Inside India’s Startup Funding & VC Ecosystem | The Harsh Truth with Ashis Nayak (Founding Partner, Shastra VC)

What’s really happening in India’s startup ecosystem?

Are valuations inflated? Is the VC model broken?

And what’s the truth behind how funding actually works?

In this brutally honest episode, Ashis Nayak, Founding Partner of Shastra VC, shares the insider truth about building startups, raising capital, and why India’s funding ecosystem is at a tipping point.

In this episode:

- The truth behind startup valuations in India

- How founders should think about raising VC money

- The difference between hype and genuine traction

- Why the funding ecosystem feels broken

- and what must change

- The rise of “operator VCs” and the next generation of Indian investors- Real stories from a founder who turned into an investor

Founders don’t fail because they lack money - they fail because they chase the wrong kind of validation.

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