Utsav Somani
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I’ve made over 80 investments, seeded 2x🦄 and raised a $20M micro-fund. Here’s what I’ve learnt about angel investing:
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1/ Say hello to ‘iSeed’, a new fund for my personal investments.
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AngelList came to India in 2018. We’ve since invested in over 400 Indian startups through the support of 50+ Syndicate leads. This translates to an AUM of over $150M, with 4 unicorns in our portfolio so far.
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I have invested in over 160 startups since 2014. That’s close to 10 years of startup investing.
2014 - Sugar Cosmetics, Testbook, AdPushUp
2015 - Loginext, Zippr
2016 - Betaout, Innov8
2018 - CoinDCX, BharatPe, Arata
2019 - Park+, Jupiter, Mosaic Wellness, Pristyn Care
2020 -…
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I have been involved in over 60 follow-on rounds and have helped founders make important connections. Here are a few tips from how the best founders ran the process:
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Indian founders have to be more thoughtful about how they construct their rounds. I wrote this to share my thoughts on round construction for the Indian startup founder.
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I’m building something new and assembling a team for it.
For now, all I can say is that it will combine online and offline in a unique way and be a whole lot of fun. Generous compensation and ownership from Day 1.
Looking for exceptional (or top-decile) talent across design,…
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Indian SaaS is going global. Startups with over $200k ARR, looking to raise capital and build a global network - let’s chat u
@iseed
.vc //
@iSeedFund
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In this week's
@AngelList
✌️weekly— 25 fast growing Indian 🇮🇳 startups to join in 2018!
#HappyRepublicDay
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(1/4)
2019 was a memorable year for me -
💲 Raised 2 angel funds
👩💻 Invested in 15 awesome founders & startups
🚪 2 profitable exits
🇯🇵 Traveled to 3 new countries
📒 Abandoned a book deal
🎤 Recorded 2 podcasts
🏃♂️ Ran a half marathon
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There is a 'Reset' coming. A reset of habits, emotions, reputations & relationships. Acknowledge it. Rebuild from there.
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What started as an email exchange with
@naval
, led to the software moment of India's investing ecosystem.
@AngelListIndia
has redefined what angel economics & governance looks like. And we're just getting started.
Thank you
@c_sayan2015
&
@forbes_india
!
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We are going down to the atomic unit for a company - equity. With
@EquityListHQ
, the focus of our product turns to the company builders and creators.
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Thrilled to share that I am advising
@villageglobal
on their India investments. Now founders that raise from
@iSeedFund
will have the knowledge of great entrepreneurs and connected capital behind them.
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World's largest marketplace for startup investing & recruiting. Time to bring it to India.
#AngelListIndia
✌🏻🇮🇳
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I estimate India to have anywhere between 3k to 5k angel investors. This needs to increase disproportionately.
Cycles of exuberance leading to responsible investing & company creation are important for the ecosystem.
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Sending some Diwali cheer from your friendly neighbourhood startup platform
@AngelListIndia
✌️🇮🇳. Want one? RT and DM your details
#PlayTheHand
♠️♦️
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Calling the Indian VC industry for action: I &
@AngelListIndia
's The Collective are committing a ₹50L investment to startups with a credible path to a solution for the CoVID-19 virus. Reach out here -
List of folks in the pledge:
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Across the 12 investments I have made from
@iSeedFund
, I noticed a few common themes -
🌏 Target: Global markets
❓ Value-add: Question from every founder
🌄 Macro: Awareness about current exuberance and its disconnect to reality
📈 Optimism: Excitement about a better future
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There is always a story behind the headlines.
@CoinDCX
has become a unicorn today but not without blood, sweat and tears.
@smtgpt
&
@nrjkhandelwal
all the best on your mission.
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Quick update from
@GalaxyFunds
- We selected four founders for the first cohort: Awais from
@PixxelSpace
, Mohit and Vatsal from
@UltrahumanHQ
, Sumit from
@CoinDCX
& one more unannounced. So far they’ve invested in 8 early-stage startups.
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India's new entertainment destination just got a massive upgrade. Let's light it up!
@Chingari_IN
🔥
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1/ 2021 is a pivotal year for angel investing in India. Here’s why:
- Syndicates have been investing for 3 years in India. They will graduate to running micro-funds
- Planned public offerings will bring liquidity to employees and founders
- ESOPs buybacks plans will only increase
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Indian startup fundraising is at its peak across all stages. Public announcements to ascertain private market funding trends is wrong.
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4 investment announcements from
@AngelListIndia
today:
@teachmintapp
,
@masaischool
,
@stack_finance
,
@Reputenet
. 2 of these led by my amazing colleagues:
@prakhar76b
,
@midhundandamudi
!
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You guys are a force of nature
@ashneergrover
@shashvatnakrani
@BhavikKoladiya
! This is some milestone—first Indian FinTech startup to take over a full bank. Real work starts now
@bharatpeindia
🚀
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Learning never stops. Excited to join On Deck's (
@beondeck
) Angel Fellowship, along with a stellar list of founding fellows. Thank you
@eriktorenberg
&
@david__booth
for having me!
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New routine to improve health metrics. Noticing visible improvements in 3 months.
💊 Supplement Stack (with weekly frequency)
- AG1 by Athletic Greens x 3
- NMN, NR for NAD+ x 6
- MuscleTech NitroTech Whey x 5
- Creatine x 5
- Seed Pre / Probiotics x 5
- Soylent x 3
- Vitamin…
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One month since
@AngelListIndia
Syndicates officially launched. It's been a delight and a pleasure to work with the best in the business. Looking forward to the journey ahead.
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Bootstrapped. Unicorn. Astronomically rare to hear those 2 words together. Here’s Nithin Kamath (
@Nithin0dha
) to tell us more about it.
Google:
Spotify:
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Say hello to 'Angel Funds'. They complement 'Syndicates' by allowing angels and groups to run a full-fledged venture fund without the hassles.
#LaunchDay
Today, we’re announcing Angel Funds: a new way for individuals and institutions to raise and run a venture fund.
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With
@Entrepreneur
/
@EntrepreneurIND
on Bringing AngelList to India and Why Only the Paranoid Survive
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Celebrating the first post-B round and my last Testbook board meeting. It’s been some journey! Over to you guys to build the largest, profitable EdTech venture of India.
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October is a great time to shake things up. We're excited to welcome
@sumukhsridhara
to
@angellistindia
, the man behind the legendary
@vcstarterkit
account, to drive product with
@midhundandamudi
. And he'll be responsible for our memes from now on too!
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Do something of significance first. Regularly ask yourself why will a founder come to you.
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He’s running India’s freshest and most ambitious 🦄. His competition is not another EdTech company but Netflix itself. Here’s
@gauravmunjal
talking about it in a no holds barred chat on .
Google:
Spotify:
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The misfits and the mavericks of the Indian tech world finally have a place to hang their hat. Because we’re building a highly engaged community of new-age, founder-entrepreneurs who are always pushing beyond the normal.
For this, I am hiring our founding team to help us build…
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I started
@offline_members
to build a private community for the scaled-up tech founders of India. With our core product, we aim to create a safe space for founders to learn from peers, complemented by the presence of a celebrated executive coach.
Here are some of the things…
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Started a Discord to have a discussion about the state of web3 & crypto activity in India 👉
If you like to think, learn or discuss ➡️ web3, crypto, NFTs, tokens then this server is for you 👉
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Startup India States' Conference - opening notes by Hon'ble Min of Commerce & Industry. Good to see state support!
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Running a fund is like running a company. I get to do both with
@AngelListIndia
and
@iSeedFund
. Here’s what I have learnt:
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Let luck to happen to you. Never exit winning positions early and break the compounding rule.
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Follow
@AngelListIndia
to hear about our updates, select Indian startup jobs and much more as we grow! Stay tuned ✌🏻🇮🇳
We're bringing syndicates to India! So pumped for this. Props
@somani_utsav
for leading the charge.
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2/ With , we want to change this:
- Shorten episode lengths as we go on
- Platform for fresh conversations by new hosts (not just
@AngelListIndia
team)
- Hear from unicorn creators but also learn from stories of failure
- Frequent drops
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Information is abundant and open-source on the internet. If you are going to pay for an angel investing course, then this is probably not for you.
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Position yourself to see the highest number of opportunities. Access topped up with judgement is a winning combination.
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1/ Current state of technology podcasts:
- Episodes getting longer while attention spans go down
- Same host, same questions, same industry guests
- Highly predictable conversations out of a LinkedIn resume
- Recorded for the same audience base
- One and done format
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His vision is best described by this one statement—"building the central nervous system for digital India". I sat down with
@harshilmathur
to ask more about his journey with
@Razorpay
.
Google:
Spotify:
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One year isn't a long time. It's just the beginning.
#StartupIndia
turns 1 - Onto the next set of changes now!
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Play the long game. Patience and persistence matter when returns take 6-10 years. Don’t sit out of a cycle because you’ve gone too fast without following rules.
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I've made a few investments and helped founders make important connections.
I am hiring someone to help me manage all of this and do compliance and legal administration.
This is not an investing role and not for those looking for titles.
Reach out with a note!
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I am hosting a fireside chat with Bryan Johnson this Friday.
#DontDie
This is for
@offline_members
but for this particular chat, I’d like to personally invite 10 non-members as well. Given the high level of interest for longevity and fitness in the elite founder community, I am…
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[Lockdown Content] Throwback to when
@naval
&
@rrhoover
agreed to sit down with me. And when
@AngelListIndia
& I were still learning to ask better questions.
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From a chance exchange on Twitter to building India's most versatile crypto destination, Sumit & Neeraj have trailblazed to create India's largest cyptocurrency exchange at
@coindcx
. Welcoming
@polychain
,
@BainCapVC
,
@BitMEXdotcom
!
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This was something -
@chamath
&
@reidhoffman
with their hot takes on some of the trending topics today. Thank you
@villageglobal
for inviting me to host the 'India' session after.
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Indian startup ecosystem in 2018: It’s a great time to be an early stage investor. It’s an even better time to be that entrepreneur willing to put the work to pursue their dreams.
@AngelListIndia
✌️🇮🇳 is here to help you on that journey.
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Thank you
@Nivo0o0
for sending over some swag. I think I might be the only one on this side of the globe to own this cool
@ShrugCap
x
@WearAtoms
mask.
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New-age FinTech crew. Solving for merchants, millennials, angels and founders.
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4/
@TechCrunch
: “Somani said he is optimistic that great companies will continue to be born out of tough times. He said even his investors were aware of the pandemic and still stood by the fund."
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Enjoyed talking to
@vivekanandahr
from
@bounceshare
this morning. Genuinely a great guy and I am rooting for his success.
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The Indian consumer is spoiled for choice with new-age brands offering products in avatars and form factors that did not exist before. I love discovering new products all the time.
Here are the ones I am using currently -
🇮🇳
Hygiene:
@Perforaofficial
,
@aratadotin
Health:…
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Find your circle of competence fast. I wrote a long piece about this on .
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Today, we’re bringing
@sumukhsridhara
’s creation for founders to India—Roll Up Vehicles. Kudos to
@kashisharma_
for helping us put it together for India.
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Great stories start somewhere, in this case with
@AngelList
and
@naval
; Congrats
@mrgirish
and
@FreshworksInc
on joining the unicorn club!
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We're building the AWS (Syndicates + Angel Funds) of angel investing in India —scaling as our users grow—and we give credits (The Collective) too.
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Thank you for inviting me
@aviralbhat
. You've built a great community at
@ajuniorvc
and you send out my favourite newsletter of the week as well.
Glad to be friends with the unstoppable
@somani_utsav
who is so transparent, helpful and insightful.
What an awesome AMA session at AJVC's Community. Learnt so much, and Utsav was a great host!
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2/ I had help from my friends. I appreciate
@naval
for being the first believer,
@jake_zeller
for being the best sounding board,
@nivi
for teaching me brevity,
@swaaanson
&
@atytse
for the amazing intros.
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🚶♂️ Sometimes you have to run before you can walk
📺 Tune out the distractions, do the work, show up
Signing out of 2019; excited for what 2020 and the new decade holds! ✌️
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The Collective is backed by stellar entrepreneurs and investors including
@binnybansal
,
@avnish
,
@VaniKola
,
@VQIndex
. Who are the Indian angel investors The Collective should be working with?
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I am addicted to his products and today, I hosted Shashank (
@twitellectual
) of The Whole Truth (
@wholetruthfood
) to talk about how we deserve honesty from our food brands.
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The future of audio isn't in the studios but on your mobile phones. Excited to back DoseFM📻() and Abhishek as they build the creator tools for the RJ in all of us
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Annual celebration of the ecosystem that has given us a lot and a reminder that even when the tide turns, we’ll still be swimming together to move forward
#TheMatrixDiwaliParty
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High integrity compounds. In a field of relationships, do not make quick turns.
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From a stealth seed round last year by Beenext and I near Diwali to this year's raise by Mall91 led by Go-Ventures, Beenext, Kalaari — they're doing it right by combining content + gaming + commerce + video + chat for the next 400m users. Let's go!
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Switching over from the 'dark' side
@RevantB
with Mosaic Wellness (). Thank you for inviting me along as a backer and a friend.
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The year has shown that chaos and progress have no schedule.
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Life is a bundle of probabilities. Learn to calculate odds.
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“The fund will exclusively deploy on AngelList India. This is to give more power to the most active GP base we have through our syndicate leads.”
#JoinTheCollective
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Wanted to be a part of this journey since I read about their seed round. Thank you
@harsimarbirsing
and team
@PristynC
for letting me hop on - as the only individual - before you change India’s elective surgical landscape! 💊
Pristyn Care (
@PristynC
) has raised $12 million in Series B funding from
@Sequoia_India
,
@HummingbirdVC
,
@AngelList
& others
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With the love for coffee, I sat down for a quick chat with Matt, the co-founder of
@BlueTokaiCoffee
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Every crisis presents an opportunity. India's first crypto-to-crypto exchange goes live today——hop on to trade the largest pairings of digital tokens!
CoinDCX — India’s 1st Pure Crypto-Crypto Exchange
Is Crypto trading in India now illegal?
medium.com
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4 investment announcements from
@AngelListIndia
today:
@teachmintapp
,
@masaischool
,
@stack_finance
,
@Reputenet
. 2 of these led by my amazing colleagues:
@prakhar76b
,
@midhundandamudi
!
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