Gandhi: Enterprises are stale and underutilizing AI and data across verticals
“Bubble or not, enterprises are stale. They have old technology. They're not taking advantage of data, AI, machine learning to the point that they should in every vertical marketing, sales, HR, finance, everything.”
Gandhi: PayPal acquired Simility for $120M cash, returning 10x-plus to Array
“The good example for Simility was it bought acquired, I believe, three years after we invested for hundred and twenty million, so it was almost 10 X. Or more, right? Like, so in from the initial check. And so that's a good example of, and it was all cash. So P…”
Gandhi: Enterprise startups take roughly two years on average to reach $1M ARR
“Because of the kinds of things we invest in, there is a tech buildup, and that takes a year plus, oftentimes. But the minute they actually have a meaningful revenue, you know, a million usually takes another 12 months from there. So, I would say, in an ideal w…”
Gandhi: Enterprise Startup Deal Sourcing Relies on Co-Investor Networks Over Organic Discovery
“Enterprises don't work that way unless you have been in an enterprise and you have that experience. You can't just be like, I think I'm looking for a new identity solution. This is, you know, that you don't do that. So yeah, it's usually through the referral n…”
Gandhi: Array Ventures focuses on enterprise deep tech reviving legacy industries
“Array focuses on enterprise deep tech companies. So founders that want to go solve big industries that are old, but need reviving with data analytics, machine learning, any strong tech.”
Array Ventures prioritizes revenue acceleration to $1M and $10M ARR over specific models
“We believe in just. Revenue acceleration as fast as we can. So the lot of the programming we focus on when we invest in our companies is how to get from zero to one and in ARR and then from one to ten million as fast as we can.”
Gandhi: Array Ventures' Fund I was $15M to $20M
“Fund one we don't really share our numbers because they're through multiple mediums, but generally in the stage in size of 15 to twenty million.”
Gandhi: Array Ventures targets 8% to 10% ownership at pre-seed
“So we come in anywhere owning eight to 10% at that stage.”
Gandhi: Array Ventures' sweet spot is a $500,000 first check
“This spot is exactly that, right? Like half a million to founders. It's usually the first round of institutional money.”
Gandhi: Most podcasting tools focus on discovery rather than enterprise needs
“Most of the podcasting tools out there were more around how do you, around discovery, but not many tools around creation and selling to companies.”
Gandhi says Simility is Array Ventures' biggest paper return
“Simility.”