Abhishek Goyal
15 statements across 2 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 19, 2021 by Abhishek Goyal · said 6 times in 4 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Apr 19, 2021 neutral
Active angel investing requires a ten-year cycle and at least 30 companies
“So in this market, you will have to look at least 10 years of cycle to be sort of be sure that if you should be a passive investor instead of being an active investor, or at least budget for investing in 30 companies, because that is how much diversity it will…”
Apr 19, 2021 neutral
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Apr 19, 2021
Goyal has realized angel returns primarily from Flipkart and Delhivery
“So I think I have so far, like, made money broadly in two companies, like Flipkart Exit gave me something, and then in delivery, I had taken some secondary. Other than that, I have largely folding positions in all the companies.”
Apr 19, 2021 bullish
Winning modern VC means backing rocket ships regardless of entry valuation
“So I think the new playbook, in my opinion, where the depth is going to be very crazily deep is just whenever you find a rocket ship, whatever it takes, you get into that boat or you get into that rocket ship and ride it through. And that is what will matter m…”
Apr 19, 2021 neutral
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Apr 19, 2021
Goyal had to borrow rent money after wiring his investment into Delhivery
“When I wired the money to delivery So that month I had to, I couldn't pay the rent on time, because the remaining five lakh was in FDs, and then I didn't, couldn't break them, so I had to borrow some money for the rent that month.”
Apr 19, 2021 negative
Strict VC ownership minimums cause funds to miss out on 100x winners
“And that is why I believe that if you have minimum ownership requirement, and hence you will lose out on a winner because of that, then you are, even at hundred million pre, there is an upside potential of hundred x now, which was, which didn't exist in 10 yea…”
Apr 19, 2021 bullish
Startup ecosystem should actively support Byju's despite widespread public negativity
“There is so much negativity around by Jews now, but I think that they are scaling well. We should work on what needs to be fixed, but I think we should sort of support them and make sure that they see the, you help them reach their peak potential.”
Oct 25, 2022 positive
Goyal: Tracxn Achieved IPO Internal Readiness in 2-3 Months Instead of 12-18
“A lot of people advise us that, look, it's a three year process... And a lot of people said that first 12 to 18 months will just be internal readiness. So in our case, when we started working, we realized that within two to three months, that internal readines…”
Oct 25, 2022 positive
Oct 25, 2022
Goyal: Tracxn risked redoing its entire six-to-nine-week approval process if delayed two weeks
“Our approvals were getting expired, were expiring on November. So if for whatever market condition, even if you lose another two weeks now, you have to just redo the entire thing, which is a very long draining six to nine weeks process.”
Oct 25, 2022
Goyal: Buyback clauses make pre-IPO startup net worth appear deeply negative
“All investors get a clause of buyback. And technically, from an auditor's perspective, if you have a buyback clause, the company's net worth is, like, a lot of negative crores. Because whatever is the net worth company is supposed to buy back, right? So whatev…”