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Alok Mittal, the former head of Canaan Partners in India, hates the word ‘vindication’, and prefers to put the fund’s success down to getting the basics right.

Late last month I wrote about Canaan Partners India and how it stands vindicated, albeit in hindsight. Four companies out of its portfolio of 15 have either gone public or are in the process of doing so; the three that have listed already are Bharat Matrimony, Happiest Minds and Equitas Small Finance Bank while the fourth, CarTrade, filed its draft prospectus for an initial public offering last month. This is what I said in the earlier piece, which if you haven’t read already, you must:
Canaan Partners entered India in 2006 as an arm of the global VC fund …
India’s grocery and food delivery platforms are increasingly displaying misleading images of food using artificial intelligence, defeating the very purpose of buying online.
Parent AceVector is headed for a public market debut next week. As much as 97% of its revenue comes from two businesses. One is already a listed entity, the other a missed opportunity.
After 15 years, more than $550 million in funding and over $200 million in revenue, the cloud kitchen startup must find a way to make a profit and go public. Grover is the man Rebel has chosen for the job.