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Dilipkumar Khandelwal on building a strong portfolio of B2B SaaS companies as an Angel Investor

Dilipkumar Khandelwal on building a strong portfolio of B2B SaaS companies as an Angel Investor

Update: 2021-03-14
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In this episode, we chat with Dilipkumar Khandelwal, Limited Partner with Stellaris Venture Partners & Fireside Ventures, and an active Angel Investor in 25+ companies.


He’s Ex-President at SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud business and came closer to the startup community in late 2016.


He has keen interest in D2C, Consumer-Tech and B2B SaaS. Some of his portfolio companies include Whatfix, Signzy, Moglix, Yellow Messenger, Credgenics, and Pepper Content among others. 


During the podcast, he shares how he initially got introduced to investing in startups and began building his portfolio.


For anyone looking to begin investing in startups either by their own-self as an Angel Investor or as an LP with a VC firm, this conversation can be of great value. From building your own thesis to curating an exit strategy, this podcast will really help you through it.


Notes - 

00:59 - From a Traditional Rajasthani business family to Investor in Early stage

04:28 - First interaction to Startups via Alok Goyal - Stellaris Venture Partners

07:12 - Change in perspective; investing in startups

08:51 - Thesis: Solving small but focused & specific problem statements

11:15 - Scaling can only work with the overall fundamental mechanism of the Org

15:09 - Making a product scalable is different vs adding more features

18:11 - Exit strategy as an Angel Investor

27:30 - Importance of deeper understanding with a sectoral perspective

28:14 - Upcoming trends over the next decade


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Ashootosh Bhardwaj

audio quality is not upto the mark for this particular episode.. you guys should try to refine audio before publishing

Mar 16th
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Dilipkumar Khandelwal on building a strong portfolio of B2B SaaS companies as an Angel Investor

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