Ishaan Mittal
Founding Partner, Mettle Capital. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Ishaan Mittal is a founding partner at Mettle Capital and a former managing director at Peak XV Partners, formerly Sequoia Capital India. Over a decade in venture capital, he led investments in prominent consumer and fintech companies such as Razorpay, Mamaearth, and Pine Labs.
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Everything Ishaan Mittal said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Indian niche neobanks will build enduring, very large businesses over decades
“I think many of these companies will choose their niches, their group of customers, and cater to their needs much better than banks, and create very valuable companies not just in the next three to five years but companies that will endure and become very larg…”
Mittal: Venture capitalists are wrong more often than right
“In our business, we are more often wrong than right, and it is extremely important to keep an open mind, and be willing to change your mind when counter data and facts present itself.”
Sequoia's best investments are driven by individual conviction rather than firm consensus
“While we have seen in the past that some of the best investments Sequoia has made have been driven by Conviction of few than, ah, consensus of everyone.”
Ten times more Indian startups have achieved scale in 2020 versus 2015
“The number of companies that have scaled today is probably 10 times more than what it was five years ago.”
Razorpay reduced merchant onboarding times from several days to a few hours
“Razorpay reduced that time to a few hours from a few days.”
Mittal: Sequoia India holds 10+ companies across each core sector
“As Sequoia Capital India, we invest across a variety of sectors, including consumer, financial services, FinTech, payments, education, enterprise software, and healthcare. And we would have more than 10 companies across each of these spaces.”
Mittal: Sequoia India tracks early founders until product-market fit justifies growth capital
“Product market fit is what is most important for us as growth stage investor, investors. But what we like to do is that we don't want to wait for, ah, for this moment to come. We would like to be in touch with the founders and companies at a very early stage, …”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Ishaan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
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 NEON SHOWLEDGER | Founding Partner, Mettle Capital | 1 | 7 | 100% 1/1 | full record on the Neon Show → |