I'm a VC in the world's fastest-growing economy. I look for 5 traits in first-time founders.

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Rajiv Srivatsa is a partner in Antler India

Rajiv Srivatsa

Apheros helps data centers cool down. Check out the pitch deck it used to secure $1.85 million.

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The cofounders of Apheros, Gaëlle Andreatta and Julia Carpenter.

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Revolut secures new $45 billion valuation following secondary share sale with major investors as it targets a potential IPO

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Revolut cofounders Nikolay Storonsky, and Vlad Yatsenko, right.
Revolut cofounders Nikolay Storonsky, and Vlad Yatsenko, right.

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Inside The Engine Accelerator, the anti-Y Combinator for 'tough tech' startups

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The Engine Accelerator provides startups in "tough tech" areas like climate, human health, and advanced systems with office space, equipment, and community.

The Engine Accelerator

Trumpet, a new B2B sales startup from the cofounder of DesignMyNight, raised $6.35 million using this 12-slide pitch deck

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Trumpet cofounders Rory Sadler and Nick Telson-Sillett
Trumpet cofounders Rory Sadler and Nick Telson-Sillett

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Check out the pitch deck AI startup EliseAI used to raise $75 million in Series D funding

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Minna Song, CEO of EliseAI

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Felicis Ventures leads $10 million round in AI startup MemGPT at a $70 million valuation, sources say

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Felicis founder and managing partner Aydin Senkut

Felicis

A comic-book startup has raised $5 million to upend the industry's creator model. Read the pitch from 2 Amazon alums.

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DSTLRY.

The startup landscape for deals is drastically changing

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'These are not normal;' A new type of dealmaking for AI startups is rattling Silicon Valley

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Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, the cofounders of Character.ai, standing next to a stairway.
Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, the cofounders of Character.ai.

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