Venture capital fund investing in the earliest (pre-seed, seed) stages of world-positive, gender smart companies. Global, with an India focus.appreciate.capital GlobalJoined August 2023
Spent time with the Nextstem.ai team in Bangalore 🧠 a few weeks ago
While @elonmusk bets on brain implants, they’re exploring a human-first path to brain–computer interfaces — no surgery needed. Young, curious, hustly, world-positive team. Cats in the office 🐾…
🚨 New experiment alert 🚨
I strapped on Ray-Ban Meta glasses and hit record.
Raw, unfiltered, on-the-move thoughts.
RollingWithAggy is born.
Ep1’s already live, the Q is - Should I keep rolling? 👀
Hardcore capitalists — with a conscience.
At Appreciate Capital, we back founders solving species-level challenges and building venture-scale companies.
Because the biggest problems on the planet are also the biggest opportunities. 🌍
2 years. 50+ runs. 700+ runners.
What began as our love for trails has turned into a community that shares that joy across cities. Every run has been about more than just the distance - it’s been about people, conversations, and building something together. Here's what people…
This product is definitely mom approved.
Early morning flight, travelling with a toddler. Picky eater as they all are. I carried millet porridge this time( of course with dry fruits and thick milk) opened it after 5 hrs and it was hot and fresh, 0 spills.
kudos @HR_starryeyes
Here's the bottom line: this is a generational opportunity
For LPs & investors → waiting costs alpha
For founders → the bar is higher, but the upside is unmatched
Kicked to be continuing to back founders building for this era from Fund I as we raise Fund II at @AppreciateVC
Talent density is massively compounding.
Repeat founders and diaspora returnees.
But also a growing diaspora itself.
Capital markets are maturing: venture debt has grown materially, and operator-angels are so much more common.
Ecosystem depth is now truly real.
Policy reforms and local supply shifts are (slowly) helping unlock a supply-demand flywheel.
Digital public infrastructure like UPI, ONDC and Account Aggregator are world-class rails that make scale practical.
Liquidity is real, SME IPOs to portfolio co's doing reverse flips from US back to India.
Consumption is a major engine: ~60% of India’s GDP, versus ~40% in China.
Domestic demand is a durable tailwind
2024 by the numbers:
India accounted for 23% of global IPOs
Raised $19.5B, the highest worldwide.
That level of liquidity changes how venture outcomes get realised.
India’s generational moment is here.
2023-24 was the start, and the next decades of venture returns will be written in India.
Quick thread with my lens of the why and how.
@GoAthlos - You guys knocked it out of the park with the new Agile Tee. Perfect for intense workouts in high humidity.
PS- Watch it fly off the shelves. Just don’t forget to restock.
Kudos 🫡😁
8/ And when LPs recognise that clarity in how we underwrite, that’s the best validation of our approach.
In venture, you can copy deals. But you can’t copy conviction. 💡
5/ At @AppreciateVC, we try to walk that knife edge:
✅ Use patterns to back exceptional founders
✅ Use first principles to test if the idea itself makes sense, today and tomorrow
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