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Flagship deep dive · EP 177

The next cheque is a purchase order

The next cheque is a purchase order · Prof. V. Kamakoti, IIT Madras

IIT Madras and Unicorn India Ventures announced a ₹450 crore first close for their deep tech fund on 26 September. At the press Q&A that followed, Prof. V. Kamakoti said money no longer holds Indian deep tech back. What it lacks is Indian companies willing to buy.

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UpStreamVoice is a series of long-form conversations with the founders, operators and investors building India's harder companies: robotics and silicon, credit and insurance, supply chains and studios. We go upstream of the headline, to how the thing was actually built.

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