I am a HUGE fan of both Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett. Both are legendary and inspirational leaders. It is annual ritual for me to devour their shareholder letters every year. It is treat to read these letters as a professional, a business leader, and as a venture investor. I just read Bezos’s letter on Amazon’s annual performance…
Aadhaar: Zero to 1-Billion in 5.5 years! A Podcast with Nandan Nilekani, founding Chairman, UIDAI
On the occasion of Aadhaar reaching the 1-Billion landmark – the fastest of any digital initiative in history – I had the privilege of recording a Podcast with the founding Chairman of this grand vision, Mr. Nandan Nilekani. Nandan shared his views on how they went about building Aadhaar, the teams involved, some challenges…
The ONE metric which tells you if your product’s got Mojo
Amit Somani, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners @amitsomani It is every product manager’s dream that their users love their creation. Does your product have mojo? Google defines mojo as follows: Most analyse all sorts of metrics to see whether their product has got mojo. Some look at repeat visitation, user engagement, session time, organic growth, virality…
4 Lessons I learnt from Virat Kohli’s knock
Amit Somani, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners @amitsomani Probably, several hundred million people watched the India vs. Pakistan cricket game in the T20 world cup on Saturday. I was one of them too. Now a ton of folks have written about him. Well, now, I’m one of them too. But it was such an innings…
Why we invested in LoveCycles
Amit Somani, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners @amitsomani It has been a week since the announcement of our funding in LoveCycles. We launched it in Hindi on 8th March on International Women’s Day and the response from the media and more importantly women all over the world has been overwhelming. My colleague, Sanjay, has summed…
LoveCycles launches in India and raises $750K from Prime Venture Partners!
Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners @theswamy Today is International Women’s Day — and we at Prime Venture Partners announced our first investment in the healthcare sector, LoveCycles. Congratulations to John Paul and team! The product LoveCycles is an app that helps women manage and track their menstrual and ovulation cycles and is developed by a…
Value. It’s what YOU get to KEEP!
Forget accounting standards, forget what the market values, forget what e-commerce companies tell you, forget terms like GMV, GTV, topline revenue, contribution margin, cost of goods, and licensing costs. If you’re an entrepreneur, the ONLY two numbers that should matter to you are: What do you get to keep? What did it cost you to…
Making outstanding 5 minute presentations!
Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners @theswamy If you’re like what most tech entrepreneurs are (including myself), you’re most likely a geek who makes slides with a terrible choice of colors and fonts; and demos with a two-column table! When you get an opportunity to present,
How to pitch to a VC
I did a tweet chat a couple of days back on how to pitch to an early stage VC and was surprised at the number of queries I received on the topic. Though the topic of discussion seems to be very basic at the first glance, it is still a pain point for many early-stage…
A new 300cr fund, a new name – Prime Venture Partners, a terrific new partner – Amit Somani
We’re announcing today that AngelPrime has raised a new fund of 300 crores (USD 50M) and we’re changing the fund name to Prime Venture Partners.