E100: Bipin Shah (Partner, Titan Capital)

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Bipin Shah is the Partner at Titan Capital, an early-stage sector agnostic micro VC fund based in India. The fund has an incredible portfolio of over 250 startups in India and the US across consumer internet, D2C, SaaS, AI, Web3, and other sectors, including investments in Ola, UrbanCompany, Mamaearth, Oziva, Dealshare, Razorpay, Ofbusiness, Yellow Messenger, Beardo, and Giva, among many others.

He was a founding team member of Lead Angels Network, a seed-stage investment platform, before joining Titan Capital in 2015. He graduated from IIT Bombay in 2013, where he was a member of the E-Cell team for five years and led it in his final year.

Episode Notes:

1. Bipin’s "gardening approach" and the impact it has on founders

2. Titan's rise to becoming a dominant early-stage micro VC fund

3. How and why do 40% of Titan’s portfolio startups raise Series A in less than 2 years of investment

4. How did Bipin begin his Titan journey with Kunal and Rohit?

5. Titan Capital Fundamentals: 3 Key Ingredients for Investments

6. Early investment experience and developing the investment philosophy for Titan

7. Short stories on investments in companies such as Beardo, Fynd, Superdaily, Mamaearth, Credgenics & others

8. What has Bipin learned as an investor, and how does he apply it to help Titan’s portfolio founders improve their business?

9. The most important piece of advice from Bipin on investing in startups

10. Insights into other sectors in which Titan invests