Venture Development

Cranganore knows the startup world from the inside out. Our ingenuity aligns with the exacting standards expected by venture capitalists and angel investors. We turn ideas into businesses.

Be a Minimalist

When it comes to raising capital, “less is more” during an introductory meeting, at least in our experience. Be wary of overwhelming a potential investor with a hoard of details about your work. Those carefully-crafted, data-heavy tables may be better…

How to Network Your Way to Investors

Our headline understates the scope of this impressive work. The author offers an a-to-z treatment of how to raise capital in a concise do-it-yourself volume. Certainly, strategic networking is an essential component of that process, but we also learn about…

India Sprints, Like a Cheetah

Prime Minister Modi celebrated his birthday on September 17 by re-introducing a group of cheetahs to Kuno National Park, an outsized wildlife refuge in central India. The Asiatic cheetah, a subspecies of the African cheetah, once roamed freely across the…

India Is a Venture-Capital Market in Transition

In financial lore, IPOs are supposed to be a risk-free investment, especially in India. Strong stock-market momentum after the Covid-induced collapse of early 2020 attracted fresh institutional interest. Many of India’s startup jewels are replicas, up to a point, of…

AgTech Is Covid-Era Winner. Prospects Are Robust.

Before the pandemic, venture capitalists largely ignored trends in farm technology. A common view was that the sector did not lend itself to the sort of monetization framework seen in ride-hailing or e-commerce businesses, among other ideas. That convention may…

NASA Fuels Startup Ecosystem

Trends in space commerce may favor down-to-earth opportunities. Each year NASA heralds the potential for licensing its myriad technologies in its Spinoff publication. The 2022 edition was just released, offering venture insight for entrepreneurs and investors. Download this government report…