A Matrix Minute - Matrix Partners India’s first newsletter

ICYMI, we recently launched the 1st edition of "A Matrix Minute" - Matrix Partners India’s newsletter, where we bring to you the latest from Matrix & the broader startup ecosystem. Here's a thread on all that was covered, read on:

1/ New investments made in '22:

100ms ?(a live video infrastructure startup),? NAKAD ?(a supply chain fintech for Indian MSMEs),? Foxtale ?(an Indian D2C skincare brand) & WizCommerce ?(a SaaS platform focused on digitization for exporters and export factories)

2/ A round-up of the latest funding announcements from our portfolio, from January '22 till date, which includes recent rounds closed by:? Ola Electric ,? dailyhunt ,? DealShare , OneCard ,? Oxyzo Financial Services ,? MoEngage ,? Jupiter ,? Zupee ,? Captain Fresh VEGROW ,? GoKwik ,? LoadShare Networks ,? ITILITE ,? FarMart ,? Rocketlane ,? DaMENSCH ,? Dukaan? ,? SuperOps ,? AntWalk ,? Open Secret

3/ Diving into the?#MatrixMoments?&?#FounderMoments?series w/ a summary of the most recent episodes published:

4/ On long-term vision:? Alekh Sanghera ?&? Mehtab Singh Hans ?of? FarMart get candid with Sudipto Sannigrahi on what truly led them to build FarMart.?Watch the full episode here:?https://lnkd.in/daJKHMF3

6/ On market sizing & building a large business: Pranay Desai speaks to Srikrishnan Ganesan & Vignesh Girishankar of Rocketlane on this. Watch the full episode here: https://www.matrixpartners.in/matrixmoments/the-rocketlane-journey

7/ On building for a purpose: Utham Gowda of Captain Fresh tells Tarun Davda & Sudipto Sannigrahi what triggered his interest in the seafood space. Watch the full episode here: https://www.matrixpartners.in/matrixmoments/captain-fresh-building-the-future-of-fresh-fish-and-sea-food

8/ On Razorpay 's hypergrowth journey: Vikram Vaidyanathan sits down with Harshil Mathur & Shashank Kumar to distill the hardest learnings from their journey. Watch the full episode here: https://www.matrixpartners.in/matrixmoments/razorpays-hypergrowth-journey-learnings-and-whats-next

9/ On building & scaling "kwikly": Avnish Bajaj & Rajat Agarwal speak to Chirag Taneja on the business building frameworks that have helped him scale GoKwik Watch the full episode here: https://www.matrixpartners.in/matrixmoments/Gokwik

10/ On the future of edtech: Vamsi Krishna of Vedantu & Mayank Kumar of upGrad share their thoughts with Rajat Agarwal on how they expect the future of edtech to unravel. Watch the full episode here: https://www.matrixpartners.in/matrixmoments/the-past-present-and-future-of-edtech

11/ On what it takes to build a brand: Shashank Mehta of The Whole Truth Foods gives us a masterclass on building a D2C brand from scratch, while in conversation with Rajat Agarwal Watch the full episode here: https://www.matrixpartners.in/matrixmoments/whole-truth

12/ To access a more comprehensive list of founder journey episodes, as well as the "Reflections" series done by the Matrix team on company building insights, & the "A Matrix Moment" series where we address the most common problems founders face, go here - https://www.matrixpartners.in/matrixmoments

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