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There is a fun time in the growth of a company when you achieve enough product fit to guide the core business but are still maneuverable enough to give user's their choice of features and integrations. This is how I feel about the growth of Onetab. The most recent influx of users seems to be as excited as we are about where the platform is going. #genai #saas #ai #onetab #evangelists

The ones who believe in you when you are unproven are rare. The ones who stay with you through it all are priceless. In 2020, Alok Goyal and Naman Lahoty from Stellaris Venture Partners took a chance on LimeChat. Nikhil and I were just kids with a handful of customers and big dreams. They believed in us when few others did, and that belief became one of the strongest pillars of support in our journey. I’ll never forget early 2023, when we had to make one of the hardest decisions—a layoff. It was crushing. Alok was the first person I called. He didn’t just give advice; he helped me handle it with empathy and clarity, showing me how to lead even in the darkest moments. When we decided to expand to the US and enterprise markets, I reached out again. Alok jumped on a call immediately, sharing insights from his wealth of experience. His guidance helped us step confidently into new territory. And it wasn’t just Alok and Naman. Stellaris brought with them a network of incredible founders—Khadim, Deepak, and Abhinav Jain —who’ve stood by us and guided us at every critical moment. This unwavering support and focus on being truly founder-friendly have made Stellaris exceptional. Seeing them raise their third fund at $300M fills me with pride and gratitude. They’re proving every day that investing is more than just capital—it’s about standing with founders, come what may. So happy to see them go from strength to strength. Here’s to many more founders finding their champions in Stellaris

The moment I knew I wanted to do VC was when i invested in MasterChow. I was the Founding Principal at Stride, one of India’s largest Venture Debt funds. Then I quit. Because I realised I didn’t enjoy Venture Debt as much, and I can’t succeed in something if I’m not enjoying every single minute of it. Something happened during that time that made me realise I love helping early-stage founders and that Venture Capital would be the ideal path for me. I met the founders of MasterChow during COVID – I used to eat at their restaurant, Wok Me, which had to shut down due to the lockdown. My love for Asian food made me reach out and ask if they could send sauces to my home. I tried them, and my VC instincts kicked in. I thought, “Why can’t this be a large business?” I helped them with their deck and introduced them to their Seed and Series A investors. We got the rounds done. That’s when I knew – I want to do this for the rest of my life. Not for the money, but for the joy it brings. People often ask why we are the best at what we do at All In. My answer is simple: because we would do it for free. P.S - The image that stays with me is seeing the founder of Masterchow, initially making sauces by hand and now watching them make 2L bottles per month, rolling off a conveyor belt – That’s what I live for. Vidur Kataria, Sidhanth Madan, Radhika Mittal #startup #vc #happiness

We are officially LIVE! With Build to Sell, we at Favcy are on an aspirational journey to build startups in top-performing sectors and position them for exits and returns.💯 500+ Founders and Investors are already a part of the Tribe! What's stopping you? Join the BTS Tribe 🔗 Link in the comments! Ecosystem Partners: Lead Angels | IVY Growth Associates | DHOLAKIA VENTURES | Done Deal | Iroller Capital Pvt Ltd | Awfficacy Capital | Marwari Catalysts | Mumbai Angels | Growth Sense | Alphavalue Ventures | Enlighten Angel Fund | Techno India Group #buildtosell

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve recently been elevated to the role of Co-founder at Aaritya. It’s been an incredible 9 months since I joined as CPO, and I couldn’t be more grateful for this opportunity. 🙌 A huge shoutout to Dale Vaz, our founder and CEO, for his trust and support. Together, we’ve been building something pretty amazing—a powerful stock broking platform that’s all about convenience, smart tools, and personalization. And here’s the exciting part: we’re launching next month! 📈 If you’re into stocks & options trading, you can sign up for early access at sahi.com. Be one of the first to check it out! Thanks to everyone who’s been part of this journey so far—it’s only the beginning and I can’t wait to see where it takes us!. 🚀 #Startups #FinTech #StockTrading #CoFounder #Sahi #Aaritya #Accel #Elevation

Titan Capital participated in Zouk’s latest $10 Million round, and this one feels particularly special to me 🎉 Even before joining Titan, I kept hearing Zouk’s name and soon started spotting their products everywhere—on the metro, in cafes, at restaurants. Pretty soon, I could recognize a Zouk bag instantly by its design alone, no logo needed. Then, in February, as we were working on a new fund, Kunal came to me and said, “There’s a company called Zouk I’m incredibly bullish on—you should check it out.” Already having seen so much of it around, I decided to take a flight to Bombay and meet the founders, Disha Singh and Pradeep Krishnakumar. Sitting there, I understood why Kunal was so enthusiastic. These two have a rare kind of clarity. They know exactly what’s happening in the business week-to-week, month-to-month, and precisely how they’re driving toward an IPO. And I also found out during this visit that they’re married to each other. Working with a partner is challenging enough, but these two are perfectly in sync, aligned on every decision and strategy, which again is very uncommon. If they keep up like this and with some good luck on their side, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them following the path of Varun Alagh and Ghazal Alagh in the startup ecosystem :) After that day in their office, some phone calls, and a few back-and-forths over WhatsApp, we knew that whenever Zouk raised their next round, we’d be there to support them. And here we are! Big shoutout to Aavishkaar Capital for also seeing the potential in Zouk—excited to be on this journey together. Congratulations, Disha and Pradeep! Rooting for you both—let’s build something massive! 🚀 #startup #investment #business #india

🏡 Truva Pockets $3 Mn from Stellaris, Others to Expand Proptech Play. Truva, a growing player in the proptech sector, has secured $3 million in funding from Stellaris Venture Partners and other investors. This funding round will help Truva enhance its property technology offerings and scale its operations. 🔑 Key Details: - Funding Secured: $3 million from Stellaris and other investors. - Sector Focus: Property technology (Proptech) aimed at revolutionizing the real estate industry. 🚀 Growth Objectives: - Expansion Plans: The funds will be utilized to broaden Truva's market reach and refine its tech-driven property solutions. - Product Innovation: Truva aims to invest in cutting-edge technologies to offer more robust and user-friendly solutions for the real estate market. This investment highlights the ongoing interest in proptech as the real estate sector continues to embrace digital transformation. Truva #Proptech #Truva #RealEstate #StellarisVenturePartners #StartupFunding #BusinessNews #TechInnovation #LinkedInUpdates

Remember this episode of Shark Tank India? Neha and Sowmya’s startup Vobble has recently raised $1 Mn. Vobble is an innovative audio OTT platform designed for children aged 4-12. After their appearance on Shark Tank India, where they couldn’t secure an offer, the team has made significant strides. Vobble aims to revolutionize the way kids engage with audio content, offering a diverse range of stories and educational material tailored to spark young imaginations. This round was led by Lumikai Fund, with participation from Blume Ventures and several tech founders and CEO angels. The company plans to use this investment to expand its user base, refine its product-market fit, and enhance its AI capabilities. Except for Namita, the other Sharks were hesitant to invest in Vobble. However, the founders’ perseverance and belief in their product led them to seek funding elsewhere. This is a classic example of how resilience and a clear vision can pave the way for success, even when initial attempts don’t go as planned. Thoughts? #Vobble #funding #sharktank

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Alexander Theuma Congrats on BackFuture. (A SaaS startup fund from the future sounds intriguing! 🤔) I was JUST thinking about you a few days ago when I happened on an interview in which you'd mentioned me. It was such a pleasant surprise, it made my day. 🥹 (Quoted below.) Incredibly honored to have witnessed your journey from the beginning. Thank you for having invited me to work on Community Management at SaaStock. I learned SO much about helping run a hybrid, global community. What an undertaking. You've had such a major impact on SaaS! Looking forward to seeing what you're accomplishing next! 🔮✨ —————————— Excerpt on the history of SaaStock (formerly SaaScribe) "I thought what the world needed, was a blog for the SaaS community that was non-vendor, unbiased. Now I thought the idea was good. The challenge there was actually, 'What the fuck did I know about building and growing a SaaS business?' I’d never done it and also I wasn’t a great writer. So kind of almost set myself up to fail from a blog perspective, but actually, I quickly realized that, 'I think still, that the idea is good, yet my limitations are, I’m not an expert in building a SaaS company, and I’m not a great writer, so why don’t I get some experts and great writers to create the content?' And surprisingly, I think this is one of the great things in SaaS was that I reached out to people, like Lincoln Murphy, Eithiriel / Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré, and some others at the time. And I said, 'Look, here’s my idea. I’m running this SaaS blog. It’s a community driven SaaS blog. We’ll publish content to kind of help others that are growing SaaS businesses. Would you like to create some original content for the blog? I’m not going to pay you anything, but you would just do this out of the kindness of your heart, and for the love of community, and for the love of SaaS. And do you know what? I was sort of surprised by how many people were just like, 'Yeah. Sure. We’ll spend some, a few hours creating some content around customer success and give it to you, and put it on your blog', and that’s kind of how that started. And so actually that did work, and that took off. And so after a few months, we were having like, from like a standstill, from zero to 30000 online visitors a month, right?" — Founder Coffee (Episode 38) Host: Jeroen Corthout, Salesflare Guest: Alexander Theuma of SaaStock ——————————