Vikram Chachra 🎱

"Ichigo Ichie" (Japanese) -Treasure every encounter, for it will never occur again.

Every time you travel in a Shoffr, your driver has a co-pilot - an AI-powered dashcam from Cautio Was he on the phone? Was he on time? Did he show signs of fatigue? Did he take the car for a personal ride? Cautio helps fleet operators answer these questions not with anecdotes, but with video evidence and AI-led driver behavior monitoring. Cautio is not an “AI wrapper”:

This is probably the single best context about India in the new world, you will hear from a business point of view.

NRIs transferring funds using stablecoin firms, please be careful on FEMA regulations. This seems dangerous for Indian sovereignty and while the companies will change their models eventually, you can still be traced by an agency asking how the dollars came to India without using RBI regulated channels These firms are using stablecoin rails in the background, so you might not know what’s happening to your money. An easy tell is when a firm gives you market rates without any fee, while earning 4-5% from the stablecoin spread between India and overseas!

Are you approaching your work and life in general like an amateur or a pro? What each really means and how to, if necessary, flip the switch. Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art, who is still in pro-mode at 82, on the Huberman Lab podcast out now.

Startups die when they lose momentum But momentum is perishable, so it is bound to reduce with time—unless the founders will it into continued existence Startups have multiple founding moments, so this job doesn’t rely on just founders but founder-like people who make things happen Momentum is mass × velocity Mass is the resources—the people, capital, code, and distribution you can leverage Velocity is direction × speed Direction is pure. It comes from the place that stores creativity: you come up with a new idea and a new understanding that the world didn’t know yet Speed is compounding. Once you have created something, you want to build systems that let you cover the entire distance in that direction before friction stops you Most failed startups end up missing one or more of these Startups that do well generally start with the right direction: They create some new understanding As a result, they are able to amass resources They are able to create the right discipline to continue the speed in that direction But as they become large and satisfied, they too can lose sight of an important reality: the right direction didn’t give them a right to have infinite momentum, it just lent them some time to create new directions Founder mindset is constantly seeking all that's true and ensuring direction is correct to continue the one and only thing that matters—momentum

Driving Early-Stage Innovation in India: An Exclusive Conversation with Vikram Chachra of 8i Ventures Read the full Interview: tinyurl.com/426paysx

Every fat fee in finance is soon dead Your agent will ruthlessly negotiate better rates while you sleep The middlemen just don't know it yet Build accordingly

If you want to boost your talent density, roll out the red carpet for Indian techies. German ambassador to India pitching directly to Indians affected by H-1b restrictions.

Hello Mumbai, you look gorgeous today 😍🌊

The best founders reframe how you see the world. What started as a chat about digital escrows turned into a 2.5-hour masterclass on fixing the broken plumbing of business banking. We backed @TransBnk at seed. 2 years later: ✅ 40 banks live ✅ 80%+ margins ✅ Cash flow positive The flywheel is in motion. Welcome aboard @BessemerVP @Fundamentum @Arkam_Ventures 🚀 techcrunch.com/2025/08/27/wit… @TechCrunch @8iVentures @5vishy

«Success is not linear» Performance by dancer and coreographer Yoann Bourgeois [📹 Mathieu Stern] [🎵 Sigur Rós] x.com/fluxfolio_/sta…

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Maybe spend time in India- that’s how pretty much ALL of healthcare works here.

Politicians can stay irrational longer than nations can stay solvent.

Trump wants exporting countries to lower tariffs on US goods. Some will, but not as much as he hopes. Exporters will fire back — quietly, via currency. Tariffs go up, currencies go down. Exporters and central banks will absorb the shock. ⁦⁦@FT⁩ on.ft.com/4ljhiGk

Rise & shine Mumbai 😎

Winners keep winning! 🚀 AI chips → AI PCs → AI phones? Nvidia’s next conquest: Personal computing. Chipmakers, stay alert. 👀 barrons.com/articles/nvidi…

This was a very pivotal moment for us, without which the merger of @sliceit_ & NESFB was not possible. Shared the story at yesterday's Advantage Assam roadshow Grateful to the Govt of Assam & Hon. CM @himantabiswa for not just facilitating but leading the creation of first fintech-bank of India, headquartered in Guwahati 🚀🚀🚀

Heartbroken💔 Rest in peace, my brother. The world feels emptier without you 🙏

🐒 Thank God for #ChatGPT