Blume Ventures just released a report on startup exits in India. Here's the breakdown:
Exit Strategies: 3 Main Types
Key Points:
In short: India's startup scene is maturing. Exit options exist, but require strategic long-term thinking. For founders and investors alike, understanding these patterns is key to long-term success.
Full report: https://blume.vc/commentaries/decoding-exit-patterns-in-the-indian-startup-ecosystem-blume-ventures-perspective
Blume's SME exits are so funny. They exited E2E at 170-200. Now share price is 2400. I have friends who made more returns in this company in 1 year than Blume did in 10 years
Too many instances of global funds entering India. This will be interesting. The big existing ones (Peak, LSIP, Accel, Elevation) will be forced to deploy because the new ones will have a lot more appetite.
General Catalyst investing ...
Curious if anyone made a lot of money from their startups getting sold here on grapevine
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Sharing some reflections on this:
Will commend you on a very well written and well articulated post. Options for the future will be apparent at ~4...
There are essentially four parties in the startup economy:
Now let's look at Game Theory motivations:
-Online brands are expanding offline to achieve scale -Late stage startups are gearing towards profitability earlier than planned -Biz models built on behavior during Covid are struggling (like edtech) -Startups which got funded due t...