‘What we need today is smart capital rather than just capital’ 25 quotes from Investor Summit 2021
From market trends to investor dynamics, these quotes from YourStory’s Investor Summit 2021 capture a wealth of insights for founders.
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StoryBites is a weekly feature from
YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week. This special compilation of quotes is divided into five categories:
Market trends, Corporate engagement, Revenues & profits, Fundraising, and The India opportunity.
Market trends
We are back to pre-COVID levels. There’s no slowdown in terms of companies getting funded or entrepreneurs starting up. - Amit Somani, Prime Ventures
India’s angel investors grow
Despite the high risks associated with startup investments, the ecosystem is now witnessing more entrants coming in as angel investors.
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For long, angel investments in the Indian startup ecosystem have largely been driven by bets made by successful entrepreneurs and tech executives as startups were viewed by many potential investors as a risky asset class.
Despite the high risks associated with startup investments, the ecosystem is now witnessing more entrants coming in as angel investors.
These include high-net-worth individuals, professionals of various organisations at levels below that of CxOs, and business owners of non-tech companies.
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Insights from YourStory’s Investor Summit 2021
The all-virtual event encompassed a stellar line-up of speakers, insightful sessions, diverse representation from the funding and startup ecosystem, and abundant networking opportunities.
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In a first-of-its-kind event in India,
Delivering the welcome address,
YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma said it was a great time to be an entrepreneur.
“Given the lack of opportunities for interactions this year, we wanted to bring the investors to you. And help you have meaningful, relevant, and precise conversations. So, make sure that you connect with every investor who is here today,” she said.
A SaaS-oriented panel titled “Tailwinds in SaaS in 2021” discussed how more B2B companies were being founded now, which wasn’t the case 10 years ago. The panel comprised Blume Ventures’ Sanjay Nath, Prime Venture Partners’ Shripati Acharya, Chiratae Ventures’ Venkatesh Peddi, Stellaris Venture Partners’ Alok Goy
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