The Trailblazer Venture Capitalist | Prime Venture Partners

There’s this wonderful phrase “shoulders of giants” - which essentially refers to the fact that the current generation benefits from the work done by some of the incredible thinkers in the previous generation. And for the current generation of entrepreneurs, a giant on whose shoulders they are standing is Sanjay Swamy.

Sanjay Swamy is the doyen of the startup ecosystem.

He envisioned mobiles disrupting the Indian economy way back in 2003 when the first reliance CDMA mobile phone had launched.

He spent the next decade building businesses and products in the Indian tech industry that were way ahead of their time, and he started not one but two startups, both of which were acquired by big tech companies.

Today, Sanjay is known as the man behind Prime Venture Partners - one of the biggest homegrown VCs in India having funded dozens of iconic startups.

He talks about his incredible multi-decade journey in the startup ecosystem and learning some valuable lessons on starting up, getting funded, scaling up, and how to

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Some of the things he shared:-

• Insights from building ZipDial

• Experiences of raising funds from LPs

• Things an investor looks for in a company

• Tips for young entrepreneurs

Additional readings:-

1. Your startup is your sculpture, says Sanjay Swamy of Prime Venture Partners

2. Meet Sanjay Swamy, managing partner at Prime Venture Partners

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