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1/ India Inc has crossed a profitability threshold that places it alongside the most efficient corporate sectors in the world.
Corporate pre-tax profits now run at 16% of GDP.
@TVMohandasPai and I discuss how India Inc and the Indian State can build the next trillion together. 🧵
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On 3one4 Capital's Founder Mode Casebook, Lal Chand Bisu, Co-Founder and CEO of @Kuku_Tech, explains how mobile interfaces alter audience retention. Desktop and television viewing rely on remote controls that create physical friction before changing channels. Mobile users operate with their thumbs 1 centimetre away from the screen, reducing churn friction to an instant swipe.
Preventing user drop-off requires hyper-accelerated narrative pacing, operating under a strict 3-second engagement rule. To satisfy continuous mobile demand, @KukuFMOfficial and @_KukuTVOfficial produce over 100 two-hour equivalent titles monthly.
Watch the full conversation on YouTube: youtu.be/Qe5mQjp-G_s
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For informational purposes only. This content does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy units of any fund. Investments in AIFs involve market risks.
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Real-world mobile media consumption demands a fundamental departure from traditional broadcasting playbooks.
In this episode of The Founder Mode Casebook, @KukuFMOfficial co-founder and CEO @lcbisu details how the platform built an AI-first production engine to supply premium regional language content across India.
Observing that mobile users consume media in short daily intervals with a 3-second drop-off window, Kuku expanded beyond audio storytelling on @KukuFMOfficial into video micro-dramas through @_KukuTVOfficial and digital learning on Guru, building a defensible library of regional language intellectual property.
Kuku produces over 100 movie-equivalent stories monthly to match audience demand, powered by artificial intelligence across ideation, plot iterations, dialogue drafting, green-screen production, and automated post-production.
Bisu also shares foundational lessons on co-founder chemistry, pivoting towards a sustainable subscription paywall, and how hands-on operational support and early conviction from 3one4 Capital accelerated their trajectory from seed to scale.
Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/Qe5mQjp-G_s
Disclaimer:
Details of all the funds managed by 3one4 Capital can be found here: 3one4capital.com/aif-registr…
For informational purposes only. This content does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy units of any fund. Investments in AIFs involve market risks.
ALT Kuku co-founder and CEO Lal Chand Bisu on The Founder Mode Casebook by 3one4 Capital, with text reading “Full-Stack Regional Language Entertainment for India.”
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Indian hardware founders originating from automotive supply chains are engineering global-spec robotics platforms that bypass regional prototyping steps entirely.
Years of rigorous tier-one supplier execution gave industrial engineers deep familiarity with global quality standards, precision tolerances, and international compliance mandates. Automotive engineers are applying high-spec manufacturing discipline to physical AI, autonomous logistics, and industrial robotics.
Speaking on a recent episode of the @OfflineOnAir, @Pai_dPiper, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, 3one4 Capital details how 3one4 Capital identified these structural manufacturing shifts nearly a decade ago. Investing early in semiconductor IP before national fabrication announcements enabled the firm to map downstream opportunities across specialised metallurgy and electronic materials.
Building enduring institutional venture firms requires matching fund sizes to domestic market exits, targeting sustainable growth rather than paper valuation markups.
Watch the whole conversation here: youtu.be/OrTNSMb9jvo
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Real company building is a masterpiece of perseverance and discipline, forged in early design choices, shaped through operational breakthroughs, and powered by teams united behind a singular purpose.
The Founder Mode Casebook serves as a living chronicle of company building, capturing first-person accounts from 3one4 Capital portfolio founders across deeptech, consumer platforms, financial infrastructure, specialised manufacturing, and supply chain automation.
Watching an early concept evolve into a thriving enterprise demonstrates the power of disciplined execution, where raw conviction hardens into enduring institutional strength day by day.
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Three recent energy shocks have converted energy from a traded commodity into an instrument of statecraft, prompting India to deploy a coordinated energy diversification programme. Executing such a national industrial strategy opens a generational window for founders building energy technology champions across renewables, nuclear power, coal conversion, and transport electrification.
Global capital allocation now favours electrons over hydrocarbons, shifting primary constraints from cheap generation toward transmission, distribution, and storage bottlenecks. India is industrialising on an electrotech fast track, achieving high renewable penetration and electrification levels at lower income and coal consumption tiers compared to historical precedents.
@Pai_dPiper, @sonalsaldanha, and @Raghav_K_Iyer argue that founders capturing durable value must focus on hardware manufacturing, grid equipment, storage systems, and market infrastructure rather than headline capacity numbers alone. Building integrated energy enterprises requires mastering domestic supply chains, export markets, and digital public infrastructure like the India Energy Stack to secure long term macroeconomic resilience.
Read the whole blog here: 3one4capital.com/blogs/india…
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Details of all the funds managed by 3one4 Capital can be found here: 3one4capital.com/aif-registr…
For informational purposes only. This content does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy units of any fund. Investments in AIFs involve market risks.
ALT Cover of 3one4 Capital’s Signals piece “India’s Energy Tech Transition Has Begun. Founders Will Build the National Champions That Power It,” by Pranav Pai, Sonal Saldanha and Raghav Iyer. The title sits on a blue-tinted photo of wind turbines and power transmission towers.
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@NIAirport and @ePlaneCompany entered a strategic partnership to construct the physical vertiports, charging systems, and operational frameworks required for regional eVTOL services.
The initiative allocates space at Noida International Airport for vertiports, charging infrastructure, and flight trials, enabling ePlanes e200X aircraft to serve intra-city routes and air ambulance operations. The two organisations will jointly align with civil aviation regulators and air traffic control to build safety frameworks and AI-based fleet management.
Incubated out of IIT Madras by Professor @satchakra_iitm, The ePlane Company builds electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft tailored for high-density urban transit. Operating as the first private Indian company to receive Design Organisation Approval from the DGCA, the team unveiled its full-scale e200X PT-01 prototype in July 2026 after completing over 10,000 kilometres of demonstrator flight testing.
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Details of all the funds managed by 3one4 capital can be found here: 3one4capital.com/aif-registr…
For informational purposes only. This content does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy units of any fund. Investments in AIFs involve market risks.
ALT Professor Satya Chakravarthy of The ePlane Company and a Noida International Airport representative sign a partnership agreement at a table. Behind them, a backdrop dated 5 October 2026 shows both companies’ logos and a rendering of an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
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Accelerating enterprise AI adoption in financial services depends on building direct collaborative channels between banking leaders and young technology innovators.
Co-hosted by 3one4 Capital at @ICICIBank’s headquarters in Mumbai, the inaugural ICICI Bank TECHConnect convened senior leaders across payments, cards, risk, markets, channels, and trade businesses. Portfolio founders and operators from Rezolv AI, Hyperface, @smallest_AI, @parallelloopai, @KnightFinTech, @ZenStatement, Fyno and others presented use cases demonstrating how machine intelligence can automate complex financial workflows.
ALT Three photos of Pranav Pai, Managing Partner and CIO at 3one4 Capital, at ICICI Bank TECHConnect. He speaks at a podium beside a slide on emerging technology vectors, receives a gift from an ICICI Bank leader, and presents a slide titled “AI for the Enterprise: A New Model for Work” to the audience.
ALT Four portfolio founders presenting at ICICI Bank TECHConnect. Sonali Jindal of Rezolv AI speaks beside a slide on her background at Kissht, a second Rezolv AI team member presents the founding team, a Hyperface speaker presents its Agent Studio product, and a Knight FinTech speaker addresses the room from a podium.
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Since its inception, 3one4 Capital’s Emergent programme has functioned as an immersive platform connecting select portfolio companies directly with market-leading institutions.
Emergent Japan 2026 brought a curated cohort of seven portfolio companies into four days of structured commercial engagement across Tokyo and Hamamatsu.
Running from 13 to 16 October 2026, the programme facilitated three days of targeted one-on-one meetings aligning portfolio capabilities with the strategic priorities of over 80 Japanese corporate partners, CIOs, and institutional allocators.
Co-hosted alongside Universal Materials Incubator (UMI) at Kudan Kaikan Terrace in Tokyo, the flagship Emergent India Reception convened more than 100 Japanese corporate leaders, innovation heads, and capital partners.
@Pai_dPiper, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at 3one4 Capital, opened the afternoon with a keynote mapping India’s expanding technological and industrial capabilities.
Dr. Shosuke Kiba, CEO and Managing Partner at Universal Materials Incubator, outlined bilateral collaboration models, preceding a fireside discussion titled "India–Japan: Building the Next Industrial Corridor" between Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, and @TVMohandasPai, Chairman of 3one4 Capital. (1/4)
ALT Cover image for Emergent Tokyo 2026, the India Reception co-hosted by 3one4 Capital and Universal Materials Incubator, themed “India x Japan: Building the Next Industrial Era.” Below the title, a packed conference room of attendees faces a screen showing the Emergent Tokyo 2026 branding.
ALT Pranav Pai, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at 3one4 Capital, speaks at a podium during the Emergent Tokyo 2026 India Reception.
ALT Dr. Shosuke Kiba, CEO and Managing Partner at Universal Materials Incubator, presents a slide in Japanese to attendees at the Emergent Tokyo 2026 India Reception.
ALT Mohandas Pai, Chairman of 3one4 Capital, and Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman of The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, seated on stage in a fireside discussion at the Emergent Tokyo 2026 India Reception, with a moderator at the podium.
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Building world-class technology capability requires competing firms to collaborate on expanding their underlying industrial base.
In this clip from The Record, Infosys co-founder @kris_sg joins @TVMohandasPai to explain why enterprise leaders must look past company-level execution alone. Scaling enduring businesses depends on raising the operational ceiling for an entire sector.
During early growth phases, Indian software pioneers collaborated through platforms like @nasscom to build global credibility for the country's technology services. Companies shared best practices during national quality movements and trained workforce talent at scale, recognising that rising sector standards benefitted every market participant even when trained professionals transitioned across firms.
Replicating collective industry building across emerging deeptech sectors remains essential for national scale. Investing in shared industry capability, workforce training, and institutional frameworks establishes the foundation for global competitiveness and sovereign technology leadership.
Watch the full episode from The Record on YouTube: 🔗youtu.be/wr_nA6mVcbE
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@Pai_dPiper, Managing Partner and CIO at 3one4 Capital, has been named among LinkedIn News India's Top AI Voices to Follow.
In a market saturated with automated outputs, the ability to ask precise questions, evaluate strategic risk, and synthesise complex trade-offs defines institutional performance. Building defensible technology platforms requires pairing software automation with deep human stewardship.
Sustainable market leadership will belong to teams that deploy artificial intelligence to accelerate output while anchoring core direction in human judgment, stakeholder alignment, and rigorous critical thinking.
ALT Quote card on a dark navy background with blue curved shapes. A circular photograph of Pranav Pai sits at the top left, with the LinkedIn logo and the label "AI in Work" in a light blue box below it. A light blue panel on the right carries his quote: AI is raising the floor and expanding the ceiling for everyone at once; as more people work with the same tools, the mean output rises and it takes more to stand apart from it; the skill that compounds is agency, the ability to decide what is actually worth doing, to stand out, and to own the outcome; it shows up as uniqueness in how you frame a problem and authenticity in the view you are willing to defend. The attribution below reads "Pranav Pai, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, 3one4 Capital"
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Pranav Pai (@Pai_dPiper), Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer of 3one4 Capital (@3one4Capital), will be joining us LIVE on the show today at 4 PM.
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The two biggest things weighing down the Indian rupee:
1. $130 billion in net oil imports
2. $70 billion in gold imports
@Pai_dPiper breaks down why this matters👇
#Business | Oil woes push rupee to over one-week low, RBI caps fall near 96/USD
- Indian rupee weakens due to rising oil prices.
- Rupee settles at 95.9825 per dollar, down 0.2%.
- RBI intervenes to curb rupee's depreciation.
Read More:
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@Pai_dPiper, Co-founder & Partner at @3one4Capital, argues that repeat launches, patient capital and predictable state procurement will be critical to turning India’s engineering breakthroughs into a globally competitive space industry.
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@PadcareL has been nominated for the Social Enterprise category at the ETtech Economic Times Startup Awards 2026. Under the leadership of @Ajinkya_Dhariya, the company has engineered a capital-efficient circular system to solve an overlooked environmental crisis.
Sanitary waste management remains a critical sanitation challenge. Standard sanitary pads contain nearly ninety percent plastic by weight and require up to eight hundred years to decompose, releasing microplastics and methane.
PadCare has developed India's first patented loop sanitary pad recycling technology. The system recovers and reuses more than ninety percent of pad materials. The proprietary 5D processing technology sanitizes and separates unsorted waste into purified cellulose and plastic granules, converting a hazardous waste stream into high-value raw materials.
We are proud to back Ajinkya and the team as they establish a highly scalable, climate-positive model for industrial waste recovery.
Disclaimer:
Details of all the funds managed by 3one4 capital can be found here: 3one4capital.com/aif-registr…
For informational purposes only. This content does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy units of any fund. Investments in AIFs involve market risks.
Now let's take a look at nominees for the Social Enterprise category, which recognises startups that best embody the ‘double bottomline’ model, one that combines profits with the public good.
1. @PadcareL
Founded In: 2018
Founder: @Ajinkya_Dhariya
