Bikhchandani: Kitty Agarwal leads Info Edge's Policybazaar decisions without board interference
“Decision to hold, decision to sell, decision to invest more a lot of that thinking has been led by Kitty. So I would not overrule Kitty on anything policy without discussing it. I can't recall the last time I overruled anything.”
Agarwal: Startup strategic sale multiples in India lag global standards
“So, strategic sales, right, of course that can be a good exit, but in India, you know, typically the sale value or the multiples have been low compared to, you know, global standards, but that can be a good exit if a company has not raised too much capital, bu…”
Agarwal: Indian edtech market size poses challenges for traditional VC returns
“Overall, we think it's a market that is very attractive. Finding you know, kind of a market size you know, think that can be a bit challenging for conventional VC investors, we think, because each of these companies can probably scale to a certain point, and t…”
Agarwal: Outsized startup growth is heavily driven by luck and timing
“So I would say the ones who are lucky enough, because luck also plays a big role, we believe, ah, for all these factors to come together, they grow, end up growing 5000 X, and the ones that are slightly unlucky or, you know, just wrong time, wrong place, at ti…”
Agarwal: Info Edge writes first institutional checks of $500k to $5M
“So first check sizes are fairly flexible and depends on the fund requirement of the company, but the stage, ah, we are a little more particular about the stage that we try to be the first institutional investor in, ah, typically amongst the first who are in. S…”
Agarwal: Info Edge refuses to back competitors of portfolio companies
“The reason it also looks way more diverse is because we don't invest in competition once we've invested in a company. And we are, we hold that very, very strongly irrespective of how that company is performing. That till we hold shares in one founder, We do no…”