Raw capital is no longer a differentiator for early-stage startup investors
Rajiv Srivatsa · The BIGGEST Mistake Founders Make After Funding Ft. Rajiv Srivatsa & Nitin Sharma, Antler India · Jul 18, 2022 · at 15:08
Rajiv Srivatsa, Partner at Antler India, argues that high market liquidity means investors must differentiate through platform support rather than funding alone.
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“There is a humongous amount of capital in this market today, right? There's been so much liquidity that capital, at least, you know, leave the last three, four months when the market has dropped, but there's been a lot of capital. And so capital is no longer the differentiator, right? You bring X amount of capital, someone else is going to bring two X amount of capital.”
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