Mega-thread of my popular threads, in no particular order.

Wow.

Question for the CAs, CS, & CFOs on my TL - how does an Indian company issue shares / options to advisors? Many portcos are trying to figure this out. - esops as I understand can only be given to employees.- shares need to be paid for. Feels like this should be a solved problem?.

Starting to see “Deep India” as a moniker for “Bharat” which used to be a moniker for @sajithpai’s India 2/3.

Lots of good guesses - Bamboos symbolize luck, prosperity and resilience - and I loved that I was able to literally build it. Felt close to what we do every day in our work with founders. More on my thought process here:

New Lego display for the @inukacapital office. Can you guess the metaphor?

The session will be super tactical - I will cover mindset, narrative, pipeline and closing tactics. Priority will be given to founders who have started up and are thinking about fundraising. Register for the fundraising workshop here:

EVERY founder I know says that they wished they would’ve handled their first fundraise differently. I’m hosting an 2 hour in-person workshop in BLR for founders who are raising their first round of capital. More details & registration link 👇.

RT @AutismCapital: NEED. WANT. INCREDIBLE.

if i could find unicorns at the same rate that i find errors in cap tables calculated by high priced lawyers then @inukacapital would be the best performing venture fund in the history of the world.

If you’ve gotten this far you’ll enjoy reading the details on how we built this stack. More here 👇.

Step 5 - All notes go in Notion. This creates institutional knowledge that allows us to answer questions like:. “What was that startup I met many months ago that was also selling a working capital solution to kirana stores. How is this different?”.

Step 4 - Zero ghosting policy. We use automations to create tasks in our central task list (which we look at during our daily standup) to close the loop with founders. We close the loop with every founder we’ve met.

Step 3 - We maintain context centrally. When a deal status moves to First Meeting, our automations spin up a Notion page + Drive folder. Every call with a member on a team is a continuation of the last - no need for the founder to provide an episode recap.

Step 2 – ‘Should we meet?’ filter. Signals we use:. 1. Quality of intro (if not cold).2. Can this hit venture scale?.3. Founder-problem fit.4. Evidence of anything shipped / traction.

Step 1 - One-forward intake:. Any intro email → Zapier → ChatGPT → Attio. In 30 seconds we get:.• deck link.• founder background.• traction snapshot + details (product, solution, etc)

Context: @inukacapital is a $10M fund investing in India. We are 2 ex-founders and a founding analyst. To stay sane we automated everything that allows us to screen dealflow faster and make a decision on whether we want to take that first call.

For founders thinking about raising pre-seed, we’re opening up Inuka Capital’s screening process and how we use AI . If you’re a founder, this provides a peek into how we operate . If you’re a VC - we’ve been told by many that our process and tool stack is best in class 🧵.

Someone at @Swiggy pls change this to an int