Vikrant Varshney

We’re excited to announce that Beat22 has raised seed funding from SucSEED Indovation Fund, a new addition to our Gaming, Sports and MediaTech (GSM) sector of investments. We're amped to back this game-changing beat licensing platform that’s helping independent Asian musicians own their sound, produce studio-quality tracks at home, and monetize their creativity. Learn more about why we invested in our article here: linkedin.com/pulse/beat22-mu… @speaks_vikrant | @rameshl1 | @LaxChepuri | @rajuvvsn3 #FundingAltert #MediaTech #MusicTech #BeatLicensing #FundingRound #SeedFund #VentureCapital #StartupNews #Startups #TechStartups #AngelInvestment #Founders #Musicians #Music #Beats

We have had a #SucSEEDing Year2024 and we look forward to a rocking 2025. We have been rated amongst Top 20 Most Active Funds across India consistently for last 3 years and we are grateful to our LPs, Sectoral Curators, PortCos and Industry Partners for helping us have an amazing Year. Let's raise a toast to yesterday's accomplishments through this Tweet #thread, and build-on tomorrow's brightest prospects. We also received an approval to operate as a Fund Management Entity (FME) in GIFT city from IFSCA this year and that enables us to launch SucSEED Indovation GROWTH Fund in USD Denomination, raising capital from Global Investors easily and investing in Global Opportunity WITHOUT very complex regulatory condition. If you are an international investor, please ping us to talk more. Please read the thread, comment, share entire thread or individual tweets and lets #SucSEEDtogether @Speaks_vikrant @1sDhiraj @LaxChepuri @rajuvvsn3 @rameshl1 1/n

SucSEED extends warm wishes of joy, innovation, and success to our incredible community of founders, investors, and partners! Merry Christmas from all of us at SucSEED! 🎅 @speaks_vikrant @rameshl1 @LaxChepuri @1SDhiraj @rajuvvsn3

We have had a #SucSEEDing Year 2023 and we look forward to a rocking 2024. We were rated as Top 5, Top 10 and Top 20 Funds across India consistently and we are grateful to our LPs, our Sectoral Curators, our PortCos and our Industry Partners for an amazing Year. Let's raise a toast to yesterday's accomplishments through this #thread of 28 tweets, and build-on tomorrow's brightest prospects. Please read the thread, comment, share entire thread or individual tweets and lets #SucSEEDtogether @Speaks_vikrant @1sDhiraj @LaxChepuri @rajuvvsn3 @rameshl1 1/n

On the Ashoka WhatsApp group there is a discussion on the convocation speech and what kind of convocation speakers we should look for. Most people are posting videos of commencement speakers from US universities. I posted the following message 👇 A random thought on convocation speeches. We want a convocation speech that is slick. One that is delivered by a speaker in polished sophisticated English. With the right accent using the right words. The convocation speaker in my graduating class at IIMA was V Krishnamurthy. Chairman of SAIL. He said all the right things but guess what - thirty four years out I don’t remember a word of what he said and I don’t think what he said made any difference to the lives of any of my classmates. That speech did not change anyone’s behaviour or influence any of the choices we made in our lives. However I vividly remember remember the speech made by the chief guest at IIMA in the previous year. Being in the junior batch I was not invited to the event so along with several others from my class I watched the function from the first floor of the building on the side. The chief guest was Dr Verghese Kurien Chairman NDDB. He was not polite. He was downright rude. He was condescending. He was sarcastic. He was caustic. He was insulting. He spoke a few home truths to the graduating class. He taunted us. He opened by congratulating the graduating class. He then said that this is not the Indian Institute of Management. This is the Indian Institute of Management for Shampoo Salesmen. And that the entire graduating class could now look forward to a life where they spend their time selling soap and shampoo. For that is the limit of our aspiration and ambition he said. We just wanted to work for Multinational Corporations peddling their wares to Indian consumers. Such a collosal waste of talent he called it. And throughout his speech he repeatedly used the term “shampoo salesmen” derisively to describe the graduates of IIMA. He challenged us to do something more meaningful with our lives and try and make a difference. But then he lamented that his words were going to fall on deaf ears and that we would take the safer option. Now it requires some guts to go as a chief guest to a function and then make a 30 minute speech berating and insulting your hosts. But that was Dr. Verghese Kurien. In your face. Blunt. Calling a spade a spade. By the end of it our ears were burning. But guess which speech we remembered. And Some of us did do something different. The class of 1989 has produced the most number of entrepreneurs in the history of IIMA. Sometimes warm fuzzy convocation speeches don’t make lasting impact.

Amplifying the Fintech Ecosystem in Hyderabad delved into the vibrant fintech landscape of Hyderabad at the #FintechFestivalIndia2023 Centre Stage Conference with Pankaj Diwan, Co-Founder of India Blockchain Forum and Vikrant Varshney, Managing Partner of SucSEED Innovation,