Matrix Partners

includes Matrix Partners India

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 16, 2021 by Karan Bajaj · said 43 times in 17 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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May 16, 2021
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Sequoia and Lightspeed rejected WhiteHat Jr's seed pitch via LinkedIn messages
“Out of which Sequoia rejected, Matrix and Nexus were very interested. And I think Lightspeed rejected. So out of the five, three rejected, two were very interested and that's it.”
Karan Bajaj May 16, 2021 ▶ 34:59 Founder and CEO of @WhitehatJr Karan Bajaj on his journey | 100x Entrepreneur Podcast
Mar 6, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Matrix Partners held all their 2014 shares until Five Star's IPO
“We had our first round in 2014. With Matrix. That was just a three million dollar round, and you'll be surprised to know that till the IPO, Matrix has not sold a single share. So, they sort of continued to hold to all the shares that they did in 2014, 15.”
Rangarajan Krishnan Mar 6, 2023 ▶ 11:33 Understanding the Trillion-Dollar lending market in India ft. Rangarajan Krishnan
Mar 6, 2023
Insight
First institutional investors are for business validation, not valuation
“The first investor, you are bringing him not for valuation, right? You know, you are bringing him for validation of your business model.”
Rangarajan Krishnan Mar 6, 2023 ▶ 20:42 Understanding the Trillion-Dollar lending market in India ft. Rangarajan Krishnan
Mar 28, 2025 neutral
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Khare: Matrix and Nexus Founders Shared His HBS Batch
“We were in the same batch what's interesting is that actually a bunch of investors in India are in the same batch okay who all Avneesh from Matrix Suvir from Nexus and There used to be other folks who've moved back to the US since then, but.”
Dev Khare Mar 28, 2025 ▶ 2:43 Lightspeed’s $500M Bet On India With 1/3rd In AI Companies | Dev Khare | Neon Show
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