Can a restaurant serve great food and still be a bad investment? Hotshare’s @LavsJS and BeyondBurg’s Mohammed Anas get into the business behind the food: the numbers, operational discipline, and decisions that determine whether a restaurant can grow. → The economics investors look for → When to open the next outlet → Lessons from BeyondBurg’s growth to 3,000 burgers a day Watch the trailer. Full episode in the comments. #FandB #Entrepreneurship

₹10,000 crore is flowing into Indian restaurants. Yet 80% fail within five years. So how does an investor decide what is actually worth backing? Hotshare, which invests in restaurant businesses at the outlet level, evaluated 41 F&B brands in its first year. It backed just 3. For Founder & CEO of Hotshare, @LavsJS, the answer is not “find the next 100-outlet chain.” It is: prove one outlet works first. On the new Prime Ventures Podcast episode, Lavanya tells @JeromeAndManuel what Hotshare looks for before writing a cheque, from unit economics and operating discipline to the “missing middle” of profitable restaurants traditional capital often misses. Full episode link in the first reply. #FandBInvestment #Entrepreneurship

Virat Kohli and @gangulyabhishek's @one8world story has bits the ad campaigns never told you. Seventeen rejected prototypes. Sunday voice notes. A brand kept deliberately outside @PUMA India's ownership. And a twenty year goal built entirely around nobody remembering who started it. Here's what actually happened 👇

"Disruptors don't disrupt again." @gangulyabhishek built @PUMA India to ₹4,000+ crore on just $20M of equity capital. Now he's building Agilitas from zero. Abhishek Ganguly (Co-founder and CEO, Agilitas), talks about: → Why Indian consumers need purpose, not more products → Scroll-stopping and shareable: the two-part test for attention → How Virat Kohli became one of Agilitas' first believers → Why a brand from India, not just for India, is the goal → The @one8world and Agilitas relationship Watch the trailer. Full episode in comments. #ConsumerBrands #Entrepreneurship

From building @PUMA India to helping Virat Kohli launch @one8world . Now, building Agilitas with one8 as part of a much bigger ambition. In our latest podcast, @gangulyabhishek , Co-founder and CEO of Agilitas, talks about how his partnership with Virat evolved, what 17 years at Puma taught him, why past success can become baggage, and what it takes to build a sports brand from India that can compete globally. Catch the full conversation on the latest Prime Venture Partners podcast. Link in the comments. #SportsEntrepreneurship #BrandBuilding

SEDEMAC did not just build deep tech. It built a profitable deep-tech business. From an IIT Bombay lab to ₹1,000+ crore in revenue, ~₹200 crore EBITDA, ~₹150 crore PBT and ~₹100 crore PAT, the company now competes with global giants. Professor Shashikanth Suryanarayanan, Co-founder and Managing Director, SEDEMAC Mechatronics, talks about: → Why VCs struggled to understand the model → Building original technology in India → 5 of the top 10 two-wheelers using SEDEMAC’s ISG (Integrated Starter Generator) → Why competitive advantage must show up in pricing power and profitability Watch the trailer. Full episode in comments. #DeepTech #Entrepreneurship