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How A Tiny Team Beat A $1 Billion Giant | Palash Soni, GoldCast Founder
- ▶ 46:05 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Ramadweklan, he's an LP in Neon.
How 3 Friends From Coimbatore Run Olympics and Super Bowl | The Untold Amagi Story
- ▶ 1:00:52 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Uh, because, uh, Amagi is very, uh, Amagi is a great example for a fund like Neon also, because when we talk to our investors who are outside India, we show them that Amagi has done it, right?
How Anjali Sardana Built a $200M Company in 1 Year
- ▶ 1:02:45 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Because, um, uh, at Neon also, we invest in a lot of young researchers, data scientists who are 24 year old, 23 year old, and we are very excited about that, about them and the problems they are solving and the kind of energy they have,…
Why Coding is the Fastest Path to AGI | Turing CEO Jonathan Siddharth
- ▶ 27:32 Jonathan Siddharth You might be curious, how is my portfolio at Neon different from Sequoia?
- ▶ 1:02:38 Jonathan Siddharth Um, for example, if Neon were a Turing customer, we'd build that agent for you so that you have like a, um, an associate GPT or an associate cloud that can do these.
India's Answer To China's Control On Global Supply Chain | Bhaktha, Chara Tech
- ▶ 21:58 Siddhartha Ahluwalia So we have to go back to our second time founders.
- ▶ 1:05:18 Siddhartha Ahluwalia When I was researching, reading, I was thinking that, ah, if I, if I don't do podcasts, there would never be a time when I'm, you know, sitting and reading about a startup, which has no relationship with Neon.
How Capillary Built a Culture That Created 50+ Founders | Aneesh Reddy
- ▶ 56:29 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And what I learned from FaceHits, Neon being an investor, first check in FaceHits, is that like, you can really build stuff inside Capillary, which is not, it cannot, or should not be useful for the business just because, uh, you know, and…
Why "Boring" Infrastructure is the Best Path to a $60B Company | Manish Jindal, Cloudflare & Arize
- ▶ 1:15:19 Siddhartha Ahluwalia In your opinion, uh, in, in Neon portfolio, we have seen the highest amount of acquisitions, profitable acquisitions happen in infraspace. 2 times in the scene
Why Rule-Breaking Is the Only Rule in Venture Capital | Ashmeet Sidana, Engineering Capital
- ▶ 30:31 Siddhartha Ahluwalia So what, at least at Neon, we are seeing today, specifically in AI, I mentioned a point about technical founders which are winning in AI.
Which AI Model are companies actually Paying For in 2026? | Rohit Agarwal, Portkey
- ▶ 1:11:41 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Yeah, Neon and Portkey did together a MCP meetup at this place only.
AI Needs to Know Why You took THAT decision | Ashu Garg, Investor at Foundation Capital
Is AI changing EVEN the Top Roles in startups?
- ▶ 51:31 Umesh Padval I'm excited about what you're doing in your own fund at Neon.
How Buyers Discover Startups, From a 10-Year Founder Journey to an EXIT | Ankur & Vishwa, Zenduty
- ▶ 5:48 unnamed speaker And then, twenty-twenty-one is where I think we onboarded most of our cap tables, which include, of course, you and Neon, um, we had Titan Capital, we had, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:05 Siddhartha Ahluwalia So this is an honest feedback about Neon and you can say whatever you feel honestly, even bad things either. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 43:53 Siddhartha Ahluwalia In, in AI, what my observation in Neon portfolio is like, 50% second time founders, right?
- ▶ 54:00 Siddhartha Ahluwalia But in Neon portfolio, let's say, out of five profitable exits, four have been M&A's and three are DevTools. 2 times in the scene
An Honest Conversation About What Being a Founder Really Feels Like | Arpita & Ananda
- ▶ 1:59 unnamed speaker I am here at the neon studio with my friend Ananda, and we're going to have a fun conversation.
For the CEOs of 2026, From One of India's Top Leaders | Roopa Kudva, Ex-CEO Crisil
- ▶ 25:51 unnamed speaker I think I would want to do that with Neon also. 2 times in the scene
Why Finding Your ‘Rapido Bet’ and Surviving Your ‘Meesho Miss is the Best Job | Pratik & Brij
- ▶ 30:34 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Neon, we have built it like, like a startup only, right?
How to Think Like a CEO & Build Like a Fighter | Shiv Shivakumar, Ex-CEO Nokia & Pepsico
- ▶ 38:36 Siddhartha Ahluwalia We have one, um, founder, he's part of Nuon only, his name is Vijay Rayapathy, and, uh, we were talking to him, he, and he mentioned that after the interview, interview, they do anti-interview also, where they tell candidate that,
6sense Did What Google Couldn’t : Targeting Companies, Not People | Viral Bajaria
- ▶ 30:09 Viral Bajaria But you can't go and say, I want to target employees at Neon. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:07:25 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And, and last is, you know, uh, just for us, why did you invest in Neon? 2 times in the scene
How Ashish Toshniwal built a $350M Co after an email from Steve jobs | Ashish Toshniwal
- ▶ 41:42 Siddhartha Ahluwalia So that's one of my big focus area for Neon, like, how do I create, like, wealth for the entire team that is, that is working for it. 4 times in the scene
Why YOU Should Know About Rajeev Motwani, a Genius Indian-American Professor
- ▶ 19:49 Asha Jadeja Motwani And taking Neon fund itself to the next height, which is, which is great, and look, for next year, you are helping me with the next cohort. 4 times in the scene
4 Startups. 2 Founders and 3 Eras Of SaaS: Installable → Cloud → AI | Sreedhar & Kiran
- ▶ 31:22 Siddhartha Ahluwalia That's what my observation is, right, at NEON.
Why Stripe Paid $150M For A Young Indian Startup | Saurya Prakash Sinha, Recko
- ▶ 56:37 Siddhartha Ahluwalia My, I often wonder right after Reco and being safe, there haven't been that size of acquisition from Neon portfolio.
How To Hire, Train & Retain Talent To Build A Great Company | Vijay Rayapati | Khadim Batti
- ▶ 1:00 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Hi, this is Siddharth Alwalia, your host today and managing partner at Neon Fund. 3 times in the scene
2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
- ▶ 1:03:34 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And this is the same reason like why as an investor we like at Neon backing founders who are building for large enterprises because large enterprises humbles you to the core.
- ▶ 1:25:43 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And thank you for being a great friend, investor and partner to Neon. 2 times in the scene
75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
- ▶ 56:44 Siddhartha Ahluwalia We haven't tried it at Neon because we believe, you know, our content at Neon builds the brand for the fun, but we are open to it. 3 times in the scene
How I Built A $1B Business | Kirthiga Reddy, Founder, Verix | The Neon Show
- ▶ 51:18 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Many of our second time founders are LPs in Neon.
Indian SaaS, AI Wave, IPO & Best Country For Co. Registration | 2024 Insights With SaaS Founder
- ▶ 22:21 Siddhartha Ahluwalia You have invested in more than a hundred companies as an angel, then LPs in Neon and a few other funds, right?
$10 Trillion Goal, Reverse Brain Drain & IPO Market I Nansi & Siddhartha On India’s Bright Future
- ▶ 0:10 Nansi (Nancy) We have invested in 55 companies at Neon.
Flipkart’s Success Secrets, VC Power Law, And IPO Market : RTP Global Partner, Nishit Garg
- ▶ 1:14 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Who is an investor in Neon and a very dear friend on the podcast with me, Nishith Kirk, partner at RTP Global.
These 90 Minutes Will Teach You Everything About SaaS Business | SaaSBOOMi Co-Founder | Neon Show
- ▶ 1:31:52 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Looking forward to working together more with you as me on and together.
B2B SAAS Investors Discuss European And Indian Startup Ecosystems | ROI Ventures | Neon Show
- ▶ 9:39 Laura Raggl Because we were looking into the Indian market and about the most exciting, uh, we see funds and you don't need to look too long to find mail.
Global VC's Honest Opinion About India's Startup Ecosystem Explained | Stepstone Group Partner
- ▶ 59:11 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And what would be your advice to, you know, a fund like NEON, uh, listed trying to raise between 50 to a hundred mil, uh, from institutional LPs, uh, in the US?
Nansi Asks Siddhartha About Neon Fund 3, VC Career And Future Life Updates I Neon Show
- ▶ 0:59 Nansi (Nancy) I am Nancy, co-founder and head of marketing at Neon and your host for today. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:44 Siddhartha (Siddharth) I have never seen a founder that when the round was getting built and both founder and the neon were eager to partner, we couldn't partner.
- ▶ 36:14 Siddhartha (Siddharth) So, so he partnered with me when fund two was almost zero. 5 times in the scene
HOW To Gain 25,000 Subscribers in JUST 90 Days! | Our UNTOLD Rebranding Story on The Neon Show
- ▶ 0:50 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And we have worked with it for the last nine months from the journey of changing hundred X entrepreneur to neon.
- ▶ 30:38 unnamed speaker And I still remember Vidit and Ivy both liked Neon, but Siddharth was not liking the name. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:44 Vidit Agarwal When you're drunk in a party, and someone asks you, why are you neon? 16 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:42 Vidit Agarwal I picked up Figma while doing Neon just so that we can give a good product that's hand over, right? 4 times in the scene
5 Most Important Decisions of Our Lives | Journey of Siddhartha & Nansi, Founders, 100x Entrepreneur
- ▶ 3:38 unnamed speaker We worked together and that was the time when we thought of starting hundred X entrepreneur.
Ganesh Rengaswamy, Quona Capital, on the growth of Digital Lending and Neo Banking in India
- ▶ 37:36 Ganesh Rengaswamy And in the middle of COVID, they just closed a 165, a hundred seventy million dollar round in the middle of COVID.