How VCs Think About Startups in India w Sramana Mitra

Case studies of Investors (Angels and Venture Capitalists) in India; due diligence frameworks for Venture Capital

Created by: Sramana Mitra
Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million / 1Mby1M

What Will I Learn?

• Through in-depth interviews with prominent Indian investors, learn their thoughts on how investors think about startups in India.
• What investor-entrepreneur fit is and how to look for it before looking for funding.
• Why 99% of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected by VCs.
• Why traditional VCs only invest in hyper-growth startups.
• What some of the key considerations are for investors when they evaluate startups.
• How entrepreneurs can best position themselves for success while building startups.
• What some of the common mistakes are that entrepreneurs make when pitching their startups to VCs.
• What the fastest way is to find the relevant source of funding when building a startup in India.

Requirements

• The only requirement for this course is an open mind and a willingness to learn.

Target audience

• Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue ideas for which they have both passion and expertise.
• Indian Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees.
• Aspiring Indian founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into top startup accelerators such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups.
• Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have supported them.
• Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses in India and anywhere else in the world.