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Reliance Industries

also referred to as: reliance

includes Reliance Jio, Reliance Ventures, Reliance Retail

14 statements across 11 episodes · 7 bullish · 1 bearish · 11 people on the record · first statement Jan 20, 2020 by Sid Talwar · said 80 times in 34 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Deepak Shenoy (17), Farooq Adam (13), Siddhartha Ahluwalia (9), Raj Rishi Singhal (5), Sameer Brij Verma (4), Suhasini Sampath (3), Paras Chopra (2), Dilsher Malhi (2)

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2022 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2021 20 mentions in 5 episodes 4 per episode
2020 10 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
2019 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

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Everything said about Reliance Industries, oldest first

Jan 20, 2020 positive
What-if
Lightbox preferred not to sell edtech startup Embibe to Reliance
“If we could have held on to imbibe we would have. It would, it wouldn't have been our desire to sell a business of that nature being led by a founder of that nature. But it was in the best interest of the business.”
Sid Talwar Jan 20, 2020 ▶ 5:05 Episode 48 | Sid Talwar, Managing Partner, Lightbox Ventures
Jan 20, 2020
Assertion Supported
Lightbox Fund 1 was secondary; Fund 2's only exit is Embibe
“Our fund one was actually a secondary purchase. So which was being, which was originally Kleiner Perkins and Sherpaulo. But our first fund from a blind pool perspective was what we call fund two. We've had one exit Imbibe, which is an EdTech play which we sold…”
Sid Talwar Jan 20, 2020 ▶ 4:13 Episode 48 | Sid Talwar, Managing Partner, Lightbox Ventures
Feb 14, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Verma: Reliance Ventures' Paytm investment returned the fund over 2x
“PTM you know, that was the top one returned the fund two times, and as far as Reliance was concerned, a little over that”
Sameer Brij Verma Feb 14, 2020 ▶ 16:36 Episode 50 | Sameer Brij Verma, Nexus Venture Partners
Jun 28, 2021 positive
Insight
Adam: Reliance wins markets by deploying at unmatchable, competitor-crushing scale
“You are going to win by deploying at scale. You launch at such a large scale that there is no one who can then kind of even come in compete with you. And this is what, you know, really Distinguishes, you know the reliance way of doing things as compared to any…”
Farooq Adam Jun 28, 2021 ▶ 49:52 Journey of Reliance acquiring Fynd, with Founder, Farooq Adam | 100x Entrepreneur Podcast
Jun 28, 2021
Disclosure
Adam: Fynd founders retained 16 percent equity following mid-2019 Reliance buyout
“Towards the, First half of 2019, first quarter, first month of 2019, we got a term sheet from then and mid mid 2019, I think August first or July 30th the deal was kind of completed. We still own, own large part of the company, the past founders and employees.…”
Farooq Adam Jun 28, 2021 ▶ 50:31 Journey of Reliance acquiring Fynd, with Founder, Farooq Adam | 100x Entrepreneur Podcast
Jun 28, 2021
Disclosure
Adam: Reliance priced the Fynd acquisition at 20 percent over previous valuation
“That's correct. I think the numbers, I don't think there was any, nothing wrong in the numbers. The way they went about doing the deal was whatever is your previous round. We will give an 18 or 20% bump because anyway, that money is going to go to the investor…”
Farooq Adam Jun 28, 2021 ▶ 51:30 Journey of Reliance acquiring Fynd, with Founder, Farooq Adam | 100x Entrepreneur Podcast
Sep 22, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Shenoy: Mandatory Index Fund Selling Drove Jio Financial to Lower Listing Circuits
“Geofinancials is a de-merger from Reliance Industries. Reliance Industries is 10% of India's index. Index funds that hold Reliance Industries got free shares of Geofinancials. Geofinancials will not be in the index. So all these index funds have to sell. The i…”
Deepak Shenoy Sep 22, 2023 ▶ 1:08:21 Watch This BEFORE Renting Out Your Property In India! | SEBI Manager Deepak Shenoy on The Neon Show
Mar 8, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sampath: Yoga Bar's zero-sugar muesli is its top seller in Reliance and DMart
“We have a no sugar muesli, so zero sugar, no, no raisins, no dates, no nothing, zero total sugar. It says zero total sugar, right? And that's the fastest selling product in Reliance and DMart.”
Suhasini Sampath Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 31:11 Building YogaBar to a 500 Cr and selling it to ITC ft Founder Suhasini S
May 17, 2024 neutral
Insight
Sethi: Emerging market consumer distrust forces companies to become conglomerates
“In emerging markets, consumers are not willing to trust companies, and so you have to build a brand to a certain size and scale, and then they'll start enabling trust to be able to try multiple products. It's why you see so many companies like a la Zomato, not…”
Arjun Sethi May 17, 2024 ▶ 30:46 VC MASTERCLASS - B2B SAAS, Quick Commerce, Peter Thiel And India’s Decade I Arjun Sethi I Neon Show
Jan 24, 2025 negative
Opinion
Ahluwalia: Reliance and Adani build semiconductors internally instead of backing startups
“If you see today, if you talk about semiconductor defense Reliance and Adani's of India, They want to do it all themselves and capture the market share rather than investing in new entrepreneurs”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Jan 24, 2025 ▶ 47:44 Nvidia’s Success, Chip Race, India’s Semiconductor Mission, & Hardware Vs Software | Raja Manickam
Mar 15, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sharma: Reliance And Tata Leaders Aim To Launch Industrial AI Labs
“Our big companies like Reliance you know, our leaders there are very interested in doing that. You know, in Tata's, they're very interested in doing that and others, and I'm hoping that they'll make the right big moves to create these kinds of industrial labs.”
Sharad Sharma Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 1:19:45 $200B in UPI,1.3B Aadhaar Users, 943M on ID Platform: Why More Indians Must Know about DPI
Jul 4, 2025
What-if
Chopra: Reliance and Tata would have crushed Flipkart if ecommerce was predictable
“When Flipkart came along initially. It was very hard to model whether Indians would shop online or not. There was just no precedent for it. If it was very easy, I think Reliance, Tata, and all these big companies would have entered it.”
Paras Chopra Jul 4, 2025 ▶ 54:04 Paras Chopra: How To Build A Successful Startup In India | Sold Wingify For $200 Million
Nov 4, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Bhushan: Goyal and Majety will replace Tata and Reliance as role models
“I think, 50 years from now, we'll not talk about Reliance Starter. We'll probably talk about Dipinder and Harsha. I hope that happens, but they would be the next role model.”
Brij Bhushan Nov 4, 2025 ▶ 1:12:35 Why Finding Your ‘Rapido Bet’ and Surviving Your ‘Meesho Miss is the Best Job | Pratik & Brij
Jun 23, 2026 positive
What-if
Sardana: On-demand services would not exist without Reliance Jio
“Like, I don't think any of these businesses would exist if it weren't for reliance.”
Anjali Sardana Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 59:20 How Anjali Sardana Built a $200M Company in 1 Year
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