Saivya Chauhan 🛵📦

Corporate VC fuels Indonesian startup growth. What’s the catch? 👉 Read more: https://buff.ly/3YCkCBP - 🚀 Corporate venture capital (CVC) is vital in Indonesia's startup scene, involved in 45% of deals and providing startups resilience amid challenging climates. - 💼 Startups benefit from strong financial backing, faster funding, and ecosystem integration with CVCs, despite longer due diligence and potential restrictions. - 🔍 Successful CVC collaborations require startups to align their solutions with the parent companies’ needs, offering strategic synergies.

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for a community of VC enthusiast who wanted to know specifically my experience/learning's from the program VC Labs, prepared a short deck (only 6 slides), added some resources from whatever i picked in past couple of years- this might be useful for those trying to gain entry into VC ecosystem (hopefully🙂) TOP 5 Take-aways~ highlighted in one of the slide... #1. Build your personal brand (goes hand in hand with your Investment thesis) #2. Build a solid network to crack deal sourcing (incubation centres, angel networks, emerging VC’s & those ahead in the journey) #3. Try your hands on angel investing and syndicate route if you are unable to get full time into VC role. #4. VC is all about power law (picking winners) & managing portfolio~ learn by doing & observing seasoned players. #5. Stay ahead of the trends in the area of your investment thesis. happy to learn from seasoned VC's in my network on what they have to guide? under comments Investors can find the link to my focussed investor community called- India focussed investors a.k.a. IFI 🚀 #vc #venture #capital #investmentthesis #startups #founders #transition

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One of the issues the SouthEast Startup scene faces is that it sits in a region with lackluster, kind of also getting worse, IPO market: https://lnkd.in/g_Dn9ShE This chart at the end is not about the Startup scene nor is the article but Startups can't escape the fact that the region is not great for IPOs in general and Singapore, the region's epicenter for Startups, is not really even seen as a place to go public. I don't have the fix for this but I think this is one of the biggest issues that needs addressing in the ASEAN Startup ecosystem - there needs to be a regional way for late stage Startups to go public with thriving stocks for the overall ecosystem to improve. I am sure finance heads and others more deeply into this will have a counter to this and that's cool but other ecosystems do a tad better IMHO cause they have public market liquidity.

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Sequoia Capital's Framework to Find Out If a Startup Has Achieved Product-Market Fit (PMF) 👇 The First is "Retention Curve" - "The retention curve is what percentage of your users keep coming back over some time while using your product/service." Essentially, there are 3 kinds of retention curves, and you should plot this curve by day, week, or month, once you launch your product. 1. Declining Curve (dark grey line), let's say you’ve launched a consumer internet app on day 0, and every week your retention rate declines by 10%, which essentially means that by the end of 3rd month, all your initial users would have churned, then that's a declining curve, which indicates that you don’t have a product-market fit. 2. Flattening Curve (orange line) is actually good, although it kind of varies depending upon the category (Health-Tech, EdTech, etc.,) but generically speaking if the retention curve flattens between 20%-40% that could be quite good. 3. Finally the best one is the Smiling Retention Curve (green line), which means that retention drops but then as time goes on you keep reactivating users, which indicates that you're getting close to your product-market fit. Another question that founder should think is - 2. Do Customers Love Product? Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a metric that organizations use to measure customer loyalty toward their brand, product or service. NPS works by asking your customers a single question: "How likely are you to recommend our products/services to others?" NPS = % Promoters (score 9-10) - % Detractors (score 0-6) If the magic score is = 70% or more, then you have an amazing product-market fit. But if the number declines to 40% or below, then you don’t have it. It's that simple! What do you think of these two methods? Check out my free newsletter for more insights: https://lnkd.in/dTzRN9HK . #startup #fundraising #venturecapital #funding #fundraising #founders #founderjourney #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #founderstories #startuptips #sharktankindia #siliconvalley #startups #vc #vcfund #vcfunding #funding #startups #pmf #product #sequoiacapital

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posting a follow up thought on this because i think it matters: i think the undesirable outcome that Jeremy mentioned (and I agree the outcome has been undesirable) is not caused by the size of the funds or the way they have been invested in companies. I believe he is mistaking the quality of outcome for the quality of investment decisions. you can make good decisions and produce bad outcomes. the solution isn’t to go and change the decisions, but to double down in the decision making model. in the case of venture capital, the only decision making model that has worked globally is the power law. example: multiple investors invest in 100 smartest founders hoping 5 of them will become billion dollar companies and make a great return that pay off for the other 95 that didn’t. if you do that and all 100 fail, the solution isn’t to invest less, but to keep doing it again, knowing that founders become more experienced over time and knowledge transfer and network effects compound and the results improve. It is not for every LP. it is not for every fund manager. it is not for every entrepreneur or employee. But those who are in it should be comfortable the risk and reward involved. you can’t control/predict who wins, and reducing the fund sizes will just make Southeast Asia less desirable to smart talented and ambitious people. the notion that SEA has its own vibe and therefore VC laws don’t apply is exactly to say “we have given up on SEA to produce billion dollar companies, ever” and i think it’s important to at least say that explicitly. respectfully, VCs complaining about other VCs raising too much may be what LPs wanna hear in the short term but it is in effect suicidal for the startup scene. it’s not VC if it’s optimized for 2-3x return, its value investing. i don’t call that localization, i call it killing VC in SEA altogether. the craziest technological breakthrough of our lifetime is out there and the VC discourse in SEA cannot be about reducing fund sizes.

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So long, Bali, and thanks for all the love. I just returned from NextHub, an Indonesian government sponsored investors summit, where I spoke with hundreds of #technology #startups, entrepreneurs, and #VentureCapital investors. 1. Although the mood wasn’t quite as sombre as it was last year, the heady exuberance of 2021 is well and truly behind us. Three years ago, interest rates were close to 0% and #SoutheastAsia's tech sector was flush with cash. Valuations seemed to defy gravity, and the champagne flowed freely, funded (in some cases) by Bitcoin billions. 2. Then came 2022, when interest rates spiked to 16-year highs. Liquidity dried up and startups had to pivot their businesses, or make painful decisions to lay off staff. Many merged, or shuttered their businesses entirely. 3. While many are relieved by the recent interest rate cuts, the consensus is that we were not yet out of the woods. 4. This year’s delegates are much leaner and better focused. I was surprised by the number of founders who told me that they were not fundraising: "We're profitable, and don't need to raise money for working capital. We may raise a small round to finance an opportunistic acquisition, and are currently speaking to a few interesting targets". 5. Although Southeast Asian VCs are sitting on record amounts of dry powder, no-one seems to be in a hurry to invest, and are taking their time to evaluate deals. There is, however, a genuine concern that they will not be able to fully deploy their capital before their funds mature. 6. What hasn’t changed, though, is that Southeast Asia remains the most exciting technology and VC ecosystem in the world. The Southeast Asian digital economy is expected to grow to a trillion dollars by 2030, making it the fastest-growing digital economy in the world, and investors are here to tap that growth. 7. Founders also continue to hustle and build. Have you ever spoken to a startup founder? These guys believe they can change the world. Many of them have. They’re not going to let a little Funding Winter stand in the way of their ambition. Winters are a time for consolidation, reflection, and renewal, and the best founders and businesses will emerge stronger than before. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a sign of a maturing startup ecosystem. In fact, we may be starting to witness the thaw of the Funding Winter and I, for one, am encouraged by the green shoots that are starting to emerge. Back to Singapore for 14 hours, to meet a couple of clients before zipping off to Bangkok early doors tomorrow. Catch me if you can! All comments welcome. Photo of silhouettes against a Balinese sunset, copyright of Endeavor Indonesia

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I’m going to invest $27M into early-stage startups in the next 6 months. 45 companies. $600k per investment. 🚨 Big problem statements 🚨 Sector agnostic  🚨 Building in Southeast Asia 🚨 Pre-launch, pre-seed, and seed funding 🚨 Open to individuals who are still ideating, as well as, companies with co-founders that are already building - - - If you’re still ideating, comment "STEALTH" below and I'll message you. If you’re already building, comment "BUILD". Include the country you’re building your company from. If you know people building the most defining technology companies, tag them below or share this with your network. - - - Antler is a global early-stage VC investing in the world’s most driven founders across 30 cities including Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and across Southeast Asia. By investing from day zero, we are the earliest backer for startups as well as a long-term capital partner that provides follow-on funding of up to $10M for growth-stage startups at Series A and beyond. Want to reach us sooner? In addition to the above, connect with us at antler.co/apply

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⭐ According to the report, Indonesia’s performance in converting innovation potential into entrepreneurial success surpasses expectations. ⭐ Ranking 13th among G20 nations in the Lab-to-Startup Conversion metric, the country demonstrates an ability to extract value from its relatively modest Innovation Potential Score of 0.60. ⭐ However, Indonesia’s overall APEXE ranking sits at 15th, reflecting room for growth in policy implementation and the scale of its innovation potential. #e27Stories #startupecosystem Startup Genome

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🚀 We recently helped a Singapore founder slash costs by 70% and turbocharge their growth. How? By hiring a rockstar SDR from Indonesia. For B2B startups, sales is fuel for growth. And SDRs are the engine that powers any high-performing sales team. But here's the thing: the founder was hitting some serious roadblocks: ▪ Singapore talent costs were through the roof ▪ Sourcing quality candidates was eating up precious time ▪ Keeping top performers around felt like a constant battle 🔥 Enter High Five. In just 3 days, we found the Singapore founder a candidate from Indonesia who: ▪ Speaks fluent English ▪ Has experience with Apollo, Clay and HubSpot ▪ Worked in a regional B2B tech startup ▪ Owns a track record of driving six-figure sales metrics But we didn't stop there. As their Employer of Record, we're now ensuring: ▪ Legal compliance in Singapore and Indonesia ▪ Protection from costly misclassification risks ▪ Boosted employee retention and happiness Along the way, we handle all the behind-the-scenes stuff like contracts, payroll, taxes, and benefits. The founder is now free to focus on more important things like sales and marketing. ✌ The best part is we never charge the founder any exorbitant recruitment or placement fees. Does this sound like what your startup needs? If you're looking to: ▪ Bring on top-tier product, engineering, data, ops, and marketing talent in Southeast Asia ▪ Cut your headcount costs by up to 70% ▪ Stay 100% compliant every step of the way 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤. 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐃𝐌 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬@𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞.𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥. I'll personally walk you through the entire process. 💯 For full context: High Five helps you source, hire and pay talent in Southeast Asia - compliantly, without needing to set up a local entity. Through our global recruiting, hiring and payroll services, we enable you to look beyond your local talent pools. We can truly help you scale by building diverse, high-performing teams made up of the absolute brightest minds - no matter where in the world those people happen to be. We’re building the future of work. Let's build the future together! 🤝 #founders #singapore #indonesia #sales #startups

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YC Guide to Seed Fundraising Every Founder Needs to Read It includes 1. Why raise money? 2. When to raise money? 3. How much to raise? 4. Different types of Financing options- Convertible Note, SAFE Note, Equity, Debt 5. Valuation- what is your company worth 6. Different types of Investors- Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists 7. A note on Crowdfunding 8. How to meet investors 9. Negotiating and closing the deal 10. Documents you need 11. Some Fundraising rules to follow 12. What Not to Do While Communicating with Investors 13. A Brief Glossary of Key Terms Source: Geoff Ralston ~~~~~ ♻️ Found this helpful? Repost it so your network can learn from it, too. And follow me, Fazlur Shah for more content like this. #startups #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #investing

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Summary: Indonesian venture capital firm Intudo has raised $125 million across two investment funds, with $75 million for startups and $50 million for natural resources and renewable energy investments, aiming to leverage Indonesia's strengths in consumer products and aquaculture. Key takeaways: Intudo Ventures IV will invest in Indonesian startups with a focus on consumer products, aquaculture, horticulture, and deep tech, backed by a strong location, digital advancements, and expanding middle-class population. The firm's new fund will also target investments in downstream natural resources and renewable energy, tapping into Indonesia's strong position in the global nickel and cobalt market. Intudo's small fund size and significant ownership targets set it apart from other venture capital firms in the Southeast Asian market. Counter arguments: Some may argue that focusing solely on Indonesia limits the potential for international growth and diversification. The firm's previous funds have faced criticisms for not investing enough in early-stage startups, instead focusing on later stage companies. 3.Potential risks and challenges may arise from investments in natural resources and renewable energy, which are highly competitive industries. #venturecapital #vc #startups

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While learning how to run a business at Y Combinator, I found an interesting #startup playbook ⬇ Running a startup is both thrilling and challenging. Here are some useful hints to guide you: ✔ 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚: Ensure there’s a real demand for your product by conducting market research and gathering feedback. ✔ 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦: Surround yourself with talented, motivated individuals who bring diverse perspectives and drive innovation. ✔ 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧: Outline your vision, mission, target market, revenue model, and growth strategy to stay focused and attract investors. ✔ 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬: Understand and address your customers' pain points and preferences. Continuously seek feedback to improve. ✔ 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲: Monitor cash flow, control expenses, and ensure you have sufficient runway. Explore multiple funding sources for growth. ✔ 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: Be ready to pivot based on market feedback and changing conditions. ✔ 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲: Utilize the latest tools to streamline operations and gain a competitive edge. ✔ 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬: Build a robust marketing strategy to drive customer acquisition and invest in sales to convert leads. ✔ 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Foster a work environment where team members feel valued and motivated. ✔ 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐞: Regularly track key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess progress and make data-driven decisions. #marketing #sales #strategy #success

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