Entrepreneurs need to turn changes into opportunities. - Teruhide Sato, BEENEXT
It is truly inspiring to witness the grit and determination of founders who are working towards scaling innovative solutions that aim to shift paradigms and create real value. - Sudhir Sethi, Chiratae Ventures
Don’t leave space for arrogance. Staying humble and grounded allows entrepreneurs to get authentic perspectives from their stakeholders. - Ritesh Agarwal, OYO
In order to survive in a competitive world, it is important for startups and early-stage entrepreneurs to protect their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). - Nawab Malik, State Minister, Maharashtra
The IPO market is showing a preference for emerging business ideas with a futuristic tweak. - IIFL Securities
Indian early-stage start-up investor Venture Catalysts Group (VCats) is planning to invest around Rs 1,000 crore in start-ups in 2021. In 2020, the fund invested around Rs 700 crore, up by 40 per cent compared to 2019, through a syndication in several idea-stage and early stage businesses across sectors. Some of the co-investors, who were part of the syndication include Sequoia Surge, Nexus Venture Partners, Facebook FB Start, Lightspeed Venture Partners among others. The Mumbai-based investment firm VCats runs an incubator and a SEBI registered accelerator fund 9Unicorns. It made the highest number of deals at 102 this year, compared to 63 a year ago. VCats, which focuses on strengthening the start-up ecosystem in the smaller Indian towns, has invested over Rs 700 crore through a syndication in several idea-stage and early stage businesses across sectors this year as compared to Rs 500 crore in 2019.