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Nothing exemplifies "Winning Beyond Boundaries" more than an Olympic Gold medal 🏅 We're ending Season 3 of the Blume Podcast with a bang! In the 10th and the last episode of this season, Karthik B. Reddy sat down with Olympic Gold medalist, World Champion, and Asia's beacon of excellence in athletics - Neeraj Chopra. 💪 From a small town in Haryana to shattering European dominance in javelin throw, Neeraj's journey perfectly embodies S3's theme of Winning Beyond Boundaries. In this candid conversation, he opens up about: • His mischievous childhood & unconventional entry into sports • The mindset behind handling victories and near-misses • The Gold medal moment and everything that he did to reach there • What it takes to compete and win against the best in the world • His partnership with his coaches and how he trains • Why he believes children should be allowed to be naughty A big thanks to Vinay Singhal, co-founder of STAGE, and the entire STAGE team for making this episode happen 🙏  (and for graciously letting us use their beautiful office for many hours on a Saturday). STAGE (a Blume Fund IV company) is revolutionizing the Indian entertainment landscape by bringing authentic regional content to millions. Neeraj is their brand ambassador, a perfect partnership celebrating India's cultural heritage. Thanks to IDFC FIRST Bank for being our annual partner. Watch the story of Neeraj Chopra and discover what’s possible with resilience, confidence, and unshakable self-belief. Or, in Neeraj's words "यही एडवाइस है—खुद पर बिलीव रखो और सही मेहनत करो!” Link to the full video in comments. Ashish Fafadia Sanjay Nath Arpit Agarwal Rohit Kaul Ria Shroff Desai Mitul Mehta Alok Mehta Deepika Jain Sarita Raichura Gautham Sivaramakrishnan Vikram Gawande Vignesh J Aditya Kuber Harsh Mani Tripathi Parveen Singhal Shashank Vaishnav PS: On his first day of school, little Neeraj threw his books into a well and went off to play. Who knew this mischievous kid would one day throw a javelin into Olympic history! 😄

Meet Raju, a ride-hailing driver in India who juggles multiple apps daily to piece together a living. His story illuminates a broader truth: sometimes the most powerful innovations come not from technology alone, but from rebuilding trust with the communities we serve. Looking at Namma Yatri's journey (600K+ drivers, 76M+ trips, Rs 1200+ crs in driver earnings), we're seeing evidence that community-led startups can achieve remarkable growth while maintaining sustainable unit economics. Their 69% auto-pay adoption and consistently high driver acceptance rates suggest that building with communities, rather than just for them, might be more than just good ethics—it's good business. The implications extend beyond ride-hailing. Whether in fintech, healthcare, or education, the next generation of successful startups might be distinguished not by how quickly they scale, but by how deeply they embed community trust into their foundations. Curious to hear others' thoughts on this shift toward community-led growth. What other sectors do you see ripe for this approach? Blume Ventures Karthik B. Reddy Arpit Agarwal Joseph Sebastian Rohit Kaul

Meet Raju, a ride-hailing driver in India who juggles multiple apps daily to piece together a living. His story illuminates a broader truth: sometimes the most powerful innovations come not from technology alone, but from rebuilding trust with the communities we serve. Looking at Namma Yatri's journey (600K+ drivers, 76M+ trips, Rs 1200+ crs in driver earnings), we're seeing evidence that community-led startups can achieve remarkable growth while maintaining sustainable unit economics. Their 69% auto-pay adoption and consistently high driver acceptance rates suggest that building with communities, rather than just for them, might be more than just good ethics—it's good business. The implications extend beyond ride-hailing. Whether in fintech, healthcare, or education, the next generation of successful startups might be distinguished not by how quickly they scale, but by how deeply they embed community trust into their foundations. Curious to hear others' thoughts on this shift toward community-led growth. What other sectors do you see ripe for this approach? Blume Ventures Karthik B. Reddy Arpit Agarwal Joseph Sebastian Rohit Kaul

Introducing the UltraFactory at Plano, Texas. We're hiring in production engineering, material sciences and firmware engineering for the factory. Please write to me on mohit@ultrahuman.com or dm.

🎉 Thrilled to announce that Atomicwork, Blume Fund IV portco, has raised $25M in Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures and Z47 with participation from us, Battery Ventures, and Peak XV Partners. As one of the first backers of Atomicwork, we at Blume couldn't be more proud of this milestone. What excites us most is how Atomicwork isn't just building another enterprise tool - they're creating what Vijay calls "a next-generation company." Their rapid growth and this latest funding round prove they're creating the next transformation in enterprise IT. Speaking of transformation... 🎥 Blume's Sanjay Nath recently sat down with Vijay to dive deep into how Atomicwork is revolutionizing enterprise IT, and the insights are fascinating: 🔹 Using AI agents to transform manual workflows into automated solutions 🔹 Building technology that doesn't just help people work - it does the work 🔹 Scaling from startup to a team of 70+ while targeting $10M+ in annual revenue 🔹 Reimagining IT service management for the AI age This is our second journey with Vijay Rayapati - having previously backed his successful venture Minjar (acquired by Nutanix). Join us to congratulate Vijay, Kiran Darisi, Parsuram Vijayasankar, and the entire Atomicwork team! 🚀 Onwards and upwards! Watch our full conversation to understand why leading global enterprises are betting big on Atomicwork's vision for the future of enterprise IT. https://lnkd.in/g-xFKQuB Ashish Fafadia Karthik B. Reddy Arpit Agarwal Rohit Kaul Ria Shroff Desai Mitul Mehta Alok Mehta Deepika Jain Sarita Raichura Gautham Sivaramakrishnan Vikram Gawande Sumangal V. Shrey Shah

Today we went a bit crazy, we put up a hoarding announcing our Privy suite of products. We would love to hear your thoughts :)

I'm proud to announce our $25M+ Series A funding, led by Khosla Ventures and Z47 with continued participation from Battery Ventures, Blume Ventures, Neon, Peak XV Partners, and Storm Ventures. This milestone reinforces our commitment to delivering agentic AI that simplifies IT workflows and empowers teams to focus on what matters most—business growth. And our customers are already seeing incredible results: “Atomicwork helped us consolidate three solutions into one platform, improving employee experience, reducing ticket volumes, and cutting costs—all in just six weeks,” shared Ryder Hampton, Head of Technology at Pepper Money. Excited for all the incredible things ahead! #AtomicworkFunding

Many congratulations to team Atomicwork for the fantastic Series-A raise to kick-start the year! We at Blume Ventures feel privileged to be part of this journey since day zero, and are excited to double down emphatically and back Vijay, Kiran, Parsuram, Lenin, Aparna and the rest of the team to build the best-in-class service management platform for the AI-native era. For too long, IT teams have struggled with clunky old-school software to manage service workflows, and the high TCO + low automation of these incumbents makes it even more challenging. Atomicwork is now able to provide an incredibly smooth experience for employees and IT teams alike, by re-imagining service management from the grounds up using AI. The fact that early customers like Zuora, AMMEX Corporation etc are strong champions of the company is clear validation of this! Couldn't have imagined a better team to go after this market and we're glad to now have Khosla Ventures Battery Ventures and Peak XV Partners join us and Z47 for the ride :) Sanjay Nath Karthik B. Reddy Ashish Fafadia Rohit Kaul Sarita Raichura Gautham Sivaramakrishnan

We’re beyond excited to announce that Atomicwork has raised $25M in Series A funding 💰 The round was led by Khosla Ventures and Z47 with participation from Battery Ventures, Blume Ventures, Neon, Peak XV Partners, and Storm Ventures💹 This funding fuels our mission to transform enterprise IT and scale business growth with Agentic AI. We’ll deploy more enterprise AI agents and strengthen our platform capabilities with robust integrations to empower IT teams to reduce repetitive work. A big thank you to our customers, partners, and investors for making this milestone possible. What a journey it has been — and the best is yet to come! Read more about the funding here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gscJeUQh 🏷️ Vijay Rayapati Kiran Darisi Parsuram Vijayasankar 🏷️ Neeraj Agrawal | Kanu Gulati | Pranay Desai | Tejeshwi Sharma | Sanjay Nath #AtomicworkFunding #FundingAlert #AgenticAI #IT #ITSM #SeriesAFunding

Trichy is unlocking the power of people & community! 👊 Let's integrate Samaj, Sarkar, Bazaar! மக்கள், அரசு, வணிகம் – இணைவோம், உயர்வோம்! 🚀