Flipkart was rejected by practically every Indian investor over nine months
Abhishek Goyal · Inside the mind of Abhishek Goyal, Co-Founder, Tracxn | 100x Entrepreneur Podcast | Top Podcast Ep · Apr 19, 2021 · at 8:37
Abhishek Goyal, early investor at Accel India, describes the fundraising difficulties Flipkart faced before securing seed funding.
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“Practically they met every single investor in India for over a span of eight, nine months.”
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