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Bakshi: ColoWatch CT colon screening costs one-third of a colonoscopy
“And the price is a third of what colonoscopy does.”
Bakshi: Multi-founder startups handle crises and operate more smoothly
“What I will say is that the boards that I sit on, if there are multiple founders, things tend to be a little less frantic in that when there's a moment of crisis or there is a situation which demands attention, having more than one founder As making the ultima…”
Bakshi: Founder equity dilution is less important than avoiding single points of failure
“From a, from an arithmetic standpoint, yes, it'll make an impact, but frankly, there is, there are just so many unknowns at this stage of life of a startup company that I think the weight that, that equity ownership across two or three founders carries is not …”
Bakshi: Active usage growth is the best proxy for revenue and stickiness
“There are certain industries and verticals where usage is much more important as an indicator of early success. Obviously, we'd love to see revenue and real dollars coming in, but usage and usage in a meaningful way is the best proxy you can have about how sti…”
Bakshi: Early Indications Suggest VC Exits Will Improve in 2025
“And actually we're hoping, 25 is better. We're hoping we see more exits. And in our senses, it, at least early indications are that it will be better. We are certainly cautiously optimistic.”
Bakshi: Trump administration will likely accelerate value-based healthcare trends
“If anything, given what I know about the mindset of the people who are in the leadership, From this administration standpoint, they will probably accelerate a lot of these trends and anything that shows high value reduction in the cost of care with the same le…”
Bakshi: ColoWatch studies find three non-colon cancers per colon cancer detected
“For every one colon cancer, That they have found in their studies over the last 20 years, they have found three other non-colon cancers in the same study.”
Bakshi: The national average cost for a colonoscopy is $2,000 to $3,000
“It's the national average is between two and 3000 dollars.”
Bakshi: Blu Ventures has over $170M AUM and 63 active investments
“In fact, at last count, I think we had about 63 or so active investments and about 15 or 20 exited over the last 12 years. About a hundred and seventy million, a little over hundred and seventy million in assets under management.”
Bakshi: Blu Ventures operates funding vehicles from $100k seed to $1M+
“So within Blue, to answer the second part of your question, I am part of a couple of investment committees. We have a number of different funding vehicles, depending on the stage of the companies. It could be a really early stage company, which is looking for …”