Varun Alagh on VC vs Bootstrapping

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The trade-off between outside capital and founder control.

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2026 · Honasa Consumer

Varun Alagh — Co-Founder & CEO, Honasa Consumer Limited (official profile)

Honasa became India's first unicorn of 2022 in January that year, raising $52 million led by Sequoia at a $1.2 billion valuation — a milestone the company frames as validation of rapid growth and category leadership, even though the same valuation benchmark would later become politically charged during the IPO debate.

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