50x might be a low number too @masayoshison. More like 1000x. Even if we look at valuations...they are bigger by that range.

Big reconfirmation for fintech! If Mirae assets CEO needs AI help in investment planning... Then probably so does everyone.

Just 3 years after founding, Portkey is being acquired by Palo Alto Networks! A huge congrats to @PortkeyAI Team, @jumbld (Rohit) and Ayush. We had Incubated Rohit's first startup, Framebench at @IIMAVentures ! That one had got acquired by @FreshworksInc . Having seen Rohit in action, when they decided to solve the AI governance and management issues... we (91ventures) could see that it is a great team attacking a right problem at the right time. Glad to have been part of this journey from the starting. Wishing you guys best for the journey ahead from here.

Walking through Pune today. You would not guess this city has 399 deeptech startups. 96 funded. 20 at Series A . Bangalore got SaaS. Mumbai got fintech. Delhi got consumer. Pune got hardware muscle memory. The real moat for India's deeptech decade. PS: Pic from German Bakery in Pune. Forgot to click pic, so AI helped. :-) #DeepTech

India FY26: 47 tech IPOs. Decade high. India 2025: seed funding fell 30% to $1.1B. @Sebi_Indian @SEBI_India are we connecting these dots to the new angel fund rules around accreditation and carry sharing? Feast at growth/end stage. Drought at the roots. #IndianStartups @IndianVCA @invsttdotcom @AngelListIndia

A few months ago we wanted to back Pandorum. Our @invsttdotcom Angel Fund couldn't write the cheque, they were already 10 years old. Extra lawyers, custom structure, lost weeks. DPIIT just did three deep tech policy changes for India: Startup clock: 10 → 20 yrs Revenue cap: ₹100 → ₹300 Cr Fund of Funds 2.0: ₹10,000 Cr corpus At least one fund-raising trap for deeptech startups is finally gone. Next Pandorum gets a clean cheque. #StartupIndia

India built world-class biometric ID infrastructure. Then used it to... run photocopiers!! 100 entities just tied-up for Aadhaar offline QR verification. 10 seconds. No copy. Data stays with you. The rails are built. Someone needs to build the trains. Hotels. Banks. Gig platforms. Exam centres. Society Entry.... Where would YOU start? #StartupIndia #GovTech @UIDAI aninews.in/news/national/gen…

Best of luck for getting this through @DrPramodPSawant @RohanKhaunte. This could have the single biggest impact on Goa tourism in the coming years. We need to have quick point to point cab apps in Goa. It needs to be a free market and not controlled by the taxi hooligans! @TourismGoa

Unpopular opinion: The best thing about BITS Pilani was never the brand - it was the Freedom. Zero attendance 6-month internships = Student Ownership. IITs allowing cross-campus study is the first step toward this model. The "Compliant Student" is dead. Long live the "Hungry Student." jagranjosh.com/news/iits-to-…

No one else finds it funny that at boarding gates, they announce the "last and final boarding call" at least 10 times!!? 😂

Got to be a part of this interesting conversation with Surraj @LucidTrails This is just the teaser. Main video is coming soon. #stayvista #goatourism #goabeach instagram.com/reel/DUDCTfHj-…

Everyone wants to be a founder. Very few talk about: • decision fatigue • self-doubt • the loneliness between milestones That’s where most startups actually struggle. Shared some honest lessons from building and backing startups in this fireside chat. Watch if you’re building, or thinking of building. ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=2JK_w-pJ… Thanks @startupmovers for providing this opportunity to reflect. #Entrepreneurship #Startups