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EP25: 2 Unicorns, 1 Decacorn and the process of building the muscle to pick a winner {Sameer of NexusVP}
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EP25: 2 Unicorns, 1 Decacorn and the process of building the muscle to pick a Winner {Sameer Verma, MD of NexusVP}
Sameer has been an early-stage investor in over 38 companies that include 2 Unicorns & 1 Decacorn. On the episode I speak with Sameer Verma of NexusVP about some of his investments, the startup ecosystem, and we get a chance to dig deeper into how he thinks about investing. More recently though, Sameer’s investee company, Postman, was in the news for putting India on the map for creating a category creating unicorn!
Do listen to this episode in its entirety there are some fun anecdotes in the conversation. In case you have limited time, we discuss 5 of my favourite investments of Sameer’s portfolio (personal & that of Nexus') from min 47. These cover his investments in Hasura, Postman, Bira91, Licious & MyUpchar.
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→ Don’t forget to subscribe to the Newsletter via stars.substack.com so that you can receive future podcast releases delivered to your inbox!
→ Full episode of the podcast is available on YouTube: Part 1 & Part 2
→ We also have a coffee giveaway that's still open (31st July is the last day) from EP20! All you have to do is sign up the Newsletter & tag me & the Podcast on social media of your choice, Linkedin / Instagram/FB wherever! Just these 2 things for you to win a bag of coffee from BlueTokaiCoffee! And possibly a Zoom chat with Matt, co-founder of BTC!
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About Sameer:
Based in Bangalore, and a graduate of Illinois Institute of Tech, Sameer focuses on consumer internet, enterprise / SaaS, ed-tech, healthcare and b2b commerce domains. At Nexus, Sameer has led investments in Postman, Unacademy, Infra.market, Zolo, Hasura.io, Ultrahuman, Quandl, RoadRunnr (Zomato), Joveo and a variety of other companies.
His complete investment profile can be found on the NexusVP website.
Timeline:
05:46 - Radical prioritisation framework
07:25 - Becoming an investor
18:42 - Working in Venture investing, early days
27:53 - Thesis: Teams & People not stuck on idea
29:05 - His personal investing process?
31:40 - COVID's impact - behaviour shift & reinforcement loops
36:46 - Postman investment (part1)
47:53 - Anectodes & Investment stories
48:45 - Hasura
56:56 - Postman (Part2)
58:26 - Bira91
1:05:44 - Licious investment
1:10:20 - Investing in vice’s and VC’s not investing in such
1:12:37 - Incremental value delivered by Licious
1:15:53 - MyUpchar
57 bölüm
Manage episode 268599214 series 2770978
EP25: 2 Unicorns, 1 Decacorn and the process of building the muscle to pick a Winner {Sameer Verma, MD of NexusVP}
Sameer has been an early-stage investor in over 38 companies that include 2 Unicorns & 1 Decacorn. On the episode I speak with Sameer Verma of NexusVP about some of his investments, the startup ecosystem, and we get a chance to dig deeper into how he thinks about investing. More recently though, Sameer’s investee company, Postman, was in the news for putting India on the map for creating a category creating unicorn!
Do listen to this episode in its entirety there are some fun anecdotes in the conversation. In case you have limited time, we discuss 5 of my favourite investments of Sameer’s portfolio (personal & that of Nexus') from min 47. These cover his investments in Hasura, Postman, Bira91, Licious & MyUpchar.
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
→ Don’t forget to subscribe to the Newsletter via stars.substack.com so that you can receive future podcast releases delivered to your inbox!
→ Full episode of the podcast is available on YouTube: Part 1 & Part 2
→ We also have a coffee giveaway that's still open (31st July is the last day) from EP20! All you have to do is sign up the Newsletter & tag me & the Podcast on social media of your choice, Linkedin / Instagram/FB wherever! Just these 2 things for you to win a bag of coffee from BlueTokaiCoffee! And possibly a Zoom chat with Matt, co-founder of BTC!
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
About Sameer:
Based in Bangalore, and a graduate of Illinois Institute of Tech, Sameer focuses on consumer internet, enterprise / SaaS, ed-tech, healthcare and b2b commerce domains. At Nexus, Sameer has led investments in Postman, Unacademy, Infra.market, Zolo, Hasura.io, Ultrahuman, Quandl, RoadRunnr (Zomato), Joveo and a variety of other companies.
His complete investment profile can be found on the NexusVP website.
Timeline:
05:46 - Radical prioritisation framework
07:25 - Becoming an investor
18:42 - Working in Venture investing, early days
27:53 - Thesis: Teams & People not stuck on idea
29:05 - His personal investing process?
31:40 - COVID's impact - behaviour shift & reinforcement loops
36:46 - Postman investment (part1)
47:53 - Anectodes & Investment stories
48:45 - Hasura
56:56 - Postman (Part2)
58:26 - Bira91
1:05:44 - Licious investment
1:10:20 - Investing in vice’s and VC’s not investing in such
1:12:37 - Incremental value delivered by Licious
1:15:53 - MyUpchar
57 bölüm
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