Keshav Lohia
@Keshav_Lohiaaa
Capitalist, with a heart. VC at Emergent Ventures | prev @kalaari, product @zomato & @LBS alum, CFA | views are personal
Blinkit is now 10% larger in order value terms than zomato. I have little doubt that it will be EBITDA positive in the near future too. Such is @zomato grit of ops and ambition When I tell people here about @letsblinkit’s $6B GMV and their scale- it leaves them gaping. Insane.
Did sneaker shopping for mine and my friends’ niece and honestly kids sneakers are way toooo cute!!!! @newbalance 9060 looks insane on toddler feet 😍
My Indian brain keeps chugging to how the DJ switched to Punjabi music just after Kendrick!!!
Lebron, Bezos and Ken Griffin partying to “Not Like Us” in St. Tropez. Just the way Kendrick planned it.
if SF was NY - this cap would have been reselling on eBay for $250
limited edition drop: @OpenAI x @ycombinator s25
Salomon shoes are the new Patagonia vests 😔
What your Salomon shoes are meant to see vs. what they actually see
Flash Boys — High frequency trading The World for Sale — Commodities trading
what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?
True, IPL cameramen mint 3-5 mega influencers every season Its about knowing the audience’s pulse XD
the Astronomer CEO and HR Head scandal is a reminder that camera guys at live events are next-level talents
The future or whatever it is, is here (chatGPT agent). Feels exciting!! And scary.
Frankly what is wrong with some Indian Influencers??? This one made her imaginary menu with $$ instead of ruppees and does the same at her popups !! (350 instead of ₹350) - how wannabe?
The Generalist’s profile of the founder’s fund & Peter Thiel is one of the most riveting pieces of tech writing I’ve read this year. @mariogabriele this could also be a memoir/book! Such interesting, well-rounded and insightful coverage.
Love the fact that perplexity pro will be offerred free to 360m subscribers of Airtel. If marketed well ~ this can see a massive bump in @perplexity_ai MAUs in India (at least 50-75M boost)
Seems like Nolan ran out of budget and is funding the movie through “float” from advance IMAX ticket sales 🤐
IMAX 70mm tickets for Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY go on sale tomorrow. Get ready.
what an amazing show by @AcquiredFM - to watch Jamie Dimon, @andrewrsorkin and @HowardSchultz live was just phenomenal. More importantly loved how every aspect of the night was not just ceremonial, but also thoughtfully curated by Ben and David! Not to forget the 6k fans🐐
At tech’s Taylor Swift concert in NY today @AcquiredFM - super pumped!!
Kainaz built and scaled Theobroma to 225 outlets across the country. And she finally exits Theobroma for an all-cash deal of almost $300M!! This underrated story needs to told more often- how a passionate baker drove a massive outcome with limited investment ($20M by ICICI).
🚨🚨 After on-again, off-again talks, Theobroma has been sold in an all-cash deal to private equity major ChrysCapital for Rs 2,410 crore. ICICI Venture, which held a 42% stake in the Mumbai-based bakery chain, had first invested $20 million. The remaining shares were held by…