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E133: Navin Honagudi (Managing Partner, Elev8 Venture Partners)
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Navin Honagudi is the Managing Partner at Elev8 Venture Partners, an India-focused $200M Growth-stage fund. Elev8 focuses on Series B and C rounds of financing in hyper growth companies. He bring 18+ years of experience investing in early and growth stage technology firms and also held the positions of Co-founder and Partner at Kae Capital.
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Episode Notes:
- Introduction (1:48)
- How Naveen entered venture capital (2:24)
- Comparing entrepreneurs: 2000s vs. today (4:45)
- Indian VC landscape & expected exits/returns in the 2000s (8:38)
- What Elev8 looks for in founders (11:45)
- Why India is exciting today (18:01)
- Opportunities in offline to online transition in India (25:30)
- Emerging sectors like faith-tech (28:15)
- Next billion dollar opportunities: alcohol, sex-tech, betting, gaming (32:25)
- Summarizing investment experiences: CVC, consumer VC, and growth-stage VC (37:25)
- Investing in early-stage vs. growth-stage (42:15)
- Advice Naveen would give his younger self (45:28)
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Social Links:
- Follow Navin on Twitter
- Follow Navin on LinkedIn
- Follow The Desi VC on LinkedIn
- Follow Akash Bhat on Twitter
- Follow Akash Bhat on LinkedIn
138 episodios
E133: Navin Honagudi (Managing Partner, Elev8 Venture Partners)
The Desi VC: Indian Venture Capital | Angel Investors | Startups | VC
Manage episode 428159616 series 2769558
Navin Honagudi is the Managing Partner at Elev8 Venture Partners, an India-focused $200M Growth-stage fund. Elev8 focuses on Series B and C rounds of financing in hyper growth companies. He bring 18+ years of experience investing in early and growth stage technology firms and also held the positions of Co-founder and Partner at Kae Capital.
. . .
Episode Notes:
- Introduction (1:48)
- How Naveen entered venture capital (2:24)
- Comparing entrepreneurs: 2000s vs. today (4:45)
- Indian VC landscape & expected exits/returns in the 2000s (8:38)
- What Elev8 looks for in founders (11:45)
- Why India is exciting today (18:01)
- Opportunities in offline to online transition in India (25:30)
- Emerging sectors like faith-tech (28:15)
- Next billion dollar opportunities: alcohol, sex-tech, betting, gaming (32:25)
- Summarizing investment experiences: CVC, consumer VC, and growth-stage VC (37:25)
- Investing in early-stage vs. growth-stage (42:15)
- Advice Naveen would give his younger self (45:28)
. . .
Social Links:
- Follow Navin on Twitter
- Follow Navin on LinkedIn
- Follow The Desi VC on LinkedIn
- Follow Akash Bhat on Twitter
- Follow Akash Bhat on LinkedIn
138 episodios
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