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Prasanna

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
391 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

So when they're coming to us at no revenue, then equity is the only risk capital that they can get because they can't get debt capital that you provide because they don't have any revenue yet.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

right so then what what choice is there right because we are also taking a risk because as you well know for somebody to go from a 10k MRR to a 30k MRR is a different risk profile for somebody to go from a 30k MRR to a 80k MRR is a different risk profile for somebody to go from a 1k MRR to a 30k MRR is a very very very different risk profile right yeah so we are on the early end of that risk profile I think you are a little later on and a little bit

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

ahead of us on the risk profile.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

So we'd love for our startups to then come to you and say, hey, look, we now have revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

We now have customers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

The revenue is good quality.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

We have good margins.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

Can we take more money from you, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

And we also do a lot of handholding in terms of getting them their first customers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

We're working with them to change their positioning, change their website, change how they talk to customers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

We literally have an incredible community too.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

I mean, there's no recourse is what I meant.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

I think you're modeling this as a single-turn game versus we model it as a multi-turn game.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

So what happens is that in our winners, they're typically raising more capital.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

So it gets converted into equity.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

But what they do essentially is raise more capital, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

Because the folks who are really growing way beyond expectation, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

They actually want to raise some capital.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

And when they raise capital, we stay on as equity.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The YC of India Writes 47 Checks at $100k each for 5%, $2.5m Valuation

Did that make sense?