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Arpit Agarwal
@arpiit
VC with a heart @BlumeVentures. Love how new tech can change industries and behavior. Always puts founders first. Rookie birder. Co-founder @Headstarters
Bengaluru, India
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Feb 15, 2021
    The amount of pain most people in India go through to earn even a modest living is astounding. If someone can simply solve the unemployment problem in India, it will be the biggest ever opportunity to build. Who are the top startups out there in *expanding* demand for people?
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Oct 16, 2023
    Proud to note that @myspinny delivered a record 532 cars to consumers on a single day. This beats 432 we did last year at the beginning of Navratri/Golu. Fun fact - with AOV of 6.25L, we did 32Cr on a *single day*, 7x more than what we used to do in *entire month* back in
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Mar 1, 2023
    I'm lucky to have found my purpose early in my life. I'm also lucky to have a support system that allows me to pursue it with 100% force. As a consequence, my work feels not like work at all. While impact is bound to happen, the journey continues to be as exciting as ever (/1)
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    Shashank Vaishnav (stage.in)
    @shashank_WF
    Feb 28, 2023
    Big congrats to @arpiit and @sajithpai on fornally becoming the partner at @BlumeVentures !Exciting times ahead for the Indian startup ecosystem with your expertise and vision. 🎉👏
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Feb 26, 2021
    India-B2B is the new India-B2C Very excited about this shift! DeepTech will be next.
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Jan 9, 2021
    1/ Thank you @BlumeVentures for giving me an opportunity to build a career while working closely with some of the most promising founders of last decade. As we build Blume to be the powerhouse of startups over the next decade, I must acknowledge my journey so far. A thread:
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    Blume Ventures
    @BlumeVentures
    Dec 22, 2020
    As we come to the end of 2020, building the team through an otherwise difficult year, we are happy to announce the promotion of @arpiit as Director. Press Release: bit.ly/3reV1xr
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Jan 3, 2022
    1/ Finally got to see the first couple of episodes of @sharktankindia and I was grinning for the most part. Eccentricities of the sharks aside, the fact that millions of people can now relate better to 'startup' entrepreneurs warms up my heart like nothing else.
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Aug 30, 2022
    My journey with startup ecosystem began 17 years ago in Bengaluru. Happy to share I'm now back in the city, for good. Over last 12 years I had an amazing opportunity to grow with Delhi-NCR founders and ecosystem, it feels great to now immerse myself back where it all started. /1
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Jan 29, 2020
    Happy to receive industry-wide recognition. Thanks @AIWMI for the award and ceremony. Thanks to @BlumeVentures team for giving me this platform. Also, thanks to all our founders for giving us tons of reasons to come to work daily. #FoundersFirst always!
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    Sanjay Nath
    @sanjaynath
    Jan 29, 2020
    Congrats to our @arpiit on this #40u40 award @AIWMI 👏👏👏 @AshishFafadia @BlumeVentures kicking off the morning LP panel Blumier power! 👊🏻🙌🏻
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Feb 7, 2022
    With the pace of recruitment picking up at @BlumeVentures I feel very much like a startup founder who can't find enough time and profiles to close positions. And there's competition from other startups pulling great talent too. Exciting times to be a VC in India!
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Mar 28, 2020
    India has a chronic problem - that our elites (typically people who are both most vocal and most heard) don't trust our government. Their cynicism leads to western media painting India in a bad light which gives them more reasons to continue perpetuate this vicious cycle.
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    Anand Lunia, IndiaQuotient
    @anandlunia
    Mar 27, 2020
    This is the strongest argument why India will do just fine.
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Jul 5, 2020
    6+ years at @BlumeVentures seem like a lifetime. @sanjaynath & @BKartRed were always so obsessed with founders, I have always felt like I belonged here. I got to own it like it is all mine to take. Thank you and @AshishFafadia for giving me and @sajithpai the platform to shine!
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    Sanjay Nath
    @sanjaynath
    Jul 4, 2020
    From being our lone 'Delhi Satrap' :) To championing a stellar bunch of our consumer stars To leading our deep-tech + innovation charge Great to have you on board @arpiit ! A friend to founders from @headstarters days, carried forward @BlumeVentures @BKartRed @AshishFafadia
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Aug 25, 2020
    The biggest casualty of #COVID19 are the interpersonal relationships at work. Most are becoming distant and are gradually losing richness.
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Dec 7, 2022
    Super proud of the team that has led us to this juncture. Also thanks for all our investors for their confidence in our ability to deliver outsized returns to them. Also thanks to the founder community for keeping us top of your minds! Onwards and Upwards!
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    TechCrunch
    @TechCrunch
    Dec 7, 2022
    India's Blume Ventures more than doubles in size, raises over $250 million for new fund tcrn.ch/3HyhPmr by @refsrc
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    Arpit Agarwal
    @arpiit
    Aug 2, 2018
    $1T is no reason to rejoice unless you hold $Appl shares... As a customer you should perhaps feel depressed about the kind of profit they are making of *you* 🙄