Rahil Rangwala
@rahil_r
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Early stage investor #InclusiveFinTech
Mumbai, India
Joined March 2009
For years, I've been yapping about "boring businesses" - laundromats, car washes, etc. But one industry fascinated me more than any other: home services. Why? Because after a bad storm, ChatGPT can't climb on your roof and fix it.
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Friendly reminder: We investors are dispensable, founders are not
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Wow! Next time I think about market size...
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If you're an early stage vSaaS founder and wondering what CAGR, NDR, CAC payback, LTV/CAC, and Burn Multiple are and why they are relevant for you then I recommend reading this blog by my colleagues @AccionVLab
https://t.co/B0l2iw6MFR
accion.org
Part one of Accion Venture Lab’s series on building successful vertical software as a service (SaaS) companies
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Education is a game changer
Video | Watch vegetable vendor from Dombivali Thomre Maushi overcome with emotion, when she learnt her son Yogesh had cleared the Chartered Accountant (CA) exams. Clip posted by minister Ravindra Chavan.
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Curious about the intersection of AI and fintech - read on...
Like most of the tech world, we have been learning about and experimenting with generative AI (#GenAI) over the past year. In our recent blog @Parbhoo_Amee and Devraj Hom Roy share four opportunities for GenAI to deepen the impact of inclusive fintech -
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Just wrapping up my first market visit in Vietnam. The irony of doing venture capital in a communist country is not lost on me
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WTF
I'm sorry Slack, you're doing fucking WHAT with user DMs, messages, files, etc? I'm positive I'm not reading this correctly.
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Join us at the 2024 Fintech for Inclusion Global Summit on Sept 12th in London! #FIGS2024 will bring together global leaders in the fintech space - TS Anil (@monzo), @UpasanaTaku (@MobiKwik), @JornLambert (@Mastercard) and more! 📍Secure your spot today - https://t.co/jF4Y4IF9Tw
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Agree or disagree? "In early stages, top companies seldom seem competitive. Unicorns rarely had truly "hot" or competitive initial fundings. Early-stage hot prospects are often too mainstream, lagging behind trends, or hyped without substance." - Rohit Yadav
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Great advice for early stage founders. Unsurprisingly it starts with "Customer"
The Amazon working backwards process for building innovative products is highly underrated. Works at any size company with any type of product in any industry. "The Working Backwards process is a huge amount of work. But, it will save you even more work later on.” Jeff Bezos
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I'm always a bit surprised when I learn that a country doesn't have a credit bureau. If CrediCorp is successful it will be a game changer for the credit starved Nigerian economy
I think the Nigeria Consumer Credit Corporation (CrediCorp) is a great initiative. We first got wind of this when a consumer credit fund was included in the 2024 budget, but now there are a few more specifics as recently announced: 1. It plans to unify the country's credit
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Brilliant
For centuries, Indian classical dance and folk-art forms have served as medium of storytelling and instruction. Today, they tell another story, that of inflight safety. Presenting Air India’s new Safety Film, inspired by the rich and diverse dance traditions of India. #FlyAI
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Was a bit surprised when I was asked why we partially exited one of our well performing companies - "was there a problem?" No, we're just very disciplined about exits and that's the secret for our enviable return track record to our LPs!
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Need to see more development in capital markets (specially debt), regulatory environments, investment in talent and stabilizing macro conditions for the ecosystem to take take off!
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Coming back very enthusiastic from my first time at #AfricaTechSummit in Nairobi. Impressed with the entrepreneurial zeal and energy I got to experience.
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Needed to read this today
“Don’t be sad! Because God sends hope in the most desperate moments. Don’t forget, the heaviest rain comes out of the darkest clouds.”
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