Advisor to founders and VCs; angel investor. Formerly a reporter with TechCrunch, CNBC etc.

Bengaluru
Joined October 2012
Bummer that this is all the India mentions in the S-1 of one of the most important companies ever.
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India earns 0.8% of GDP from tourism -- half the world average, a tenth of Thailand's
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SIP investors in India sit through monthly Nifty falls of up to 3% and start quitting beyond that - Kotak analysis
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In Indian fashion e-commerce, one company is miles ahead of everyone else.
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Spotify nears 150 million monthly active users in India
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Renewables have accounted for 93% of India's net power capacity expansion this year, up from 32% a decade back
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iPhone Duo shipping date has already slipped to second half of January in India
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5.5% of 400 IT leaders in India told CLSA their firm uses an Indian LLM.
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Evolution of India's consumer durables industry
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India gets less of its GDP from manufacturing than even Singapore and the Philippines, economies known for finance and services
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Nvidia's market cap is now more than that of all the publicly listed companies in India combined -- up from just one-fifteenth of the total in 2020
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Downside protection for Shein's late-stage investors as the company listed last month at a valuation of about $26.5b, down from a peak of $100b in 2022.
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Meesho's growth in tier 1 / metro cities is now outpacing its rural growth - company to Jefferies
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Both are low-cost carriers, but IndiGo spends 10% of its revenue on staff whereas Southwest spends 46%.
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Indian value retailer Vishal Mega Mart sells almost no outside clothing brands and own labels are 70-75% of general merchandise and about 60% of FMCG volumes.
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