Kashyap Chanchani
Founder, Rainmaker Group. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
Kashyap Chanchani is the founder of Rainmaker Group. He offers insights into quick commerce, international public markets, and retail trends in India.
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13statements
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Chanchani: Indian Markets Can Absorb $80B–$100B in Equity Annually
“So you know, with our four trillion market cap, our capacity to absorb companies every year is probably about, you know, say two to two and a half percent of the market cap, which is anywhere between say, 80 to a hundred odd billion dollars.”
Chanchani: Indian startup IPOs will cap out at $4B this year
“So anywhere between so what is said is that for FYI, this particular financial year we'll end up having IPOs around one lakh crore, which is what? About 12 odd billion dollars? Just twelve billion dollars, right? So what does that leave for us? Maybe about, yo…”
Chanchani: Indian quick commerce market cap could reach $100 billion
“Today, if a DMART is being valued at what it is, right? I mean, I don't think it's outrageous to believe that, you know, the quick commerce market cap in India can go all the way up to say even, even a hundred billion dollars.”
Chanchani: Indian startups will create hundreds of thousands of wealthy employees
“I think that third wave is being brought about by our startups where, you know, we'll probably end up seeing, you know, lakhs of people actually you know, becoming rich. By being simply employees rather than, you know, becoming founders”
Chanchani: Founder-led companies clearly outperform professional CEOs on returns
“When it comes to a trade off between a founder and a professional CEO, I mean, if you look at the track record of, you know, the hundreds of companies, you know, in US, in China, in India, I think the choice is very, very clear. When you look at the track reco…”
Chanchani: Listed Indian Startups Total ~$70B of India's $4T Market Cap
“Would be close to about seventy-odd billion dollars in terms of evaluation, Siddharth, from about a four trillion dollar valuation that the Indian markets have at large.”
Chanchani: Startups over $100M are strictly priced on public market metrics
“Today, anywhere between say, you know, 20, 23 to right now, and maybe for the foreseeable future as well. Any company, any startup that is being valued at more than a hundred million dollars. I mean, forget about, you know, our unicorns. They are all being val…”
Chanchani: Indian B2B tech commands a 10% to 30% revenue multiple premium
“Which is the reason why these companies are say at a anywhere between a 10 to 30% premium when it comes to their revenue multiples as compared to say a Freshworks, which is again, you know, a fantastic company with a seven hundred million dollar kind of scale,…”
Chanchani: About two dozen venture-backed startups are listed in India
“In total I think about two dozen of our venture-backed startups are listed in the country today.”
Chanchani: 2020–2021 Indian tech IPOs listed at 15–25x forward revenue
“Now, what were my valuations when I listed at that point in time? We were anywhere between, you know, 15 to 25 times, you know, forward revenue multiples.”
Chanchani: Indian venture funding fell from $45B in 2021 to ~$10B in 2023
“The entire venture funding in a country has so to say, you know, fallen from, say you know, 45 odd billion dollars in 21 to about, you know, 25 odd billion dollars in 22 to about, you know, nine to ten billion dollars in 23”
Chanchani: Only 2% of S&P companies grow over 20% for 5 years
“In S&P index, the percentage of companies that grow over a five year period by more than 20% is two percent. Only two percent of the S&P companies grow at more than 20% for an extended period of time.”
Chanchani: Mamaearth is growing 27% to 30% at ~2,000 crore revenue
“Mama Earth at, Say an expected revenue of about, you know, 2000 dollars cross in this particular financial year. Which is not immaterial. It's fairly large, right? It is still growing at anywhere between, you know, 27 to 30 odd percent, right?”
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| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 NEON SHOWLEDGER | Founder, Rainmaker Group | 1 | 13 | 75% 6/8 | full record on the Neon Show → |