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5 months

The Omega Files (Inaugural edition) ———————————————— It has taken over a dozen years to get here. I was hoping it would be done by year 10. And we still have a few years before the Final Chapters of the Blume Fund I journey are entirely closed. The First Edition of The Omega…

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*** DECLASSIFIED*** “The Omega Files” are our declassified Venture Craft stories. When classified, government docs, at least in the US, seem to be set for 25, 50 and 75 years of review, before declassification. If Senate and CIA like docs can be reviewed at 25 years, I‘ve…

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7 months

Always been tempted to head to chowpatty for the visarjan - finished board meeting at 5:15 - was there by 6 - first time and with my teen kid Concerts come close but this “sea of humanity” is something else - and this will probably go on till sunrise 🌅

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2 years

Very cool to see entire trains painted in @Zoho colors in @mtanowace Desi products, global impact @svembu

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4 years

Jun 2020 marks 10 yrs (to the mth) since a pitch deck with both @sanjaynath and @BKartRed ’s names went out for the 1st time. It was titled ProjectFaktory. We hadn’t concurred on a Fund Name as yet. We pitched our fund idea to everyone we could #10YearsOfBlume 1/n

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8 months

Thanks @nikhilkamathcio for the opportunity. I’ve received a lot of great positive feedback on the episode; wanted to share a few thoughts: * as Nikhil said, “this is school” - it’s important to understand VC and it’s operating constraints if you want to pitch and raise venture…

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Episode #9 Out Now - Join us for an epic dive into the world of venture capital with seasoned investors. This has been one of the most in-depth episodes so far... @prashanthp @RajanAnandan @BKartRed @Nithin0dha

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Today marks exactly 10 yrs since the formal “first” close of Blume Fund I. 21cr 11 HNIs (target of 100 - would take 18 more mths for 4th/final close) Last week, crossed 100% capital + some gains in cash return..yr or 2 more but 3x+ cash shall be delivered #10YearsOfBlume

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Founders and their unreasonable ambition is why Blume exists; to support these ambitions & their lasting impact. Today, Indian founders see bigger dreams, set lofty goals. We are delighted to announce our $250+ mill fund, backing them, their ability to solve large problems.

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India's Blume Ventures more than doubles in size, raises over $250 million for new fund by @refsrc

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6 months

If anyone has tasted an Arun ice cream Casatta, you can’t not listen to this episode :) Arun and Hatsun are so omnipresent with their brands in the south. Sample some of their ice cream and devour the incredible humility and philosophy of the founder Mr Chandramogan. You won’t…

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“I don't believe that exiting my company is worth it. My pleasure is in doing the job.” - R G Chandramogan. We’re back with another episode of the Blume Podcast! RG Chandramogan, the legendary entrepreneur and dairyman behind Hatsun Agro Product Ltd, the dairy giant that…

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*** DECLASSIFIED*** “The Omega Files” are our declassified Venture Craft stories. When classified, government docs, at least in the US, seem to be set for 25, 50 and 75 years of review, before declassification. If Senate and CIA like docs can be reviewed at 25 years, I‘ve…

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2 years

Why did we end up having sugarcane juice? So that @rajanbajaj_ can show off his cool UPI feature on the @sliceit_ app. Most refreshing 40 bucks for 2 - opp the new swank Slice HQ! @AshishFafadia @BlumeVentures

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1 year

So, here’s a 🎩- tip thread to all the folks who make @isro tick

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2 months

This is like a class of 2010 reunion pic types 😁 Fresh and sprightly as ever …

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2 years

don’t know why Uber and ola tech is yet to morph-simply let the drivers know general destination area and be done with it. If they don’t want to take the ride, don’t screw the customer’s mind. Absurd Stress. Create two buttons (Continued)

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4 years

The lady on the other end of my seating row on the flight pulls out a sudha murthy book - “here there and everywhere” from her overhead cabin bag Wonder if she knows if sudha murthy is in the second row of economy on this flight 🤔 Here, there and everywhere indeed

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6 months

“There are some weeks of the year where even I surprise myself” Have found myself saying this to my family, team and others as I hit a mad travel streak as only entrepreneurs (and sales folk) can at times. ✈️ 🚂 and 🚗s When the pandemic introspection was happening 3 yrs ago,…

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1/n Walked back on deep tech nostalgia lane over a couple of days this week in the ‘luru. Between @arpiit ’s burst of enthusiasm for hardware and manufacturing deep tech and a couple of founders I loved for their determination to solve v tough problems in Agri and consumer…

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5 years

To see a consumer startup in india work hard to build engagement+stickiness and then starting scaled monetization like this is awesome to see - who said consumer can’t be built frugally in india ?! Hint: this is one of our portcos Surprise: this is the Monthly REV curve 🏒

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5 years

#IndiaDay addressed by Hon’ble PM @theresa_may Many initiatives between UK and India get announced - startups and more And @BlumeVentures gets a mention in her speech as examples of VCs who are propelling innovation Our best import to the UK - @carbonsolu

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5 months

The pleasure of sharing The Omega Files with the ecosystem has ample rewards. Thank you for all the kind words today on the release and we love that everyone is taking away something from it. I’m looking for feedback / questions / what can make it as transparent and kick-ass as…

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The Omega Files (Inaugural edition) ———————————————— It has taken over a dozen years to get here. I was hoping it would be done by year 10. And we still have a few years before the Final Chapters of the Blume Fund I journey are entirely closed. The First Edition of The Omega…

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2 years

The (Sunday morning) seduction of old Mumbai

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1 year

Another smooth launch by @isro today Amazing to witness real time with team @PixxelSpace Go Anand!

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6 years

Probably the most beautiful last 20 min airport descent in india

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6 years

Congrats again @tarundua81 @e2enetworks and the entire team Whattay day Listing! Price discovery at 85 Rs (IPO price 57 Rs) and then 5% circuit breaker Stock at 89.25 with little trades and hardly any sellers :)

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3 years

1/n Anti-portfolio forewarning for all them growth VCs out there....:-) @IntrCity is a journey of India's current optimism and its masses to be served at a world-class quality standard - does it belie this country's imagination that a BUS (yes, BUS!) service can be a Unicorn++?

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6 years

🙌 fuel for founder optimism

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6 years

Was introduced socially to an amazing 70s founder a couple of evenings ago. Asked him how thIs journey began. Started an ice cream co with less than 20K Rs of investment in 1970. Told me entire first decade revenue was X lacs (X doesn’t matter that much; fun stat followed)

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Karthik Reddy

6 years

Thanks @YourStoryCo for bringing perspective to what startup journeys mean - wish that @livemint and @ETtech had done justice to a nice exit this week rather than burying it in some online mention - no paper mention - would’ve done wonders to educate tech non-believers

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An exit where everyone involved has won - Not only have the founders and investors made money, but the deal has also created real wealth for many of its employees. @mettl_ @toms213 @ketankapoor @BKartRed

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E2E: We are in 5x oversubscribed range now!! Good show young Mr Dua - people have seen that you’ve built a good business and it’s good to see validation from public market investors - I see the first institutional bids too! Cc: @arpiit @AshishFafadia @tarundua81 @e2enetworks

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3 years

1/n Of home visits during Diwali 🪔 and discovering and foraging through memories... This time around it was the comic book collection.....mostly built through the 80s

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Karthik Reddy

5 years

Too old to ask for selfie🤳 But not too old to photobomb ;) Especially when it’s my portcos in attendance @unacademy @DunzoIt @mukundjha @gauravmunjal @RomanSaini

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5 years

Great meeting with @ericschmidt . Lots of insights.

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5 years

Mumbai T2 had built massive capacity for parking - hardly getting used. Why? Of approx 15K car entries into the garage, approx 60% are uber / Ola now - revenue head thinking of repurposing some of the garage space 🙃 (first hand info) @sajithpai @GVKjunior

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1 year

Thanks to @PixxelSpace , I finally trekked over to the launch site for @isro ’s workhorse - the PSLV. A decade of wanting to go, having opportunities that didn’t materialize Warm Sat morning, Nov 26: deceptive clear skies gave way to clouds but didn’t stop the launch Thread…

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Karthik Reddy

3 years

In the world of Indian intracity cargo, if there’s one world class product that will make @elonmusk ’s visit to india memorable, it will be the @EulerMotor 3W and upcoming 4W Am betting there’ll be many more Eulers around india than Teslas in a few yrs

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4 months

It's been 4 weekends since the Omega Files launch (which included a nice year end break for a lot of people, we hope). Here's a new year gift for those who haven't seen it / came back to us with requests for an easier format to browse / read. We are releasing the PDF for easy…

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The Omega Files (Inaugural edition) ———————————————— It has taken over a dozen years to get here. I was hoping it would be done by year 10. And we still have a few years before the Final Chapters of the Blume Fund I journey are entirely closed. The First Edition of The Omega…

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1 year

The left turn up the hill always gives me goosebumps. Think it’s from seeing the Beating Retreat every year in the DD only days Now it’s driving up to meet the Finance Ministry @IndianVCA and helping the India private capital and alternative assets flourish and grow

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7 years

The @BlumeVentures #ChampionsOfChange gang at the @NITIAayog powerpacked engagement with the @narendramodi

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6 years

1/n Was in London this past week. Discovered two types of old £50, £10 and even a £1 note in an old dabba from some trip 4-5 years ago. Happily whipped them out at a grocery store and was told the notes were not accepted any more

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1 year

Late night rendezvous with @gauravmunjal is our kind of playbook - nice to catch up and talk about a wide array of things…everything across 8 yrs flashes by in an hour…. Keep building a better @unacademy everyday!

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5 months

Would you put yourself through the rigors of what it takes to be a sushi 🍣 chef? Whether you do or not, there are similar rigors if you want to become a great venture capitalist - a deep apprenticeship, love, respect for the craft… You could pick any craft to master, and the…

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2 years

An ode to chennai …. “Hometown” for over 45 yrs was always Chennai. Now, as parents move to Hyd and give up their last of 3 chennai homes after 35 yrs, the moment is real… Nostalgia overload 1/n

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Get this call from @unacademy and the #NextLevel team a few weeks ago “In Mumbai this weekend?” “No, coming in Sun afternoon but have a classical concert in the evening. What’s up?” “Think we can squeeze in a video pod - we started the #NextLevel podcast - shooting Ep 2 - has…

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Karthik Reddy

5 years

1/n Watched #GullyBoyMovie Thoroughly enjoyable Quintessential - underdog story - creators’ (artist’s) story - all shades of Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai (love this city) - what a great music movie - what fun lyrics (rap is the street’s poetry) #ApnaTimeAayega ही नहीं, समझो आ गया

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4 years

So, it’s fri evening - about to wrap up and @shankmurali walks in to drop off (store) his winning chq from the @wief2019 competition that @tapchief won today! Well, we thought we may as well reenact a @Wharton alum giving the prize at the @BlumeVentures office ;) #binay

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7 months

Where would you find such posters on the wall? I loved spotting them at @vinatisaraf ’s office I must admit that I had little knowledge of the company and Vinati until I heard of her accomplishments as winner of this year’s @ETPrime_com Women’s Business Leader award - pleasant…

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🚨 New podcast episode! Today we drop the latest episode of Season 2 of the Blume Podcast, featuring Vinati Saraf Mutreja ( @vinatisaraf ), CEO and MD of Vinati Organics, a specialty chemical company clocking Rs 2k Cr in revenue with a market cap of over Rs 18,000 Cr. She takes…

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4 years

Was delighted to be invited back to the alma mater @iitroorkee as guest of honor at the #esummit from the very enterprising team @ECell_IITR @TIDES_BI incubating some real cool startups too - exchange of ideas with the governing body too with @Director_IITR +all IITR blumiers

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4 years

1/ The @BlumeVentures family will miss you @samirbangara SAMIR BANGARA, RIP 🙏🏻 Co-Founder & MD, Qyuki Thread.....

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Qyuki Co-Founder Samir Bangara Passes Away at 45

The digital media entrepreneur and investor was in a road accident earlier today

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4 years

RIP @samirbangara 1974-2020 Were proud of having you and @MyQyuki in our portfolio. We were going to see your vision play out together. 😔 We’re deeply saddened at your untimely passing away today Our prayers are with your loving families at work and home @SagarGokhaleQ

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8 months

Great to see @awaisahmedna and Abhilash from @PixxelSpace at @BlumeVentures - their first trip to the Mumbai office after gazillion meetings in i’nagar. So excited to see the sats nudging themselves to a 2024 launch 🚀

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3 years

As parents move & my warehouse space for 35 years in chennai needs to be cleansed, I’m sitting here on the floor (ultimate hoarder that I was) and staring at 45 yrs of my life go by in images, of everything collected Feels like one wants to hold onto it all IITR 4th yr (contd)

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7 months

Wrapped up recording the last 2 episodes of this season’s The Blume Podcast. Both stories from this week had a common thread. They sold majority stakes to a strategic and there was and continues to be epic compounding of the original businesses and the leaders inside the…

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2 years

Driver Option 1 “Take all / any rides” - reward such drivers with priority allocations and penalize them if such drivers cancel Option 2 “I want to know the destination” or a 3-4 option set (airport / no airport / short / long distance) Delight the customers for a change

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7 years

Changing the way education is distributed - one step at a time @theunacademy Congrats guys, on the new office. Love it - simple and classy

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4 years

🙌 @Smallcase Full page on the Mint - smallcases are arriving! Great to see a product made for all weather investing. If you haven’t SIPped a Smallcase before, this is the one! :) @HarshjitSethi @vasanthkamath @anugrah_shrivas @AshishFafadia

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7 months

Craziest discovery of the podcast Founder (Vinati’s dad) needed 20cr to startup in 1990. Woah! That’s a lot of money for a salaried guy 33 yrs ago. Can it be project financed by an IPO? 20 cr raised at 10Rs face value per share? You would’ve thought “nah, whatever” Well -…

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7 months

Where would you find such posters on the wall? I loved spotting them at @vinatisaraf ’s office I must admit that I had little knowledge of the company and Vinati until I heard of her accomplishments as winner of this year’s @ETPrime_com Women’s Business Leader award - pleasant…

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2 years

Blume Day #11 was special in many ways. Signed up for a venue at Blume Day #8 to tune the process for a grand celebration at #10 . No one expected 2021 to be at the heart of the pandemic. As it finally receded in Feb22, we took the opportunity to celebrate the journey this wk

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4 years

Impromptu visit (much overdue) from old @BlumeVentures friend and serial co-investor @RajanAnandan And now @classplus_app kicks off co-investment in his @_surgeahead avatar @singh_sequoia

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11 months

Said it enough before. Investors looking for long term founders who build well beyond the needs of one VC or another. When they do, at any scale, turn profitable and offer themselves to the public mkt, there’s 1000x more appreciation than the shallow VC mkt Go team @infollion

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5 years

Interview candidate deconstructs @smallcaseHQ like a true user / pro @vasanthkamath @anugrah_shrivas

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4 months

Thanks @manutoms and @ETPrime_com for incisive questions on our interview and putting in the time to understand the various dimensions on why the Omega Files were an important milestone for @BlumeVentures , and potentially the Indian VC industry. (behind…

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3 years

1/n Proud to announce Aditi’s solo show at @ChemouldPrescot that opens today 14th Jan As the world tries to reset in 2021, art will open its doors {Aditi is the artist I live with, partner of 20+ years}

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4 years

Epic! :) @sajithpai @sanjaynath @kabeersays @sujaychoubey

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#PartnerWithSign

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6 years

Wish us luck We all need it as an ecosystem Here’s to a 10x @e2enetworks built with INDIAN public capital, not just VCs :)

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6 years

@BKartRed @tarundua81 @e2enetworks Congrats Karthik - braving new frontiers!!!

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5 years

Morning WhatsApp board chat and 3 board members send front pages of 3 big dailies - each having @servifyin on their front page as a powerhouse partner to powerhouse brands - you know they’re onto changing something fundamentally .... Great stuff @sreevathsap + team @servifyin

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5 years

Proud to see the @Flipkart story + @binnybansal being showcased as the keynote in sfo - many many more stories to be written

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6 years

Ok - I’ve outdone my optimized self 😳🙄 Lock down in i’nagar - walked a couple of miles+3 auto rides And managed a 12 meeting day 😏 Vineet Venu Rachna Kabeer Kumar Sarita Ravi Vikas Ravi Vasanth Gaurav Tushar 9am to 12am +only 5 calls as fillers though One of those days

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He proudly then said (to paraphrase) - we now make our first decade’s aggregate revenue in 30 mins - first 2 decades in 1 day - first 3 decades in aggregate, in a week - first 4 decades in aggregate, in a month 🙏🏻🙏🏻 One of India’s best run dairy cos

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1 year

Thanks for having me Jas What an energetic bunch of young founders you’re mentoring and grooming and building 😍 #FullStackWinHud23 @GulatiSinghJ @BlumeVentures

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6 years

Was blown away by the quality of work and attn to detail into @unacademy ’s brandbook - speaks ♠️ of culture Happy to have a copy @ board meeting today - definitely gold standard in portfolio now for branding and attention to detail (The pics and lighting don’t do justice)

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7 months

Here’s 'Why Blume Invested in Flash' Even from the first meeting to the wiring, it feels like we’ve known each other and the problem for years now @ranjithboyan (welcome back to X, Ranjith) Look fwd to an exciting journey of creating magic for commerce…

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4 years

First days off of the year 2020 this week Found all 6 editions of the #BlumeDay tees 2014-2020 Years 4/5/6/7/8/9 (We didn’t have one years 1-3 where #BlumeDay ’s were held in the rooms / lawns of Breach Candy and Willingdon clubs)

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2 years

For a brief fri morning, experienced the perfect b’lore life….WFH / friend’s balcony and dog and amazing weather

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4 years

Congrats again to @AkankshaHazari and team @mPaani - fuel for journey...now all about execution! Most doors were being shut on them but she doesn’t relent. Fighter and a half! Look at that round - new believers from 5 diff countries - UK, Mexico, Germany, Indonesia, S’pore!

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3 years

Who said sheer tenacity of execution and audacity of dreams doesn’t bag believers.... Here’s wishing many more milestones and humongous scale and profitability to the incredible team at @DunzoIt @kabeersays @mukundjha @lbvc + all loyal believers / customers

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Karthik Reddy

1 year

Room भी चुन चुन के दिया हैं

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Karthik Reddy

2 years

Wednesday was a remarkable milestone for one of our earliest investments from 2011 - @carbonsolu We all collectively dreamed of a tiny company out of IIT-KGP to somehow solve one of the most significant problems of our lifetimes - carbon capture

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Karthik Reddy

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24 years ago, summer internship in Fremont - hanging out with friends in the Bay Area Yearning for concerts Watched Sting’s Brand New Day tour in Shoreline Amphitheater (Mountain View) …. (We saw him in Vegas 2 years later and the opener for him was Bruno Mars) That tee…

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Karthik Reddy

5 years

As always, super proud of my better half - one of India’s top young artistic talents Aditi’s works on display at one of the solo booths at #Indiaartfair this weekend, presented by her Mumbai and NYC gallerists

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India Art Fair 2019 | Aditi Singh's work delves into the anatomy of a bloom

Even after a decade, artist Aditi Singh continues to draw inspiration from flowers. Her latest solo works will be on display at the India Art Fair 2019

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Karthik Reddy

7 months

The Blume Podcast 🎙️, Season 2 Just dropped Episode 5 of 9 - past the halfway mark. 2 more episodes being edited, 2 more episodes to record soon. Designing and executing it end to end with the team this season has been a new, challenging and exhilarating experience. If…

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Karthik Reddy

5 years

@sanjaynath @AshishFafadia @sajithpai @arpiit @BlumeVentures Even better, Exits should look like this

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Karthik Reddy

4 years

And we are so damn proud of them for doing so 😀

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Yash Agarwal

4 years

@amit_fygw @sanjaynath @BKartRed @AshishFafadia @arpiit @BlumeVentures @startupindia Ironically, Blume's portfolio company @unacademy raised even more than the @BlumeVentures 's entire fund III in a single round xD

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Karthik Reddy

4 years

B’lore founders back to back to back for 5 hours Thanks @sampad for hosting our k’mala meetings ....and great board meeting btw - keep rocking it... @gehani And the surprising @kuliza keeps growing like a weed now And the new fund iii co ....exciting plans

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Karthik Reddy

3 years

Good to have you join the growing family PJ Took 10 years from the first meeting with Kulin and you in Santa Cruz ....but that’s what the Blume Founders Fund was set up for - long term relationships @saritaraichu @AshishFafadia @sanjaynath

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@BeingPractical

3 years

With that, also announcing the first round of financing by Raise led by Mirae Asset Venture Investments ( @miraeasset ) @ashishdave with participation from Multi-Act, @BlumeVentures @SocialLeverage and others Full details:

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Karthik Reddy

5 years

Honored to be invited to a panel for the first India Day in London along with many indian luminaries led by the Hon Minister @PiyushGoyal Market opening at @LSEplc was an exciting start to the day

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Karthik Reddy

2 months

You throw 3 Bombaywallahs (yes, I'm now fully adopted by the city and when we all grew up here, including my first stint in the late 90s, it was still Bombay) in a room with Tanmay, another Blu-blooded Bhambaiyya, and of course you're gonna get a cracker of a 2+hr session.…

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Gaurav Munjal

2 months

Trailer of what’s coming next :)

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Karthik Reddy

4 years

At doorstep of the full decade.....Added many partners - Team, LPs, Entrepreneurs, VCs and a wide ecosystem ...a lot of whom are great friends, shaping an exciting venture ecosystem together @AshishFafadia @sanjaynath @sajithpai @arpiit @BlumeVentures #10YearsOfBlume 8/8

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Karthik Reddy

1 year

The founder of Rasna Sweet, much like the drink. RIP sir

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Karthik Reddy

2 years

Girgaum’s parade is back! After 2 yrs गुढीपाड़वा हार्दिक शुभेच्छा And Happy Ugadi to all

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Karthik Reddy

1 year

Until the very last minute of the countdown May the missions at @isro continue to push the imagination of every school kid’s mind, driving intrigue, challenging the limits of the earth, and playing with all the dimensions of space. /fin

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Karthik Reddy

6 years

Advantage of watching potter again with kiddo - she spots the Indian flag in the 422nd Quidditch World Cup (Goblet of Fire) 👇 If the Indian censor folks spotted it then, we would have had a ....witch hunt, of course 😏

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Karthik Reddy

9 months

One of India’s finest exports to the music world, Zubin Mehta, conducting an inspired 3 pieces on his Mumbai swan song. 87 years, the spirit of the man…🙇 And that spirit when echoed in the national anthem and played by the @SOIMumbai ; 😍 goosebumps Stand up, stand proud

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Karthik Reddy

5 years

Proud of teams @BlumeVentures @Talent_Blume +tks to partners @skillenza @digitalocean @MicrosoftIndia @AgoraIO +community who’ve come over to outcode themselves #bootstrapparadox & engage w/6 of our ⭐️s @DunzoIt @dataweavein @unacademy @MechMocha @Locus_Sh @HelloMilkbasket

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Karthik Reddy

4 years

3 weeks since the viral unraveling here in India...feels like months lessons everyday - survival + preparing for a post-covid normal promising myself a breather to write a bunch....this weekend... most of all on what each founder shld plan for - the Silver Linings Playbook

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Karthik Reddy

26 days

We are big believers that the IPO market will where a lot India's best startup stories will take off to a new orbit. But one has to think through what it takes to move from a set of small private market investors to being accountable to the public market. Elevating the company,…

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Rohit Kaul

27 days

"I never knew so much thought and attention to detail went into an IPO marketing campaign." I received this message in an internal group as soon as I hit publish on our latest piece: "A Founder's Guide to Successful IPO Marketing Campaign." IPO marketing is a completely new…

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Karthik Reddy

2 years

The team at @DunzoIt taking it to the next level This TV ad aired across IPL final and GEC channels earlier tonight @BlumeVentures @lbvc

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Karthik Reddy

2 years

Mumbai. winter. morning. state of mind.

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Karthik Reddy

6 years

6/n The lack of trust in its own citizens is the ultimate weakness of a democracy....and until we surpass that, we can’t ever be a great nation.

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Karthik Reddy

6 years

Marine drive @6 :15 Mumbai meri jaan moment

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Karthik Reddy

4 years

First call this morning “Aap share market mein trading karte hain sir?” Nahin! Main sirf @smallcase letha hoon. If I actually SIP’ped a Smallcase every time I got such a call, I would be a millionaire :) @vasanthkamath @anugrah_shrivas @HarshjitSethi @AshishFafadia

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Karthik Reddy

2 years

Nice to see @myspinny on the front page ….new beginnings indeed - I too got my new (used) car using Spinny Max and bade g’bye to my 7yr old duster using Spinny. And nice touch to see this on @sachin_rt ‘s 49th bday! @niraj001s

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Karthik Reddy

6 years

Had to toast 🥂 to his success and new family @nutanix before catching the last flight out 🙌 @amnigos , the center of a good party, especially his! Congrats @dheeraj - you picked one of our best ...

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Karthik Reddy

6 years

Compare and contrast how crypto currencies and exchanges are treated - Japan, USA, India

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