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Six IPOs open today – 5 mainboard & 1 SME. But what is the difference between a mainboard and an SME IPO? 🧐 The Indian exchanges allow companies to either list on the main board, or if th ..

Now that we have a broad overview of VC history, structure, and incentives, let us understand how the dealmaking works. I will try to keep it simple since several founders and VCs have spoken about th ..

Many of you are maybe curious to understand the payoff or motivation for anyone to be a VC investor. So here goes. But before that, here is an excerpt from The Generalist, that will make sense later i ..

In the past two blogs of the venture capital series, we went through the history of VC from a global and Indian standpoint. But what exactly is Venture Capital (VC)?  Quite simply put, venture capita ..

Three decades after the first Venture Capital (VC) firm mushroomed in the US, in 1975, risk capital found its way to India. Even though there were several instances of accidental VC underwriting busin ..

A few years ago, around 2016, I remember stumbling onto an old lecture from Don Valentine. For the uninitiated, Don Valentine founded Sequoia Capital VC firm in 1972, before the terms “Silicon Valle ..

A couple of years ago, I longed for a new iPhone, so I rushed to buy that new version, a dazzling piece of tech; I mean, who doesn’t, right? Well, I hadn’t thought this through. You see, I didn’ ..

Along with stocks and bonds, gold is an important asset class that plays a role in your portfolio. If you want to diversify your portfolio with gold, Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) are one of the best wa ..