E6: Dheeraj Jain (Managing Partner, Redcliffe Capital)

Dheeraj Jain is the Founder and Managing Partner at Redcliffe Capital, an investment firm focusing on innovative, technology businesses in global markets. Dheeraj has invested in over 32 startups including PeeSafe, LifCare, The Man Company, Drivezy, Coho, Coutloot and Qdesq, among others. He’s also had some notable exits along the way, namely Innov8, Burger Singh & Supr Daily.

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In this episode, we cover:

1. How Dheeraj’s journey in Venture Capital began

2. What special situation investment firm is?

3. How venture capital has evolved as an asset class in India

4. How Dheeraj builds his investment thesis

5. What Redcliffe Capital looks for in the founding team during investment

6. Consumer market in India and why Dheeraj is bullish about it

7. How Redcliffe Capital thinks about false positives/false negatives during an investment

8. Reasons why investors fall in love with startups in the consumer sector

9. Possible exit scenarios for consumer brands – what it could look like, what might be the cycles and when can VCs expect brands to give them returns

10. Redcliffe Capital’s Investment timeline – from first conversation to transfer of funds