Tejinderpal Miglani

It was a pleasure to join The Economic Times to discuss Atomic Capital's ₹400 Cr+ maiden fund closure and our vision as an Operating VC to transform India’s consumer tech landscape. In this conversation, I shared perspectives on India's start-up ecosystem: 1. India's consumer outlook: India is a consumption-driven economy, and it will only grow further, driven by a rising middle class. We are seeing significant contributions to growth from Tier-2/3 cities within our portfolio, and we believe this momentum will remain strong. 2. Consumer and Consumer Tech focus: With ₹10–30 Cr cheques for a curated 10–12 start-up portfolio, we are backing consumer brands, consumer tech companies, and consumer enablers reshaping India’s $2T consumer market. 3. Operating VC playbook: Unlike traditional VCs, we act as operational partners—driving value through hands-on support in strategy, hiring, and scaling, while minimizing risks and maximizing impact. We work with founders—who usually possess strong product expertise and supply-side intuition—to interpret demand-side signals and unlock scale. 4. Capital efficiency: We partner with founders to maintain capital efficiency while growing topline, enabling sustainable, long-lasting businesses rather than a race for fundraising. 5. Criteria for funding: For us, investing is a professional marriage, and the founders and their team are most important—alongside capital efficiency and revenue momentum. 6. Advice to founders: Prioritize proactive organization building and capital efficiency. A ruthless focus on unit economics and execution ensures sustainable scaling beyond initial product-market fit. Ideas are only 1% of success; execution is 99%. Atomic Capital Nikhil Patil Manish Jain

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🔖 Reading today on Around Startups Kairon Capital completes first close of maiden consumer fund https://lnkd.in/d-CWNd_A GrowthPal raises $2.6 Mn led by Ideaspring Capital https://lnkd.in/dhEA6dXE Climate-tech startup RenewCred raises 4.25 Cr in seed round https://lnkd.in/dcxr4e8T Proptech startup Truva raises $9 Mn co-led by Stellaris Venture Partners and Orios Venture Partners https://lnkd.in/dgXkuc2Z Deep-tech startup Aule Space raises $2 Mn in pre-seed round led by pi Ventures https://lnkd.in/g9mw58-J sugar.fit posts 77% revenue growth in FY25, narrows losses https://lnkd.in/d7g3J8Aq AI Coding Startup Replit Nears Funding at $9 Billion Valuation https://lnkd.in/dQKskCti OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs https://lnkd.in/gUZxUP8G AI video startup Higgsfield AI hits $1.3 billion valuation with $80 million funding https://lnkd.in/dPrhr-cG Startup India delivers 2 lakh startups, 21 lakh jobs in a decade: Piyush Goyal https://lnkd.in/dyBHPEmR

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"Investible Emerging Fund Managers will look like Small Institutional Managers - not Startup Funds" - Abiola Adediran, MBA, FCA, FIMC, CMC, M.CIoD At #ASVLP2026 Emerging Fund Manager RoundTable. So much to unpack. cc: Varun Turlapati Maha M. Zachariah George Mope Abudu

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Quick home services startup Snabbit acquihires Pync’s founding team to scale operations across India! The move brings experienced founders on board and strengthens Snabbit’s position against rivals like Urban Company, as it prepares for a $100M funding round. #Snabbit #Pync #HomeServices #StartupIndia #Acquihire #TechNews #RapidGrowth #StartupStories #Startups #Entrepreneurs #Founders

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Chiratae Ventures Rolls Out Sonic DeepTech Fast‑Tracks $2 Mn Capital For India’s Frontier Tech Startups Chiratae Ventures unveils Sonic DeepTech: USD 2 million funding, 48-hours evaluation to accelerate India’s frontier-tech founders Read full story on: https://lnkd.in/giinQQ8e #ChirataeVentures #SonicDeepTech Annurag Batra | Noor Fathima Warsia |Tanvie Ahuja | Chetan Mehra | Resham Suhail | Navneet Singh

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#StartupEcosystem Leo Capital Backs Early-Stage Startups Building Global Tech from India Leo Capital, a USD 200 million fund with 60 portfolio companies and six exits, focuses on seed to pre-Series A investments, where capital is most catalytic. Partner Ravi Srivastava says the firm supports AI-native SaaS, deep tech, and cross-disciplinary innovations in areas like fintech, insurtech, and applied AI. “We are sector aware, not sector bound,” he notes. Srivastava emphasizes hands-on support in go-to-market, hiring, and product strategy. Highlighting startups like LambdaTest, which scaled to USD 50 million ARR globally, he believes the next wave will emerge from India’s native infrastructure—identity, payments, compliance, ESG, and AI-embedded products. “Constraints create the best opportunities,” he adds, backing founders with clarity, ambition, and capital efficiency. Read the story: https://ow.ly/7bb850XiQUz #VentureCapital #IndianStartups #TechInvesting #EarlyStageFunding #SaaSIndia #DeepTech #FintechIndia

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