{"id":3482,"date":"2014-09-13T14:08:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T08:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zerodha.com\/z-connect\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:33:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T10:03:50","slug":"why-venture-capitalists-are-flocking-zerodha-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodha.com\/z-connect\/general\/why-venture-capitalists-are-flocking-zerodha-today","title":{"rendered":"Why Venture Capitalists are flocking Zerodha today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A full page feature on the journey of Zerodha till now on &#8220;Economic Times&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The year was 2009. Nithin Kamath, a 29-year-old stock trader, was badly in need of funds to roll out a business idea: an internet broking platform that offered significantly lower brokerage rates than the industry.\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/emerging-businesses\/startups\/why-venture-capitalists-are-flocking-zerodha-today\/articleshow\/42578742.cms\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodha.com\/z-connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/why-venture-capitalists-are-flocking-zerodha-today.jpg\" alt=\"why-venture-capitalists-are-flocking-zerodha-today\" width=\"310\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodha.com\/z-connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/why-venture-capitalists-are-flocking-zerodha-today.jpg 310w, https:\/\/zerodha.com\/z-connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/why-venture-capitalists-are-flocking-zerodha-today-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/emerging-businesses\/startups\/why-venture-capitalists-are-flocking-zerodha-today\/articleshow\/42578742.cms\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A full page feature on the journey of Zerodha till now on &#8220;Economic Times&#8221; &nbsp; The year was 2009. 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