Venture Capital

Fred Wilson famously said it took him 10 years to become a “half-way decent” venture capitalist. In which case, I’m half way to becoming “half-way decent” (exactly the amount of exposure to start spewing advice, don’t you think?).

Lighting the match

When we first met to discuss starting a fund, one of the things that we all had in common was that we were entrepreneurs. We had launched our own companies, raised funding, gotten rejected by investor after investor, produced good and bad products, and most importantly suffered from failure…

Count to ten before getting on the treadmill

Raising capital is a momentous occasion for any company. As a venture capitalist, it’s a hard thing to admit, but we really are an entrepreneur’s last option for capital. By the time they reach our door, they have typically tried at least three other…

The case for venture capital: The true villain is not the VC but ‘Change’

The tension in the air surrounding the venture ecosystem is palpable at the beginning of 2016. The world has not gone to plan. Ironically this is not a new thing — it seems to happen with relative…

Why aren’t more women getting funded in India — the problem at the moment is literally “all of us”.

This is an article I originally wrote for the Economic Times on March 6, 2016. I’m publishing a longer version of it here since it’s Women’s Day today. I’ve…