E100: Bipin Shah (Partner, Titan Capital)

The Desi VC with Akash Bhat

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 spoke about his "gardening approach" and how it is helping entrepreneurs

2. Bipin discussed Titan's investment growth and reaching unicorn status

3. How Titan's 40% of portfolios raised Series A in less than two 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. Bipin's Titan journey learnings and methods for assisting founders in improving their unit economics

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

10. Insights into other sectors in which Titan invests

Social Links:

Titan Capital on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TitanCapitalVC

Bipin Shah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bipin_28

Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedesi_vc

Akash Bhat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bhatvakash

Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedesivc

Akash Bhat on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bhatvakash