As a pre-seed investor we can find a thousand reasons to say NO but our job as investors is to figure out "What can go right" and whether the upside outcome of that outweighs our reasons to say no
OBSESSED OUTLIERS - A New Series
#1 Priyanshu Jain (BazaarNow)
We’re excited to share some new short stories, of founders and ideas we have backed in recent times.
Perhaps the coolest changes happening in Indian commerce aren't in Bangalore or Gurgaon. They are in Mandya or Ramnagara.
Priyanshu, Arjun and Tarithmay are building a new retail channel for millions underserved by modern retail. Just a few months in, @bazaarnow is already scaling towards 15,000 orders a day (apart from raising $9M+)
This is the quick story of how I met Priyanshu in a cafe on a Sunday, and within 15 minutes, knew we had to back him.
Why he scores highly on a framework we call
“A-GOAT-X”
And why we try to keep asking “what if it goes right?”
It’s a good example of how we love backing entirely new concepts pre-product and pre-traction,
how often we invest directly to lead $1M rounds (vs. Residency),
and how quickly we @AntlerIndia like to develop that conviction.
And above all how our process is mostly about the founder’s exceptional insights or spikes.
Something that makes them a truly Obsessed Outlier.View quoted post on X
