Co-authored with Era Jain ; a modified version of this article was published on Stellaris Venture Partners Dev-software, i.e. products that are sold to, purchased or influenced by, and consumed by software developers, is a $40B+ market today, accounts for 7% of the global software spend and is growing at…

Community is the latest buzz word in tech. Communities are crowning new influencers, driving Github projects to global adoption, replacing formal education, & propelling D2C brands to tens of millions in sales. In fact, community builders are disrupting the online world everywhere. 80% founders report building a community of users…

This article was published on stellarisvp.com in co-authorship with Arpit Maheshwari. Over 3 decades since Tim Berners Lee pioneered the world wide web, the internet has changed the way we socialize, work, shop, learn, get entertained, & so on at an unprecedented rate. At the heart of much of the…

The ONLY way to win in this seemingly un-ending war against the virus is vaccination. Isolating socially still makes sense as India is going through a peak and accessing healthcare if you do get Covid positive will be a nightmare. However, this strategy will help you only delay, rather than…

I made an excited jump into early stage investing on Friday the 13th last December. The 22 year old me devising graph algorithms at IIT Delhi had no idea that his 25 year old version would be sitting in startup pitches 5 days a week. Thus, in some sense, yesterday…

The sword has been the quintessential companion of fabled warriors for the majority of post-civilization history. The secret behind a legendary sword? Hours & hours of forging. The more heat & pressure you put on a sword in the forging houses, the more lethal it becomes on the battlefield. Human…