Lunia: Scarcity of $100M+ growth checks is a net positive for India
Anand Lunia · The India Opportunity, Youth’s BIGGEST Problem & Future of Startups | India Quotient VC on Neon Show · Nov 3, 2023 · at 1:27:26
Anand Lunia, founding partner at India Quotient, discusses the Indian venture downturn and why fewer mega-growth rounds encourage companies to build sustainable unit economics and pursue public listings.
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“Not having a lot of hundred million checks into India. Net net will be positive for everybody. Everybody. Yeah. I think I wouldn't regret on the contrary. If they come, then I would wonder what, like, you know, maybe, maybe we need to simply as a policy, starting exits in some of these growth rounds but lack of growth capital, a hundred million plus actually going to be a big positive for India.”
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