@ChirataeVC turns 20 today - a remarkable milestone for an institution that shaped the Indian venture ecosystem, and one that fundamentally shaped my entire VC career. I spent ~12 formative years at Chiratae, joining as a summer intern in 2010 and leaving in 2022 with the conviction and wings to start @PeerCapital_VC. Looking back, breaking into venture was serendipity meeting conviction. Back in 2010, when most of my IIMB batch was chasing traditional post-MBA tracks (rightfully so) with zero interest in this obscure domain called VC, @banglani took a bet on me. He wasn’t looking for someone chasing a standard placement slot; he was looking for raw curiosity and a genuine hunger to explore. When the internship wrapped, what Sudhir valued most were simple, unteachable traits: agency, hustle, and the comfort to operate in fuzzy logic. That landed me a full-time seat at the table. What followed was a masterclass in venture building under @sudhirksethi and @tcmsundaram. Chiratae gave me the ultimate launchpad to learn the craft on the ground: ▪️ True founder advocacy: Standing in the arena with founders and fiercely backing them, even when they aren’t in the room ▪️ Mastering uncertainty: Developing high conviction when data is sparse and the future is ambiguous ▪️ The full-cycle VC playbook: From initial deal structuring to portfolio heavy-lifting, engineering exits, unlocking new domestic and global capital pools, and building a durable firm VC firms are easy to start, but building an enduring institution across two decades of market cycles is rare. Huge congratulations to Sudhir, TCM, and the entire Chiratae team on 20 incredible years. I count myself deeply privileged to have shared that journey for over a decade - and as we build PeerCapital into an institution of repute, those foundational lessons continue to guide the way.