34: Serial Entrepreneur, Prolific Investor and Partner Emeritus Prime VP Ashish Gupta on Entrepreneurship and Investing in India

Ashish Gupta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashish-gupta-9632571/) , Serial Entrepreneur chats with Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .Ashish Gupta is a well-known and highly respected figure both in the Indian startup ecosystem and in Silicon Valley. He is a Kauffman Fellow, holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a BTech from IIT Kanpur where he received the President’s Gold medal and is on its list of 50 illustrious alumni. His first entrepreneurial venture, Junglee (a price-comparison platform) was acquired by Amazon in 1998 following which he founded Tavant Technologies in the year 2000. Known for being a prolific investor, Gupta has been an early investor in startups that went on to have very successful exits, such as Flipkart and MuSigma. Ashish is the co-founder of Helion Venture Partners and serves on several boards including Ezetap, Pubmatic, Simplilearn, SMSGupshup and Naukri. Some of his past investments include Qwikcilver (acquired by Pinelabs), Daksh (acquired by IBM), MakeMyTrip, Upwork, Perfios, and Redbus.Listen to the episode to learn about:3:07 Angel investments and VCs: myths vs. realities5:18 FOMO mentality in the private world6:23 Difference in Indian and US markets in terms of investing11:27 What makes a great company?16:23 What’s more important than team for a company’s success19:41 Importance of timing when it comes to trends22:57 Thoughts on exits 25:37 Thoughts on selling a company26:42 Why companies are choosing to stay private31:20 Tips for young entrepreneurs 33:07 Joining the Prime VP team Read the complete transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/serial-entrepreneur-prolific-investor-and-partner-emeritus-prime-vp-ashish-gupta-entrepreneurship-and-investing-india/)Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/

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