nipunmehra's profile picture. Founder @ Ula. Investor. E-commerce and FinTech. Avid reader, hopeful photographer. Formerly @ FK, AMZN, Sequoia, Pine Labs & BCG

Nipun Mehra

@nipunmehra

Founder @ Ula. Investor. E-commerce and FinTech. Avid reader, hopeful photographer. Formerly @ FK, AMZN, Sequoia, Pine Labs & BCG

14 years already! 2009 - when Twitter was small, Facebook just the blue app, Uber didn’t exist. AirBnB was unheard of. People still looked forward to Netflix DVDs And Amazon was worth just $30B. What will the next 14 be like? Especially for Asia #MyTwitterAnniversary

nipunmehra's tweet image. 14 years already! 2009 - when Twitter was small, Facebook just the blue app, Uber didn’t exist. AirBnB was unheard of. People still looked forward to Netflix DVDs

And Amazon was worth just $30B.

What will the next 14 be like? Especially for Asia

#MyTwitterAnniversary

At Ula, we believe the small neighbourhood retailer with the ability to influence neighbourhood demand is key to rewriting the emerging market e-commerce script.

The easiest way to inflate GMV in online b2b commerce businesses is to sell commodity products to wholesalers. Road to nowhere. Well done @Jefferies for flagging this.

bsomaia's tweet image. The easiest way to inflate GMV in online b2b commerce businesses is to sell commodity products to wholesalers. Road to nowhere. Well done @Jefferies for flagging this.


Depends also on how success is defined. Success != $ or fame for everyone.

Maybe it has nothing to do with being founders, & it's just human nature that absolute success isn’t as satisfying as relative success. As you do or make more, you get into bubbles where you benchmark yourself to those who have more, and you want it. So that chase never ends? 1/2



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Fresh from a $110mil Series B round, @uladotapp CEO @nipunmehra outlines the next big plan for the Indonesian B2B e-commerce marketplace – incl. BNPL services, more warehousing and access to supply for small warungs cnbc.com/video/2021/11/…


Thank you @_karengilchrist and @tanvirgill2 for the opportunity to share our vision and the Ula story.

Great to do my first live TV interview as @tanvirgill2 and I chat with @JeffBezos-backed @Uladotapp about their $110 million Series B round #startups #entrepreneurs #business #ecommerce #southeastasia



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Make sure to tune in to today's episode with @nipunmehra, Founder & CEO of @uladotapp. Ula recently raised US$87Mn Series B led by @TencentGlobal, @Prosus_Ventures, @BCapitalGroup, & @JeffBezos. Nipun will share many learnings of Ula’s journey on acv.vc/portfolio/deco… #podcast

ACVentures_id's tweet image. Make sure to tune in to today's episode with @nipunmehra, Founder & CEO of @uladotapp. Ula recently raised US$87Mn Series B led by @TencentGlobal, @Prosus_Ventures, @BCapitalGroup, & @JeffBezos.

Nipun will share many learnings of Ula’s journey on acv.vc/portfolio/deco…
#podcast

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Catch @nipunmehra & @abheek in conversation with @CNBCMakeIt's @_karengilchrist on how @uladotapp, in a very short span, has empowered over 70K merchants with its inventory, logistics & financing solutions. Check it out 👇 cnbc.com/video/2021/10/…


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My latest video for @CNBCMakeIt is out! In it, I speak to @NipunMehra, co-founder and CEO of Indonesian e-commerce start-up @Uladotapp, about how he built a business and won celebrity backing from @Amazon's @JeffBezos all amidst a pandemic #entrepreneurs #startups #business


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Why @JeffBezos is backing this millennial founder's Indonesian start-up @uladotapp cnb.cx/3CBAhoA


Hey early stage founders - next time an investor asks you "why can't Google or Amazon do this?", think in your mind that the investor asking you is already doing what 1000 others are doing. Keep calm and answer the question. Then choose the investor who "gets it"


Took this picture at a restaurant in 2017. The winners have clearly emerged since. What looks crowded at one point, becomes very clear in the long run.

nipunmehra's tweet image. Took this picture at a restaurant in 2017. The winners have clearly emerged since. What looks crowded at one point, becomes very clear in the long run.

Deep references are a hallmark of hiring for important roles at @uladotapp. We ask for lots of stories and dig deep into them. But the thread below has some solid questions that I’m going to weave into our style.

Most people think reference checks are useless. Because they're doing it wrong. 7 questions to ask a reference — and become a better manager:



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Congrats @klubworks on being the pioneer for revenue-based financing in India, completing 100+ financings for 75+ brands, and now this milestone. Great to be part of your journey from Day 1. @anuraktjain @Ishita_V @nipunmehra @AngelList

💰 Klub, a fintech platform that provides revenue-based financing, has raised $20 million as seed capital from existing investors 9Unicorns and Sequoia Surge. economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/k…



So very true. We start our board decks with a performance balance sheet. Good and bad in equal measure. Board members are partners. Execution is hard. Unpredictable. Things are seldom 100% rosy.

A mistake inexperienced founders make. share good data & positive news w investors, and (sometimes inadvertently) under play negative data or not share it at all This will break trust AND you are setting yourself up to give a negative surprise in the future #GiveBadNewsFirst



It amazes me that even after so many years e-commerce is still barely understood. Needs a longer post that I’ll put out in the near future. Yes, back to work now…


What a thread, what a story! Also the answer to “why can’t Amazon/Google/Facebook/largeCo do this”

The difference between HUL & Marico was that for HUL, Nihar was just one out of the other 20 projects they were operating but for Marico, Parachute was everything. HUL was trying everything in the book. It was deliberately undercutting Parachute & aggressively advertising Nihar.



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हो तिमिर कितना भी गहरा हो रोशनी पर लाख पहरा सूर्य को उगना पड़ेगा, फूल को खिलना पड़ेगा हो समय कितना भी भारी हमने ना उम्मीद हारी दर्द को झुकना पड़ेगा , रंज को रुकना पड़ेगा सब थके हैं, सब अकेले लेकिन फिर आएंगे मेले साथ ही लड़ना पड़ेगा , साथ ही चलना पड़ेगा - रामधारी सिंह 'दिनकर'


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Looking to connect with non profit institutions who are 1/ helping families of those who have passed away due to Covid 2/focused on helping healthcare workers who need help & support themselves If you know of any such non profits, please DM me 🙏


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