Guglani: Morpheus shut down because ecosystem founders prioritized valuation over culture
Sameer Guglani · Supermorpheus, India’s first community driven fund ft. Sameer Guglani · Dec 13, 2021 · at 19:05
Sameer Guglani reflects on the decision made in 2013-2014 to wind down Indian startup accelerator Morpheus.
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“And we tried to talk to founders, nobody was interested. So we took a call to shut down the project. We did not want to be part of that kind of ecosystem.”
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