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Sajith Pai
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VC @BlumeVentures, an early stage Indian tech fund. Writings on venture, PMF, India tech etc., at sajithpai.com and indusvalleyreport.com
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    Sajith Pai
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    Aug 8, 2025
    Releasing Chapter 2 of my PMF Playbook today! In this chapter, titled ‘The Pick’, I cover how to pick or select your startup idea / problem to go after. If the pick is done well, it can improve your chances of achieving Product Market Fit (PMF) disproportionately. Thus the
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    Jul 11, 2022
    Replying to @spignal
    Parkour for energy conservation is an interesting tiktok theme i never anticipated.
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    Feb 12, 2023
    ~5% of Zomato users (incl some who order 100+ times a yr!) account for ~45% (could be higher too) of its total orders, & v likely >50% of total value. This is 2.7m users (~5% of its 58m annual, 15% of its 17m monthly users). The power law in Indian consumer internet is brutal.
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    Feb 7, 2021
    Thread.🧵 Understanding startups (or scaling startups), metrics & valuations or how not to be misled by analog metrics when you run digital scalable ventures.
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    Nov 8, 2025
    I look forward to Manu's tweet every year (around this time). This is the second earliest winter freezing since 2021 (for those who like historical record keeping) That said our coconut oil still hasn't but since @manujosephsan , the high priest of Malludom in NCR, has called
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    Manu Joseph
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    Nov 8, 2025
    On behalf of all Malayalees in North India, I declare the start of Winter 2025. The coconut oil has frozen.
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    May 16, 2025
    India is not for beginners. To succeed @etherealmachine did not only have to build a world class 5-axis CNC machine but also had to pioneer a distinctly innovative biz model - 'machining as a service' because customers couldnt afford to buy the machine / didnt trust that the
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    Oct 8, 2025
    Thinking, that AI / ML engineers in the top Blr GCCs - Glean, Rippling, Uber etc., - are going to see a preemptive pay hike:)
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    Anthropic
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    Oct 8, 2025
    We’re opening an office in Bengaluru, India in early 2026. We look forward to building with India’s developer community, deploying AI for social benefit, and partnering with enterprises. Read more: anthropic.com/news/expanding…
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    Mar 26, 2022
    Excited to release the 1st Indus Valley Annual Report to the world. Indus Valley = our moniker for India's startup ecosystem. The 1st issue gives us a chance to take stock of its rise and evolution, take a look back at 2021 & finally look ahead to what is coming. @amal_vats
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    Sajith Pai
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    Jul 19, 2023
    Are you building something for Elders in India? If so we at Blume Ventures have something interesting for you! Read on! With a population of ~145 million, and with this cohort getting richer every yr, elders are an increasingly important consumer demographic. In recognition of
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    Sajith Pai
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    Aug 13, 2021
    My room at the Mumbai hotel i am staying is called ‘The Lunchbox’. I half-expected a portrait of Nimrat Kaur inside but i got this wonderful painting of Dabbawalas. Not complaining:)
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    Sajith Pai
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    Mar 4, 2023
    Yesterday, we released the Indus Valley Report 2023. It takes stock of Indus Valley (our moniker for the Indian startup ecosystem), & looks at underlying patterns + trends. In this thread I wanted to stress on a key message we have for the Indian startup ecosystem. Let us go!
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    Sajith Pai
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    Sep 26, 2025
    Have finally, firmly, and decisively entered my VC uncle phase:)
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    Sajith Pai
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    Dec 17, 2023
    Breaking into VC: The Rough Guide! A question I get all the time is how to break into VC (venture capital), or what gets you selected into venture. I understand: VC is seen as a desirable job, and there is a fair amount of applicants for every role, so how does one stand out
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    May 26, 2024
    Innovation in the e-ink x low distraction / mindfulness space is rising. Think of them as the hardware equiv of calm, headspace. Remarkable Supernote Daylight Computer Boox Palma HiSense Hi Reader Lightphone Punkt MP02 I have the Remarkable2, use it almost daily for reading
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