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@firstcheque7252 CEO on Early Stage Investing and investments from founders ft. Kushal Bhagia
- ▶ 2:17 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Today I have with me Kushal Bhagia, founder of First Check. 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:30 Siddhartha Ahluwalia So, so earlier, I remember the, the first checks, first fund was closely associated with, uh, angel list, right? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:24 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Let's see, will not participate beyond fifteen million valuation from first check?
- ▶ 11:27 Siddhartha Ahluwalia How many of them came through venture partner and how many were directly, you know, first check readout or the entrepreneur read to first check? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:38 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Kushal, so, uh, if, if you have to name, like, top five companies by valuation from first check, who would they be? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:52 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And, uh, what, what's the evaluation process like at first check?
- ▶ 17:26 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And, uh, uh, currently, uh, you know, uh, uh, do you think, uh, there, there's a moat for first check, uh, in the pre-seed environment in India, like almost like you are seeing, uh, let's say 5000 companies are raising or out to raise… 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:03 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And, and, um, what would change with the second fund? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:18 Kushal Bhagia So, first fund was actually lesser. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:27 Siddhartha Ahluwalia How does first check continue to keep, do the value add? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:30 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And Kushal, uh, uh, you, uh, why do you think like the model of first check has worked?
- ▶ 33:28 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And, uh, Kushal, why, why does, you know, being at first check personally resonate with you, um, with your, uh, what I can say personality, because you could have joined India question team directly, or you could have joined a fund like… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:26 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Uh, currently, uh, let's say, you know, uh, in, in a year, uh, 30 to 40 companies, uh, get backed by first check. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:17 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And what's your own personal goal from First Check? 7 times in the scene
Journey of Reliance acquiring Fynd, with Founder, Farooq Adam | 100x Entrepreneur Podcast
- ▶ 53:40 Farooq Adam With, uh, with, uh, Gagan Goyal, we kind of institutionalized this, uh, this, uh, this fund called, uh, First Check, uh, with, uh, which was essentially, right, at any time I would invest, First Check would also kind of co-invest, uh,… 2 times in the scene
Investing in outliers with Madhukar Sinha, Founder, India Quotient | 100x Entrepreneur Podcast
- ▶ 58:04 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Madhukur, if you can share, why did India Quotient create first check when you yourself were investing very early? 7 times in the scene