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Nexus VP predicted in 2020 that Druva would IPO by 2022

Jishnu Bhattacharjee · Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Director, Nexus VP on the success recipe of Druva and Postman · Oct 26, 2020 · at 34:37

Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners, discusses the growth trajectory and IPO timeline for portfolio company Druva.

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“Dhruva has grown, grown very big and hopefully like, you know, incoming Coming year or two, we can take the company public.”

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