From a TiE Mumbai SmashUp e-poster:
We’ve heard of “McKinsey Mafia”, “IIM-A Mafia”, etc. being used to refer to the sheer number of alum of these hallowed institutions that go on to join the Indian PE/VC industry. But what explains the high odds of raising dollops of venture capital funding for your e-commerce venture if your second name is a Bansal?
Company |
No. of Co-founding |
VC Raised (US$ M) |
Flipkart |
2 |
180 |
Snapdeal |
1 |
50 |
Myntra |
1 |
40 |
Lenskart |
1 |
4 |
Total |
5 |
$275 M |
* Source: Publicly reported data – including especially this Mint report for the last
$150-M round raised by Flipkart
Please do let us know if we should modify the above table in light of any new data – either on the number of Bansal companies or the value of the investments.
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