Sandeep C Patil
@SandeepCPatil
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Partner - Head of Asia at @QEDInvestors. Tech and Finance enthusiast
San Francisco Bay Area
Joined May 2014
India’s IPO boom is more than market hype—it marks a structural shift toward inclusive, resilient capital markets. With rising domestic participation, regulatory reforms, and maturing institutional flows, the surge reflects capital formation “within India, for India.” Critics may
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Big news: my partners and I at FirstMark, alongside Sequoia, a16z, Benchmark, Redpoint, Battery, Bessemer, Kleiner and First Round, are excited to announce that we have hired Soham Parekh as a GP at all our firms, focused on investments in productivity and the future of work.
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“If there was only one university in the world I could hire from, it would be the IITs.” -@BillGates With 1.3 million kids applying for one of 18,160 seats, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are the toughest undergrad engineering program to get admitted to. The admit
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Bhutan is going all in on crypto with its latest partnership with @binance, which will allow tourists to use Binance Pay to make payments in the country. By @shauryamalwa. https://t.co/MTnV35wKxB
coindesk.com
At the Digital Bhutan panel, co-hosted by Binance, officials laid out a clear vision: bring crypto out of theory and into everyday life.
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A few thoughts as I am refining our India thesis. I invite you to read this piece with an eye not just on how India has weathered past storms, but on what it must do to thrive through the next ones. -- India’s Resilience Amid Global Crises: The Role of Innovation and Private
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With $4.5B AUM and 30+ unicorns in its global portfolio, fintech VC @QEDInvestors is looking to double down on India as its big focus area. Founder Nigel Morris tells @_ritusingh #QED has invested $220M in Asia over last 5 years, with $250–300M more planned in the next 5 years.
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🎉 Thrilled to share our new global report. Fintech is evolving -- from early diruptors to scaled players navigating profitability, regulation, and new technologies. 📊 Globally fintech is coming of age: 1. Fintech revenue grew 21% in 2024, outpacing traditional financial
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Hi, Mumbai! QED’s co-founder and managing partner Nigel Morris and Partner, Head of Asia, @SandeepCPatil will be hosting a happy hour on May 29 at 5:30 p.m. We had a wonderful time in India last year, and we look forward to heading to Mumbai and connecting with the fintech
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QED's May newsletter offers insights from managing partner Nigel Morris on current market conditions, highlights key moments from our Annual Limited Partner meeting and IPO Readiness Workshop, and provides a look into the trends the QED team is tracking. Read the full
qedinvestors.com
QED's May newsletter covers market conditions, highlight moments from our annual Limited Partner Meeting and insights from our IPO Readiness Workshop.
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🚀 QED's Asis momentum continues. Over the past five years, we have deployed just under $220 million across the region. We expect to invest $250-300 million more over the next five years, targeting 2-4 new investments each year across APAC. 🇮🇳 India remains our anchor, but we are
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🚀 QED's Asis momentum continues. Over the past five years, we have deployed just under $220 million across the region. We expect to invest $250-300 million more over the next five years, targeting 2-4 new investments each year across APAC. 🇮🇳 India remains our anchor, but we are
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#StartupsWithMC | QED Investors to deploy $300 million in India and Asia Pacific over next five years: Asia head @SandeepCPatil
@AryamanGupta_ with details 👇 https://t.co/682Bm55lzf
#Business #Startups
moneycontrol.com
The fintech-focused venture capital firm has expanded its investment strategy beyond early-stage deals
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📌“While we do not have a separate allocation for each geography, India will of course attract the major share of the investment planned for Asia,” @SandeepCPatil, partner and head of Asia at @QEDInvestors, told us.
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The future is here! 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi just detonated a 35-ball 💯—fastest by an Indian, 2nd-fastest ever—and carried Rajasthan Royals #RR to a 200-plus chase. https://t.co/fxY8blWtq4
cnn.com
Professional cricket phenom Vaibhav Suryavanshi put on a show for the ages Monday when the 14-year-old hit for a century from just 35 balls in the first day of an Indian Premier League (IPL) match...
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what's happening with ai adoption in india right now is amazing to watch. we love to see the explosion of creativity--india is outpacing the world.
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Correction not crisis: why down rounds can be a good thing We have seen some remarkable volatility in the public equity markets this year. Stock prices fluctuate due to a combination of macroeconomic factors, investor sentiment, and supply-demand dynamics. When the market
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