Kanwaljit Singh

10 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 19, 2019 by Kanwaljit Singh · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Sep 19, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Singh personally angel-invested in direct-to-consumer fresh meat brand Licious
“One of my favorite examples is a company I was a personal investor in called Licious, which is a direct to home company which supplies meat and meat based products.”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 15:28 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
Sep 19, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Fireside deploys up to ₹25 crore total capital per winning portfolio company
“Once we get comfort around that, then we write a much larger check typically which could go from 15 to even 20 crores of rupees. So, in a company that is showing all the right elements of success and the basic DNA that we believe can build a large business, Ty…”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 6:59 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
Sep 19, 2019 positive
Insight
Singh: Venture capitalists are kingmakers, but the entrepreneur is always the king
“You are always a mentor, or that somebody called it, you are a kingmaker, but never the king. I think automatically does make you less egoistic, because you know that eventually, you know, you are helping an entrepreneur succeed. Almost the first ownership of …”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 39:42 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
Sep 19, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Singh made 12 to 15 personal angel investments before starting Fireside
“Personally, I would say, I don't have a final count, but maybe between 12 and 15. This is before Fireside started. Now, I don't do any personal investing.”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 6:00 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
Sep 19, 2019
Disclosure
Fireside's first exit was vending machine startup Qwik 24's sale to BigBasket
“So we had one exit. The fund is only two years old, so a little early to talk about actual numbers, but we did have one exit which was a company called Quick 24. This was a vending machine business very interesting concept, which was acquired by Big Basket las…”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 28:51 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
Sep 19, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Singh: Vahdam Teas grew 10 to 15 times between 2015 and 2019
“I was also a personal investor in his company, so I've seen him, you know, grow significantly. One is the business has done really well. And although I can't share the numbers, the company has grown. Maybe from the time that I met him first till today, almost …”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 30:50 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
Sep 19, 2019 neutral
Insight
Singh: Entrepreneurs should grow on their own steam and avoid unnecessary VC
“A lot of times, you know, we meet entrepreneurs where our advice is don't raise VC money. I mean, you have a great business, you have a great idea, you're doing well, actually manage to grow it on your own steam. Go to an investor only when you truly believe t…”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 42:02 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
Sep 19, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Fireside has a 1-in-80 investment hit rate, backing 18 of 1,500 pitches
“Eventually I think our hit rate would be more like one in 71 in 80 kind of investment. So we have done 18. We have seen 1500. So that's a good way of defining it.”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 14:51 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
Sep 19, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Fireside writes ₹3-8 crore initial checks for startups at ₹5 crore revenue
“So our ticket size typically can vary from three, four crores up to seven to eight crores as our first check. And we believe that that's a point where a company typically, again, we would look at some companies who would be in the revenue range of maybe 40, 50…”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 6:17 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
Sep 19, 2019
Insight
Founders should delegate daily operations by ₹50 crore in revenue
“One of the things that we are very conscious about is you start bringing in senior leadership into the organization. So that by the time you are at a 50 crore run rate, you have enough strength of people in your team who can do the day-to-day business on an on…”
Kanwaljit Singh Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 29:58 What is Founder DNA? Exaplains MamaEarth, Boat, Licious Investor, Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside Ventures
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