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# ![@patwardhannn Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1247394285248319489.png) @patwardhannn Nikhil Patwardhan

Nikhil Patwardhan posts on X about india, the first, alltime, money the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  [countries](/list/countries) 

**Social topic influence**
[india](/topic/india), [the first](/topic/the-first), [alltime](/topic/alltime), [money](/topic/money), [shift](/topic/shift)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Ethereal Machines had last raised funding in July 2024 from Peak XV Partners. The company was valued at around $XX million then per Tracxn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1996862204302578149)  2025-12-05T08:40Z 3681 followers, XXX engagements


"🚨New: At first glance Prosus recent India bets look scattered: Rapido Ixigo Urban Company even a small cheque into edtech startup Arivihan. But look a little closer and a clear pattern starts to emerge. 🧵👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1993198068062437411)  2025-11-25T06:00Z 3684 followers, 24.5K engagements


"🚨Scoop: Deeptech manufacturing startup Ethereal Machines is in discussions with Avataar Ventures others for a $XX million fundraise at $XXX million valuation. Should the funding go through it will be among India's bigger deeptech funding rounds. @YourStoryCo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1996862201945379285)  2025-12-05T08:40Z 3681 followers, 2137 engagements


"🚨Earlier this year @entrackr reported how India's startups are seeing significantly higher dilutions by Series A. Founders are trading control for longer runways. But why🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1998267229192995033)  2025-12-09T05:43Z 3681 followers, 7045 engagements


"We dug a little deeper and found out that the average Seed rounds so far this year (in the first XX months of 2025) hit an all-time high. The average Series A rounds meanwhile doubled to almost $XX million from last year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1998267231671820487)  2025-12-09T05:43Z 3682 followers, XXX engagements


"Founders are raising bigger rounds and this isn't like the 2021 frenzy when easy money was driving these rounds. This is more of a shift in India's startup ecosystem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1998267234196783564)  2025-12-09T05:43Z 3682 followers, XXX engagements


"@TheKredible 's data showed that more than XX startups have diluted far more than the traditional norms with some companies even giving up more than XX% stake by Series A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1998267238114288063)  2025-12-09T05:43Z 3681 followers, 3199 engagements


"Larger funding rounds along with more dilution suggest founders are loading up early for hiring better talent for faster iteration and to increase runway especially as late-stage rounds have dropped to a multi-year low"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1998267242014970100)  2025-12-09T05:43Z 3681 followers, XXX engagements


"But does higher dilution raise any concerns for founders and VCs The ecosystem doesn't think so especially as many new-age startups with founders owning single-digit stakes have also passed the public market test over the past three years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1998267244602851672)  2025-12-09T05:43Z 3681 followers, XXX engagements


"So is the early-stage boom a reaction to the late-stage freeze Or is it a gradual shift in India's startup ecosystem Find out:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/patwardhannn/status/1998267247358615692)  2025-12-09T05:43Z 3681 followers, XXX engagements