Count the days as they go by, I'm just waiting for my chance to come
hello hello,
i know i am more than a week late in getting this letter delivered to your inbox.
and, i am sorry for that.
all this while, i have been busy preparing for summers. yes, winters have passed by and summers are here.
(song i am listening to while writing this letter^)
in just a week, the temperature here in my city has increased by almost 15°C.
i believe we are perpetually living in between the present and future, and sometimes dearly holding onto the past.
we are in between.
in january'23, startups across india raised 1.19 bn usd and last year, in jan. this figure was at 4.57 bn usd.
it may seem like the winter is here to stay, but as they say this shall pass too.
amongst the growth stage deals, wakefit and bluetokai were the key baggers with 40 & 30 million usd respectively.
vilcart, building for the rural to rural supply chain raised their series a round with 18 million usd asia impact as the lead investor.
i do believe that rest of india/bharath/tier 2 & beyond is where the next set of challenger brands be built from.
goat brand labs, the thrasio styled indian startup acquired more than four reknowned d2c brands including chumbak.
how do you think online brands can build for bharath and make distribution more economical? previously distribution was led by marketing tools online and now that's changing.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and many more injured after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, just 50 miles from the Syrian border.
p.s. if you joined the rant recently, feel free drop me a message on linkedin - would love to chat.