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Siddharth Talwar

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Inside Rebel Foods, Droom backer Lightbox's post-exodus reset

29 Jan 2026, 12:51 PM

The venture capital firm's relatively small and concentrated portfolio unlike most of its peers, who followed the spray and pray model, allowed for closer engagement, Lightbox partner Sandeep Murthy said.

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