Arun Venkatachalam
11 statements across 1 episodes · 8 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 9, 2021 by Arun Venkatachalam · across every show →
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Venkatachalam: Backs Sauce VC rather than investing directly in consumer brands
“In consumer brands, I won't do it on my own. It's just too hard. You have to just do that one in, you know, one sector all day, every day. So I normally was not an LP. I used to do things direct, but for consumer brands, I said, okay, I will be an LP in sauce …”
Mar 9, 2021 positive
Mar 9, 2021 positive
Venkatachalam: Shifting angel strategy to concentrated bets like a micro VC
“To be meaningful on the cap table and, you know, to be You know, important to a founder that, you know, I'm really putting my money where my mouth is do fewer, but do deeper and almost behave like a micro VC. This is just my changes as the industry does change…”
Mar 9, 2021 positive
Venkatachalam: Angel investing de-risks family's brick-and-mortar conglomerate holdings
“My family is not going to promote any technology businesses. Our business model is to, you know, brick and mortar. We will do, you know, value added manufacturing. We will buy a competitor who is, you know, on the ropes. We'll turn that business around. And we…”
Mar 9, 2021 positive
Mar 9, 2021 positive
Venkatachalam: Sourcing alpha requires deep sector focus and non-transactional networking
“If you really want to alpha in sourcing spend time in a specific sector that Irrespective of whether it's hot or not. You like it. You spend time. Go speak to people where there's no live deal. And build relationships with people. Nothing will come in the firs…”
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Mar 9, 2021 bullish
Venkatachalam: Investing in Bajaj Auto Finance in 2009 was extremely lucky
“I happened to be lucky enough to invest in a company called Bajaj Auto Finance in 2009, which became Bajaj Finance. You know, it could have been the greatest investment of all time, but you know, it went up, it just constantly kept going up. I sold it 33 times…”