EP 142 : Investing in India SaaS - Alok Goyal (Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners) | Early Stage Investing | Fundraising | Startup Building

Alok is finance professional turned investor and is a partner at Stellaris Venture Partners. He mostly invests in SaaS startups in the Indian ecosystem and has witnessed the evolution of both the SaaS space and the VC space for the past decade. In this episode Alok spoke about how the VC and SaaS spaces have evolved, how the people in these industries have changed, what new entrepreneurs should keep in mind while raising funds in 2021 and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Alok's thoughts on record fundraising this year 04:40 Raising capital in 2021 as a new entrepreneur 05:57 Raising cash in a remote era 09:25 Evolution of the Venture Capital over the past decade 13:49 Building differentiators as a VC firm 18:02 Industries Alok is looking at 22:52 Evolution of SaaS startups 27:40 Metric/benchmark driven mechanism of SaaS 30:41 What's different with people in SaaS today  32:38 How have exit sizes affected startup valuations? 34:33 Surprises Alok had along the way 36:57 Advice for entrepreneurs 39:21 Books and podcasts ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Alok : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alok-goyal-536557/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/alokgoyal1971 ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator ​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message