Avik’s Substack
Avik AsharI'm a VC @ Riverwalk Holdings, former founder and startup operator. Love chatting about every topic under the sun, enjoy single malts and fantasy fiction. (personal blog)
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Valley of Valuations
Letting you in on an industry secret. Valuations can make or break your company's growth path.
Let me dive deeper.
Founders are incentivized to ask for the highest possible valuation, because it leads to the least dilution....
The Not So S3XY Parts of VC
Venture Capital.
Looks glamorous. Receives ridiculous amounts of PR. Every kid in Finance seems to think it’s the Holy Grail.
The reality?
DRASTICALLY different.
Let me start by explaining VC economics, or How a Fund W...
PTSD (Post Traumatic Startup Disorder)
Something to keep in mind before the entrepreneurial plunge!
People share various metaphors for joining and working in a startup like ‘It’s a rollercoaster’, ‘Riding a rocketship’ and various other amusement park themed references.
I agre...
Tunak Tunak Tun (India's Growth Story: Part Deux)
What Japan and South Korea achieved through highly intentional campaigns and spending across two decades is something that's slowly happening to India organically.
Namely, our Culture is being exported.
In the early 90s, I grew up...
Indian Growth Drivers 2026 - 2030 : Part 1
There are certain sectors I'm very bullish on in terms of India's capability to build/operate at a globally competitive level.
Today's focus is on Healthcare. Across Seed companies to Scaled enterprises, I feel there's a huge play here...
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Built and scaled companies across 8 countries Angel Investor (7 so far) VC and former Founder (15 investments, across SaaS, Healthcare and more) Whisky afficionado and fantasy buff (Wheel of Time and more) Oman > India > Thailand > Singapore > India
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