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Karthik Reddy

@bkartred

Co-Founder @BlumeVentures | Blume Investment Team | (try DM’ing on superdm.me/karthik)

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From dorm room tinkerers to aerospace suppliers: How two engineers built a manufacturing powerhouse that nobody thought possible In 2018, Kaushik Mudda and Navin Jain were trying to build India's first five-axis CNC machine. While the response from international audiences was

From dorm room tinkerers to aerospace suppliers: How two engineers built a manufacturing powerhouse that nobody thought possible

In 2018, <a href="/MuddaKaushik/">Kaushik Mudda</a>  and Navin Jain were trying to build India's first five-axis CNC machine. While the response from international audiences was
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At Ethereal Machines, the tricolor isn’t just a symbol. It’s a statement. When Elton (Elton Ray Coelho) and I spoke to Kaushik Mudda (Kaushik Mudda), co-founder and CEO of Ethereal Machines (Blume Fund III) for this Spotlight story, two things stood out. First, how deeply personal

At Ethereal Machines, the tricolor isn’t just a symbol. It’s a statement.

When Elton (<a href="/ray_elton99/">Elton Ray Coelho</a>) and I spoke to Kaushik Mudda (<a href="/MuddaKaushik/">Kaushik Mudda</a>), co-founder and CEO of Ethereal Machines (Blume Fund III) for this Spotlight story, two things stood out.

First, how deeply personal
Kaushik Mudda (@muddakaushik) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks to Rohit Kaul,Elton Ray Coelho,Blume Ventures for narrating our story. My Vitamin D deficiency is real & it's because we have lived a decade in basements building out the most complex advanced manufacturing technologies needed to make 🇮🇳 a manufacturing superpower.

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Exciting News! We have been recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Innovation Guide for Generative AI Technologies in the Generative AI Engineering category. “Gartner defines the generative AI engineering submarket as technologies providing full-model life cycle management,

Exciting News! 

We have been recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Innovation Guide for Generative AI Technologies in the Generative AI Engineering category.

“Gartner defines the generative AI engineering submarket as technologies providing full-model life cycle management,
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Transforming cancer care: Complement1 (Fund IV) raises $16M to scale lifestyle medicine platform We welcome Complement 1 to Blume’s Fund IV portfolio. The company is emerging from stealth and has raised a $16 million seed round led by us and Owl Ventures, with participation from

Transforming cancer care: Complement1 (Fund IV) raises $16M to scale lifestyle medicine platform

We welcome Complement 1 to Blume’s Fund IV portfolio. The company is emerging from stealth and has raised a $16 million seed round led by us and Owl Ventures, with participation from
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“Akshay, the fact that a Uruguayan 🇺🇾 & an Indian 🇮🇳 , who come from absolutely nowhere, are sitting and having this discussion in Mayfair on a Thursday morning, is surreal” … trust Lil to always, always, leave me with that one line that’d stay in the head for a long time to

“Akshay, the fact that a Uruguayan 🇺🇾 &amp; an Indian 🇮🇳 , who come from absolutely nowhere, are sitting and having this discussion in Mayfair on a Thursday morning, is surreal” 

… trust Lil to always, always, leave me with that one line that’d stay in the head for a long time to
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Looking to bridge the gap between simulation and reality? Discover Ati Motors' Sim2Real technology with NVIDIA Isaac Sim. Our AI-powered robots undergo high-fidelity simulations for safe, efficient performance. Read more in our blog: bit.ly/3DZOh1e

Looking to bridge the gap between simulation and reality? Discover Ati Motors' Sim2Real technology with NVIDIA Isaac Sim. Our AI-powered robots undergo high-fidelity simulations for safe, efficient performance. Read more in our blog: bit.ly/3DZOh1e
Ethereal Machines (@etherealmachine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Grateful to Blume Ventures for being part of this journey. This post captures what we’ve quietly built over the last decade: real machines, real results, and a real shift in how manufacturing from India is perceived. Thank you for the belief and shared ambition.

Sajith Pai (@sajithpai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

India is not for beginners. To succeed Ethereal Machines did not only have to build a world class 5-axis CNC machine but also had to pioneer a distinctly innovative biz model - 'machining as a service' because customers couldnt afford to buy the machine / didnt trust that the

India is not for beginners. To succeed <a href="/etherealmachine/">Ethereal Machines</a> did not only have to build a world class 5-axis CNC machine but also had to pioneer a distinctly innovative biz model - 'machining as a service' because customers couldnt afford to buy the machine / didnt trust that the
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What comes to your mind when you think of a celebrity? A Bollywood actor, an ace cricketer, or perhaps a musical maestro. But what about the silent hustlers, the ones who never give up, and revolutionise society with their relentless pursuit of excellence - The entrepreneurs!

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Super impressive. Inspirational! 100 such Indian startups doing what ETHERAL has done will make India $ trillion-dollar industry! --- Potential Indian buyers were quick to dismiss ETHERAL: "Only Germans and Japanese can do this. Indians, let alone youngsters, can't make such

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What does it take to build vertical SaaS in an AI-first world? At our recent event “Winning in the Vertical AI Era”, Parthiv Patel (founder of Petpooja , Restaurant POS software) and Shubham Goel (founder of Affinity, CRM for financial institutions) shared hard-won lessons

What does it take to build vertical SaaS in an AI-first world?

At our recent event “Winning in the Vertical AI Era”, Parthiv Patel (founder of <a href="/Petpooja_POS/">Petpooja</a> , Restaurant POS software) and <a href="/gshubham14/">Shubham Goel</a> (founder of Affinity, CRM for financial institutions) shared hard-won lessons
Nitin Sharma (@nitinsharma1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Namma Yatri <> Silicon Valley In a few weeks, Namma Yatri will reach the milestone of 100 MILLION RIDES completed. Moreover, the company will have achieved this with well less than $10M spent (almost zero marketing), and with operational profitability! We recently invited

Namma Yatri &lt;&gt; Silicon Valley 

In a few weeks, <a href="/nammayatri/">Namma Yatri</a> will reach the milestone of 100 MILLION RIDES completed. 

Moreover, the company will have achieved this with well less than $10M spent (almost zero marketing), and with operational profitability!

We recently invited
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Electrifying commercial mobility: alphabetagama (Fund III) raises USD 77M in Series D Euler Motors has secured Rs 638 crore (USD 77M) in their Series D funding round, with Hero MotoCorp joining as a strategic investor. Founded in 2018 by Saurav Kumar , Euler Motors is the leading

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Curious about how M&As are shaping India's startup ecosystem? 🤝 In this crisp video, Karthik Reddy (Karthik Reddy) shares our perspectives on recent M&A activities, highlighting why some deals dominate headlines while others don't. You'll learn: • Why acqui-hires are an important

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Neeraj Chopra just joined the 90m+ club! A barrier long seen as a benchmark of European dominance in javelin—crossed by an Indian, on a global stage. But this was never just about one throw. It’s about what it signals to a whole generation of Indians: That we don’t just

<a href="/Neeraj_chopra1/">Neeraj Chopra</a> just joined the 90m+ club!

A barrier long seen as a benchmark of European dominance in javelin—crossed by an Indian, on a global stage.

But this was never just about one throw.

It’s about what it signals to a whole generation of Indians:

That we don’t just