Akash Bhat
8,471 posts
Akash Bhat
@bhatvakash
Co-founder, @Leendotdev | Host of @TheDesi_VC Podcast 🎧 (150+ episodes focusing on India-US corridor) | Ex-@ScrumVentures | Active angel | @Columbia Alum 🦁
- Something awful happened to a founder recently. I intro'd him to a VC friend who claimed to be interested, pretended to do DD, promised to lead & pulled out last min, only to invest in a competitor. This is a HUGE red flag 🚩 On behalf of all founders, please don't do this 🙏🏻
- My mum quit her job 16 yrs ago to look after my brother, who suffered from health issues post birth. Today, she tells me wants to get back out there, finish a course & see what opportunities lay there for her. Incredibly proud of her decision!☺️ HR courses sugg welcomed! 🙏🏼
- 💥I completed my 50th angel investment this past week. Here are 20 lessons I've learnt investing in the last 3.5 years: 🧵👇🏻
- I graduated w/ an engg degree in CS & since, have barely used <10% of what I studied. I look back & thank my teenage self for learning just one thing & one thing only - Excel. I don't care what you study & which institution you go to, *PLEASE* learn how to use advanced Excel.
- Whatsup with Bangalore?! I remember a time when getting to Koramangala was difficult because autos were always full. Today, 3 Uber drivers cancelled on me. 14 empty autos refused to go to Koramangala, even after I offered "onendaalf". 36 minutes. Still waiting 😑
- My third angel investment just entered the unicorn club 🦄 🚀
- Celebrity angels & VCs are on the rise in India. So what do celebrities bring to the table as investors? I spent some time interviewing 24 founders who have worked with & raised $$$ from celebrities. Here are my learnings & a few personal thoughts. (Keep reading) 🧵👇🏻
- 📢 Life update 📣 Transitioned from being a VC to founder 🥳 Building SaaS for the globe 🌏 DMs open if anyone wants to chat to learn more 🙂
- The race to accumulate Indian unicorns🦄 is on & it's HOT🔥 Tiger (25) Sequoia (23) SoftBank (19) In Aug 2020, Sequoia & SB both had more unicorns than Tiger. By Aug 2021, Tiger had added 13 new 🦄 to its portoflio, surpassing both. So what changed? (Keep reading) 🧵👇🏻
- Someone issued a term sheet for INR 30L to a friend who is raising $500K and demanded a board seat saying this is standard practice in India. Ok! 😂😂😂😂😂
