Siddhartha Ahluwalia

11 statements across 6 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 17, 2022 by Siddhartha Ahluwalia · said 14 times in 3 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Oct 17, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Ahluwalia's 100x Entrepreneur fund writes $500K checks per early-stage startup
“With the fund also, we decide to go all in. We cut a 500 K check into each company, which is like five percent of the fund”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 20:59 5 Most Important Decisions of Our Lives | Journey of Siddhartha & Nansi, Founders, 100x Entrepreneur
Oct 17, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Ahluwalia raised a $10M SaaS-focused early-stage fund during a market recession
“We have created a ten million dollar fund, and we are investing now into startups from that fund. It's only a SaaS focused fund, and it's been so tough raising that fund, because the markets today are in recession, but we finally raised it. We got Closed at li…”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 20:44 5 Most Important Decisions of Our Lives | Journey of Siddhartha & Nansi, Founders, 100x Entrepreneur
Oct 17, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ahluwalia and Nansi have completed over 35 angel investments in startups
“Today I, you know, we have done like more than 35 investments in startups.”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 20:03 5 Most Important Decisions of Our Lives | Journey of Siddhartha & Nansi, Founders, 100x Entrepreneur
Oct 17, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Ahluwalia's angel investments include Airmeet, inFeedo, Rocketium, and Affable
“We invested in Airmeet as the first check along with Axel. We invested in Infido along, you know, with Y Combinator, and then after a few months, Tiger Global came in along with Jungle Venture. Similarly, Rocketium, Affable, we invested in, and this journey ke…”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 19:46 5 Most Important Decisions of Our Lives | Journey of Siddhartha & Nansi, Founders, 100x Entrepreneur
Oct 31, 2022 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Ahluwalia: In 2015, Rajul Garg gave me ₹2Cr and Meesho only ₹90L
“When in 2015, me and Vidit both had the same investor, Rajul Garg, and Rajul had given us two crores, a round of funding in the total, and Vidit had secured only 90 lakhs.”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Oct 31, 2022 ▶ 9:43 Learning from our journey of building 100x Entrepreneur (now Neon)
May 23, 2023 neutral
Insight
Ahluwalia: Following Sequoia is risky because top VCs have 10% hit rates
“There was something that if a tier one VC is investing, then my opinion would get biased, like, if Sikowa is investing, can I be part of that company? Now I realize I may not know that Sikowa will also have, like, only 10% success rate. So that company which I…”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia May 23, 2023 ▶ 15:59 Podcasting to Investing: Breakdown of Our Journey | 100x Entrepreneur
May 23, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ahluwalia: VCs rejected him for lacking McKinsey, top MBAs, or Kunal Shah's status
“VCs told me that you are not Kunal Shah or neither you are McKinsey nor you come from a top tier MBA college.”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia May 23, 2023 ▶ 3:12 Podcasting to Investing: Breakdown of Our Journey | 100x Entrepreneur
Apr 13, 2024 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ahluwalia: Freshworks created hundreds of $10M fortunes now funding startups
“Fresh works created Hundreds of people with ten million dollars of wealth. And now they're pumping money back, right? They're all my limited partners in the fund.”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Apr 13, 2024 ▶ 21:55 Dear Indians, Watch This Before Moving To America - Varun Mayya’s Brutally Honest Career Advice
Apr 13, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ahluwalia: Two to three crores is sufficient retirement cash in India
“Think retirement, let's say two, three crores in India is retirement cash. For an average family. For family. For, they can generate seven percent interest every year on that. Which is 14, 15 lakhs. So, example, a 36 to 37 year old who has made two and three c…”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Apr 13, 2024 ▶ 28:25 Dear Indians, Watch This Before Moving To America - Varun Mayya’s Brutally Honest Career Advice
Jun 20, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Ahluwalia: Managing a VC fund requires fundraising 10 months a year
“When I was a founder, Almost 10 years back, I used to be six months almost on a raise, right, out in the market. Now as a fund manager, I'm almost 10 months out on a raise. So, so people think that my job is the easy one, that I'm writing checks or spending ti…”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Jun 20, 2024 ▶ 36:03 Wealth Creation For Employees Explained By Sri Batchu (Ramp, Instacart, Opendoor) I The Neon Show
Jan 30, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Ahluwalia: First-time founders hold a larger advantage in AI waves
“I think first time founders have a bigger advantage in AI waves. The reason is you're not carrying any bags from the SaaS era, and you are born into a AI native world.”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Jan 30, 2026 ▶ 44:05 How Buyers Discover Startups, From a 10-Year Founder Journey to an EXIT | Ankur & Vishwa, Zenduty
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