India’s focus on local manufacturing with its Make in India initiative has coincided with a focus on self-reliance or Aatmanirbhar Bharat over the past few years. It’s an important conversation in today’s world of digital borders and fraught digital supply chains. As an example, think of the OS running your…

(Originally published on Linkedin March 3, 2022) Learning, they say, never stops. When schools went remote, learning suffered. But education didn’t come to an end. The learning methods, however, changed. This is when the edtech sector witnessed exponential growth. And this ascent is likely to continue. In India, BYJU’S has…

(originally published on Linkedin March 30, 2022) Over the last 15 years, Lightspeed has partnered with nearly 100 companies in India and Southeast Asia, many of which were really early — as early as pre-powerpoint in many cases. At this early stage, the founders’ vision is clear but their company’s growth…

Getting off the Chessboard If you ever talk to Jeff Bezos, don’t ask him about each engineer on his Blue Origin team and the progress each engineer is making. He probably knows about it broadly, but there’s a next to zero chance he knows exactly what his engineers are working…

Earlier this month, I wrote about Indian technology startups finally finding their feet globally. Especially in the US. Going global is not a novelty anymore. Indian founders and companies are ambitious and want to go overseas faster and sooner. It’s hard to get the US and international move right the…

The world has shrunk over the past decade. Technology has made borders and time zones less relevant. Remote and hybrid teams made up of talent from all around a country or the world have become increasingly normal. Until recently, going global was a path slightly mature companies took. But now…

Here at Lightspeed, we partnered with Jayant, Chaitanya and Rohit at Darwinbox at the Series A in 2017. …

We are thrilled to partner with Anirudh Singla and Rishabh Shekhar to build Pepper Content into the world’s largest content marketplace. Lightspeed is leading the Series A financing, alongside Titan Capital and luminary angels. Anirudh has wowed us with his drive. After starting Pepper as a second-year college student and…

Today we’re excited to announce that Acceldata has closed an $8.5 million Series A financing led by Ken Elefant at Sorenson Ventures with participation by existing investors Lightspeed and Emergent Ventures. …