Sanjay Nath
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Blume Ventures. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Sanjay Nath co-founded Blume Ventures in 2011 alongside Karthik Reddy, establishing it as one of India's prominent early-stage venture capital firms. Based in San Francisco, he concentrates on cross-border SaaS and AI investments, backing portfolio companies such as GreyOrange, Pixxel, and Sprinto.
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23said about them ↓ Everything Sanjay Nath said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Nath: The era of the generalist venture capital investor is over
“You know, that the era of the generalist VC is over.”
Cost and team morale are the only variables founders control in downturns
“It is the only internal variable, which we believe in also. It's the only internal variable that you can control is your cost, your cash, right? You can't control how, how much your gamer is going to spend, you know, for your game, Or the enterprise sales, the…”
Autonomous systems will drive enterprise growth as mandatory in-office work declines
“I think people are not necessarily going to feel that you have to be at work Monday to Friday or Monday to Saturday, but the future of work is here. So, so autonomous systems will drive, you know, a lot of the growth and I think, you know, enterprises start pi…”
Tailwind-driven startups must capture share while headwind startups ruthlessly cut costs
“I think what I would suggest to founders is that if you're in a lift sector, which is positively structurally favorable, then you want to dominate, you know, win market share keep customers with you. If you're on the other hand in a tougher sector, then you wa…”
The supply of gig workers will definitively increase post-COVID
“I think you know, on the supply side, which is the supply or the number of gig workers, I think will definitely go up.”
The startup market will see a wave of healthy, non-distressed consolidations
“One of the things that will happen is I see also a wave of Consolidations and mergers, M&A, right? More the M side than the A side. Consolidation doesn't necessarily mean distress. I mean, good companies banding together, right?”
VCs will scrutinize capital needs instead of forcing minimum check sizes
“I think now VCs will ask the question very, hey, listen, what do you really need this money for, right? Okay, here's five million because we can't, earlier it was like, okay, you know, we can't deploy less than three million because that's our minimum check si…”
CEOs face profound isolation because junior staff fear reprisals for critical feedback
“The CEO's job is very lonely, right? Think about it. Now who can criticize the CEO? Only the board and investors, right? Or maybe the co-founders. No, no junior employees technically can, again, because there may be fear of reprisals.”
Economic re-stabilization from COVID-19 will occur by September 2020
“But my sense is that it's going to be somewhere like six months, you know, if they're saying, you know, international flights resume in a couple of months to me, fall is you know, the June to September period would be, according to me, like re-stabilization, y…”
Nath backed InMobi via Mumbai Angels while living in San Francisco
“And remember, I was a small check rider, you know, part of that round. So, ah, I think that vision and that the gumption and the passion to go out and make a difference. I think we backed that as much as just the idea itself, because all of us know that ideas …”
Zoom grew from 10 million to 200 million active users during COVID-19
“Zoom was apparently on ten million MAUs, right? For some time. And in this crisis, it's gone up Siddharth, to 200.”
Delhivery CEO Sahil Barua relocated to Goa to work remotely during COVID-19
“Delivery, for example, I don't know if you know, but the CEO, Sahil of Delivery sits in Goa. He's moved to Goa.”
Enterprise startups must prioritize cash collections over pipelines during economic downturns
“Focus as much on receivables versus just order books and purchase orders, right? Because you may have a great pipeline. And you, your receivables may look quite strong, but are you collecting it fast enough, you know? Are the 30 days becoming 90 days? Are you,…”
Employees stay engaged when founders and CXOs take the first pay cuts
“I think when employees see that the founder and the CEO and the CXOs are leading from the top at their part with them, they're more likely to be engaged, right? Versus saying, you know, I'm okay. You're on the other side of the fence and I'm cutting you.”
The 2020 downturn will release massive amounts of top-tier talent
“There's going to be a lot of talent on the streets now, the good talent. Either from layoffs or from pay cuts or for whatever reason, the entire company is going down.”
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