Month: June 2017

Government Launches Startup India Hub To Bring All The Stakeholders On A Single Platform

• By Lakshminarayana Yeluri
• In Startup Basics
• Posted June 20, 2017

The Government of India has announced the launch of the Startup India Virtual Hub. The Startup India Hub was inaugurated by Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry along with Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary DIPP, and Deepak Bagla, CEO of Invest India and Rajeev

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Board Meeting Deck Templates For Seed Stage Startups

• By Lakshminarayana Yeluri
• In Startup Basics
• Posted June 15, 2017

You’ve raised funds and formality has begun. This means monthly or quarterly meetings with your Board and your newly appointed members from investors. As per their information rights, they need updates from you. Darn. Another thing to do! To help you, I’ve put together a

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The meeting that showed me the truth about VCs

• By Lakshminarayana Yeluri
• In Startup Basics
• Posted June 15, 2017

I recently had a meeting with a well-known Israeli startup investor. The talk somehow pivoted from my seed-seeking startup into talking about the macro view of venture capital and how it doesn’t actually make sense. “Ninety-five percent of VCs aren’t profitable,” he said. It took me

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In first try, Trifecta Capital overshoots Rs 300 crore target

• By Lakshminarayana Yeluri
• In Finance
• Posted June 6, 2017

India's newest venture debt provider Trifecta Capital has surpassed its original target of Rs 300 crore for its maiden investment vehicle, and is exercising its Rs 200-crore greenshoe option for the fund amid a tough funding environment. The Gurgaon-based speciality finance firm, which launched the Trifecta

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