Prabhakar: Pitch prospective LPs for the fund after next, not immediate fund
Karthik Prabhakar · What's Happening To VC In India w/ All In Capital, Peer Capital & Upekkha · May 16, 2025 · at 11:51
Karthik Prabhakar, Managing Partner at Peer Capital, explains the multi-year relationship building required for venture capital fund managers when raising capital from Limited Partners.
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“Whenever you're talking to anybody in my own mind, I'm thinking that I'm pitching to this person, not for the next fund, but for the next to next fund. And if something converts in this fund, great, because you're not you're not selling a product. You're actually selling an idea and you're also looking for a partner”
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