Rohit Yadav

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All Things VC - April 23' Edition
 
Valuation and fundraising - Late-stage deal value has plummeted to a 21-quarter low (HERE). SVB collapse still looms over the startup…
All Things VC - March 23' Edition
 
​Take a peek into the world of VC and all that happened in February. Summary Valuations: Pre-seed post-money valuations are up in March…
All Things VC - Feb 23' Edition
 
Take a peek into the world of VC and all that happened in February. Summary Startup valuations were down (especially for late-stage)…
Google, an innovation leader in the next 2-3 years ?? 🤔🤔 
 
A quick poll done yesterday showed that sidelining the recent media headlines and the Bard fiasco, Google still can rule the day. 80 votes…
Lower Valuations
 
(this post is from Dec 2022. Though the VC world is dynamic, the broad strokes mentioned below are still relevant) I moderated the 'Lower…
Can startups help us solve for our Plastics'​ mess?
 
Plastics are a mess. Today, 400+ million tons of plastic are produced annually, and the majority ends up in landfills or is…
Startups + Critical Mistakes in Outsourcing Dev
 
Startup founders make these three critical mistakes while working with outsourced product dev teams. ⚠⚠⚠  1️⃣ Blame game: When…
Emerging Managers: driving growth for the startup and the VC ecosystem
 
The subtle rise of emerging VC managers (EMs), their importance, and their alpha generation opportunity remains undeniable.  ✅…
12.11 / Milk but different & more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Plant Based Milk Over the years, plant-based milk products have gained…
11.11 / Liverpool Sale and more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Liverpool Sale Did you know - No one really makes any money owning a…
10.11 / Globalisation in Retreat & more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Globalisation in Retreat The chart below is stunning reminder of a stark…
09.11 / Solar+Agri & more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Solar+Agri To say that I’m a renewables fan would be an understatement. I…
08.11 / Hiring Woes & more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Hiring Woes I saw a post on Twitter where a manager posted that he…
07.11 / AI & more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Artificial Intelligence I’m a big AI fan. So naturally I keep a tap on…
05.11 / Google Search & more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Google Search While ‘googling’ something have you ever gone to page-5 and…
04.11 / Chips & more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Lower chips demand Investment analysts love to follow indicators to check…
03.11 / KFC ran out of chicken & more.
 
Check Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc KFC ran out of Chicken I love investment letters. One from Graham Stephan is…
02.11 / FinTech in India & more
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc FinTech in India One bright shining spot in the FinTech universe is…
01.11 / Embedded Finance & more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Embedded Finance I love ‘Embedded Finance’. Not just as a concept, but…
31.10 / Living Happily & more
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Living Happily Monday start and we all are revved up to begin our week.…
30.10 / SaaS MOAT & more
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc SaaS MOAT I came across an old post from David Sacks on SaaS business and…
29.10 / SAFE's & more
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc SAFE’s at Pre-Seed Valuing early-stage companies is always an…
28.10 / UK-Crypto & more
 
Checkout Online Version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Crypto in U.K. U.K. Lawmakers this week voted to recognize Crypto as…
27.10 / New Era? and more.
 
Checkout Online Version - https://lu.ma/rohityadav New Era? A lot of the startups that VCs invests into, are long-term focused. Some are…
26.10 / Bill Gurley interview & more
 
Checkout online version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Bill Gurley interview Bill Gurley has been a long time stalwart in the…
25.10 / Retail-ization & more
 
Retail-ization Providing access of different kind of investments to the retail-investments has been in hype for a few years. We all know of…
24.10 / Flying Cars, Black Consumers & more
 
Checkout the web version - https://www.grownord.com/all-things-vc Flying Cars We have always dreamt about them. A perfect achievable part…