Helion Led Azure Power Seed Round Prior to Its NYSE Listing
Dhruv Kapoor · Understanding Exits and Investing in High Growth Startups with Dhruv Kapoor, Sistema Asia Capital · Jun 21, 2020 · at 5:53
Dhruv Kapoor, Partner at Sistema Asia Capital, discusses his previous venture investments at Helion Ventures, detailing their early backing of solar power producer Azure Power.
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“We actually stepped up to lead the seed round in Azure Power, and over the, Journey of that investment, we attracted capital from investors like IFC and Foundation Capital and a bunch of DFIs. And eventually you know, over an eight, nine period journey with the company actually listed on NYSC.”
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