Saying yes, the Tiger Global way

The hedge fund is bringing a public market investing style to the traditional, private venture investing business in India.

It would seem that in 2021, 72 hours is all it takes Tiger Global Management to decide if it is investing $20 million or less in your startup.

Anything longer, and chances are that Tiger isn’t interested and your hopes will be a million shattered pieces.

What does one say except that these are incredible times. Even with a pandemic, which seems to be going nowhere but is eager to take us with it, without guilt or malice, it is remarkable that India’s startup ecosystem is several degrees removed from either worry or pain. In fact, it is in the …

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Ashish K. Mishra

Ashish is the editor-in-chief of The Morning Context. One of the best-known business feature writers in India, he was selected for Germany’s Robert Bosch Stiftung Fellowship in 2012 and received the Mumbai Press Club RedInk certificate of recognition in 2015 for his story “Inside the Network 18 takeover”. Before joining The Morning Context, Ashish co-founded The Ken, where he was managing editor. His previous writing stints include Mint, Forbes India and The Economic Times.

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