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Every figure is what its source reported, linked back to the original story.
The path from an idea to money in the bank, in the order it actually happens. Each step has one thing to prove before the next one is worth starting.
Find ten people with the problem who will talk to you, and one who will pay before you have built anything. Validation is evidence of demand, not agreement that the idea sounds good.
The smallest thing that lets someone get the outcome they wanted. Scope it to what you can put in front of a user in weeks, not quarters — the point is to learn what you were wrong about.
Usage that repeats without you pushing it. Retention, revenue and referral are the three that survive scrutiny; downloads, signups and waitlist size do not.
Read the guideTen guides covering the whole process, from the first deck to the closing paperwork.
Ten to twelve slides, in the order that makes the argument. What each one has to prove, and the three that decide whether the rest get read.
7 min readSize the round to the milestone, not to the market. How runway, burn and the next round's bar decide the number.
6 min readWhat each stage is actually buying, what has to be true to raise it, and the cheque sizes these labels tend to mean in India.
6 min readWarm paths, the first email, and what an angel is actually deciding in the twenty minutes they give you.
Size a round against the runway it has to buy. Enter monthly figures in rupees.
This is an estimate, not financial advice. It rearranges the numbers you entered and assumes nothing about your revenue, growth or valuation.
Know your burn, your runway, your unit economics and your cap table to the rupee. You will be asked all four in the first meeting.
Read the guideTen to twelve slides that make the argument in order: problem, insight, product, evidence, market, plan, team, ask.
Read the guideStage, sector and cheque size have to match before anything else matters. A brilliant pitch to a fund that does not write your cheque is a wasted month.
Read the guideWarm introductions convert several times better than cold email. Build the list, find the paths, and run the process in parallel rather than one fund at a time.
Read the guideDiligence is a document exercise you can be ready for months early. Being ready is itself a signal.
Read the guideValuation is the number founders watch and rarely the term that costs them most. Read the preference, the pool and the control rights first.
Read the guideSigned documents, money received, filings made. In India that includes the Companies Act paperwork and, for a foreign investor, the FEMA reporting — none of which is optional.
Read the guideBuilt from the rounds published on this page — nothing modelled, nothing estimated.
Rounds and disclosed totals
Rounds per industry
Where rounds are being raised
Rounds by company location
By number of published rounds
Totals cover the 59 of 67 rounds with a disclosed amount. Non-rupee amounts are converted to rupees at a fixed reference rate for comparison; each card shows the figure exactly as its source reported it.
Darwinbox, a company based in Hyderabad, has raised a new round. Neither the amount nor the stage was reported. Investors named in the announcement include Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG) and of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Reported by YourStory.