VC @ankurcapital. Student of VC & financial markets.

Delhi, India
Joined September 2021
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This chart explains a lot of quiet tension in venture right now. Early-stage performance over the last decade breaks into three distinct vintage regimes, driven more by macro conditions than manager behavior. If you’re still thinking about recent vintages on a single curve, this is worth a closer look. Full context in our 2025 Fund Benchmarks Report 2025: angellist.com/data-center/fu…
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Waymo now does more rides than Lyft in SF. There are only 300 Waymos. Lyft has 45,000 drivers. Every Waymo is doing more rides than 150 human drivers.
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Meet Allrounder.His job is to coax fresh grads to get fake experience in their resume for Rs 2 lakh. He works in Ameerpet-the nerve centre for India Inc’s moonlighters & IT coaching centre. It thrives on the lakhs of jobless degree holders. I report from Ameerpet @livemint
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💰 How much do 🇮🇳 Indian startups pay their software engineers? ⌛ How long do they stay? 📈 How much hike do they ask for? We at Weekday have collected compensation data of more than 50k engineers and lot of fun benchmarks. Thread on Indian software engineers’ salaries 🧵:
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Have an idea for DALL·E? Reply with a caption. I'll generate 20 or so!
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Less than 1 day to go for the first edition of AWS Moonshot days in Delhi. AWS Moonshot Days supported by @headstarters brings network, capital, startups, investors and governments together to transform public services. @annaroy9 @rahulsh1709 @deeptivd @AWSCloudIndia @AWS_Gov
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Heartiest congratulations to @geethamhp and the team at @niramaianalytix for adding another feather to their cap through their work with @PunjabGovtIndia, @MoHFW_INDIA and @AyushmanNHA #ankurcapital #breastcancer #BreastCancerAwareness
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Great to be a part of the annual BioEconomy Conclave 2022 @ankurcapital @AbleIndia #ankurcapital
ABLE's annual BioEconomy Conclave 2022 on March 22 at The TAJ MG Road, Bengaluru. Free Registration @ bioeconomy.in/registration Now there's an opportunity for our Outstation attendees to join us via Zoom Hall 1: bit.ly/3uab95j Hall 2: bit.ly/36yr45h
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We are elated to inform that our Portfolio company @niramaianalytix has received the US FDA clearance for a novel radiation-free, non-touch, breast cancer screening solution called SMILE-100 System. Congratulations to @geethamhp and #team lnkd.in/dsCVwdZ8 #ankurcapital
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We are happy to welcome Offgrid Energy Labs as our portfolio company alongwith our co-investors @shell and APVC Singapore. Offgrid has introduced its first #innovation around rechargeable zinc-based #battery #technology. Read more : lnkd.in/dAneqCDD @tejas_kusurkar
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Heartiest Congratulations to our Portfolio company @niramaianalytix for the 25th patent grant to their name. @geethamhp #ankurcapital #cancerday #CANCER
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Health, product reviews, recipes are three categories I searched today where top results featured clickbait sites riddled with crappy ads. I’m sure there are many more. Feel free to reply to the thread with the categories where you no longer trust Google Search results.
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Congratulations to @geethamhp , founder and CEO of our Portfolio company @niramaianalytix for being featured in Fortune Most Powerful women!! #deeptech #BreastCancerAwareness #womenintechexcellence lnkd.in/eSH2FYxz
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Absolutely amazing performance! @StringBio #ClimateActionNow Turning methane into a valuable crop input futurefarming.com/crop-solut…
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The "whitepaper" vs the "legal paper". Please, do NOT invest in tokens without understanding what you're getting into.
I can't express how disappointed I am with our "tech media" about not covering $GARI issue (so many onions to peel there about "web3/crypto"). Till now I see only one coverage (from @MorningContext, and not available for a 1st timer to view for free).
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Solutions in #healthcare require a large capital for R&D but in the past few years, VC investments have helped fuel much of the innovation. Join our VP, @ShivaShanker_In as he discusses the various funding sources for healthcare startups today at 5:15 PM. lnkd.in/gG5u_66X
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There are 3 grand problems in financial services: 1. Low-cost KYC 2. Underwriting for dynamic risk pricing 3. Frictionless recurring payments RBI regulations have played havoc on no. 3 and @peegeekay explains lucidly why it's such a s#*%show the-ken.com/the-nutgraf/how-…
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Most interesting element I find about venture: We are often obsessed by our "biggest misses". Ironically, most often your biggest miss is not putting even more in your winners. Secret to great venture returns, capital concentration into your winners.
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