why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Supported
Traditional VC partners do at most three to five deals per year
“Most partners at Atta Sequoia, IQ, Accel, etc. Will do, right? Because they build deep conviction, they spend a lot of time with their companies, and after investing also, they'll take a board seat they'll talk to their companies once in two weeks at least, an…”
Assertion Supported
Accel India initially invested 70 lakh INR for 10 percent of Flipkart
“And we ended up getting like first investment was 70 lakh for 10%.
And then we put in another money.
And so we, then the deal was to put another two crore for 10%.
And then we had another option of getting five percent at additional investment, but by then Tig…”
Assertion Supported
Kahn: Accel is by far the most active VC in Indian agritech
“Excel has been by far the most active. In the space,”
Assertion Partly supported
Subramanian: Amagi took zero primary capital in early 2021 Accel deal
“So incidentally in 2021, early 20 21, we did a deal with Axel, Norwest and others only as a secondary transaction. We said, we don't need the money. So we didn't take any primary in the company at that point in time.”
Assertion Supported
Swaroop: Bizongo's last round valuation reached around $980M to $990M
“So Bizongo at last round valuation was around nine, ninety million or nine, eighty million.”
Assertion Supported
Swaroop: Accel portfolio company BlueStone is going public
“Actually Bluestone, one of our companies is also going public.”