EP 72 : Early Stage Investing with Pratik Poddar (Principal, Nexus Venture Partners

Nexus Venture Partners (www.nexusvp.com) is India’s leading venture capital fund, with offices in India and Silicon Valley. It has over $1.5B under management across 5 funds and an active portfolio of over 70 companies across technology, internet, media, consumer and business services sectors.  

In this episode, Roshan Cariappa hosts Pratik Poddar, who is Principal at Nexus Venture Partners. As an entrepreneur turned VC, Pratik is most passionate about consumer, community/content, education, e-commerce, financial services, and healthcare startups. 

(01:37) Transitioning from an associate to principal 

(05:17) Competing to work with the best startups 

(07:12) Decision-making principles 

(15:38) Overcoming covid-19 challenges 

(21:20) Healthy market cues 

(24:08) Evolution of EdTech 

(27:45) Impact of edtech on teachers 

(32:53) What makes content business investable? 

(38:37) The next 10 years for India VCs  

Connect with Pratik: 

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratikpoddar 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/pratikpoddar  

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