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Anup Jain's journey from running a fund to starting up a new fund: the story of Indian-VC 2.0

Vishal Krishna

In this episode we talk to Anup Jain, an ace early stage investor and believer in the next billion story. He is a VC investor who wants to work with 12 startups a year, and runs a startup knowledge series called the "LP Series" on LinkedIn.

00:00 - Introduction
04:10 - India's 2.0 story of VCs
09:00 - LPs are asking for returns from the startup word and here is why
14:52 - Investing in VC spin-offs.
21:30 - Having a fund that is institutional.
26:08 - India's VC 2.0 needs one change - be institutional.
31:39 - Boardroom battles of the Indian startup ecosystems, which everyone misses and why it killed value.
35:00 - The new fund thesis and India needs new ideas.
44:00 - Changing consumer mindsets.

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