majority of your exit opportunities will realistically come in the form of acquisition of the startup by a bigger fish. We collated a set of 50 exits done by some notable Angel investors in the last decade to understand this better:
In 90% of the cases the startups were acquired and hence the investors could exit.
In only 8% cases the shares of Angels were purchased by institutional investors during a bigger round of funding like Series A/Series B.
Only in 2% cases the startup bought-back th ..read more
Startup Indian Blog
7M ago
Okay, so now you're all set to invest in the startups that’s right for you. But how can you increase your chances of success? We recommend carrying out thorough:
A. Due Diligence
Most experienced Angels would state that their least successful investments occurred where they failed to undertake rigorous due diligence (DD). Carrying out a thorough DD mitigates your investment risk by a large extent. But due diligence takes time, expertise and knowledge, so can outsource it to professionals like us.
B. Valuation
You have to be sure that you're not paying too much for the equity stakes that you ..read more
Startup Indian Blog
7M ago
By now you must have framed up your mind on whether to invest in startups or not. Now, let’s try to understand how you can frame your investment strategy. There’s no 1 winning strategy per say, but we’ve created some rules of thumb to help you make up your mind:
Do you have any domain or functional expertise?
Answering this question will help you to understand which sectors you should explore for investing.
Domain expertise translates into Hard Knowledge, i.e. knowing in-depth about a specific field of business. For eg. Consider you’ve been successfully running a food & bevera ..read more
Startup Indian Blog
7M ago
Remember what we said earlier? Research says that 3 out of 4 startups fail. Which means investing in startups is extremely risky. So, if you’re betting money in this risky asset class, you’d expect high rewards also, right? That’s why, experts suggest that you should expect at least 10% alpha (additional returns) on your startup portfolio, over and above the market benchmark index (like NIFTY50) coming to around 25%. To corroborate this, we analyzed the investment portfolios of 10 notable Angel investors of India, comprising of 500+ startup investments. At an average, their investment grew by ..read more
Startup Indian Blog
7M ago
How many times have we seen on Shark Tank that founders end up choosing an investor, whose deal is worse in terms of valuation, but much better in terms of mentorship and synergy? The fact is, most founders are ready to compromise on their valuation for the much-needed knowledge and network of the investors. Let’s discuss a bit about the ways in which you can contribute beyond the CAPITAL that you bring in:
Knowledge Benefit
There are 2 forms of knowledge you can provide viz. Hard Knowledge and Soft Knowledge.
Domain expertise translates into Hard Knowledge, i.e. knowing in-depth about ..read more
Startup Indian Blog
7M ago
To be honest, with all the news of VCs minting money on early-stage investments, we all feel like getting a piece of the tech pie. Right? Buuut investing in startups requires you to have knowledge, network and of course CAPITAL. So, let's try to find out if you're cut out to be an Angel Investor, financially speaking:
Let's say your net worth is X
Now, what % of this net worth do you invest in startups?
Financial giants JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch say that 15-30% of your investable assets should be invested in alternative asset classes. So, for the sake of calculation, let's take an ave ..read more
Startup Indian Blog
8M ago
In this issue:
Is the Ixigo IPO worth your Money?
Indian Spacetech - A Story in Making
Should you Invest in FirstCry IPO?
India Agritech Podcast series recap
Recent Stake Grabs in Indian startups
What else is buzzing?
Is the Ixigo IPO Worth your Money?
News flash: Online Travel agency (OTA) Ixigo finally booked a confirmed ticket on its IPO as it released its price band (₹88-93) and is going live on Monday, June 10th. Ixigo joins the host of other players in the industry who are already listed like MakeMyTrip, Yatra and EaseMyTrip.
For the unintiated: Ixigo is an onl ..read more
Startup Indian Blog
9M ago
India’s spacetech startup AgniKul recently made history as it launched its first rocket. Before we talk more about it, let’s see what’s propelling India’s spacetech startups:
2017 - GoI tabled the Draft Space Activities Bill, 2017, which for the first time acknowledged growing participation of private sector in space technology and opened discussion about commercialising space activities.
2020 - GoI allowed participation of private sector in the entire gamut of space activities and created the IN-SPACe as the single window interface between ISRO and the private sec ..read more
Startup Indian Blog
9M ago
Childcare products e-commerce Unicorn FirstCry.com has refiled its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) in Apr'24 for its upcoming IPO (undated) after markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) demanded a revision citing gaps in the 1st DRHP filed back in Dec'23. The IPO offer, which comprises fresh issuance of shares worth ₹1,816Cr and an offer-for-sale (OFS) component of 5.4Cr equity shares remains unchanged from the previous DRHP filed by the Pune based company.
Is it worth your money? Let's break it down:
Early Days and Growth Story
FirstCry was conceived back ..read more
Startup Indian Blog
9M ago
News flash: Online Travel agency (OTA) Ixigo finally booked a confirmed ticket on its IPO as it released its price band (₹88-93) and is going live on Monday, June 10th. Ixigo joins the host of other players in the industry who are already listed like MakeMyTrip, Yatra and EaseMyTrip.
For the unintiated: Ixigo is an online platform that allows users to book train/bus/air tickets and provides other ancillary services. Founded in 2007 in Gurgaon, Haryana by Rajnish Kumar and Aloke Bajpai, distinguished alumni of IIT Kanpur, Ixigo has since emerged as a premier online travel hub in India ..read more