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Stories From the Portfolio

We write about our investments with honesty — what worked, what didn't, and what we would do differently.

Case Study

ArohaHealth

Series B to 2M Patients

Timeline: 36 months

How a two-person founding team and our Series A conviction built India's largest rural primary care network in 36 months.

Key Lessons

  • Vernacular-first product design outperforms English-first in tier-3
  • Supply-side density beats demand-side marketing
  • Regulatory partnership is a competitive moat
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Vaultara

From MVP to $180M ARR

Timeline: 48 months

Why we led the seed round at zero revenue, and how infrastructure-layer patience created the dominant cross-border treasury platform in ASEAN.

Key Lessons

  • B2B sales cycles in banking require 18-month runways
  • Infrastructure wins are winner-take-most
  • Regulatory licenses compound in value
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ClearSkies AI

Pioneering the Himalayan Carbon Market

Timeline: 24 months

Building the first satellite-verified carbon registry for Himalayan reforestation — and creating a new institutional asset class in the process.

Key Lessons

  • Measurement creates markets
  • Founding team domain credibility accelerates regulatory access
  • Patient capital enables category creation
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