VCs are from Venus, Entrepreneurs are from Mars

This is an extract of the article published in the newsletter of the Indian Association of Investment Professionals (IAIP) a member society of the CFA Institute, US.

Financial transactions are timeless – buyers and sellers have always shared a bittersweet equation for millennia. The conversations take a different twist when we consider a longstanding relationship – what better example than that of a financial investor in a venture.

Since the beginning of this decade, the Indian economy has entered a steeper trajectory of its growth curve – flow of capital towards investment into the startup space is one proxy to confirm this trend. With technological advances seeping into every industry and their sectors, investors are vying to get a share of the upside of this growth story. Capital flow into the venture ecosystem has grown multifold, in particular through the Institutional investment space. It has led to Venture Capital investment into startups turning into a much-discussed topic, even over coffee tables

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https://iaip.wordpress.com/2017/01/02/vcs-are-from-venus-entrepreneurs-are-from- mars/