Sajith Pai ✓

@sajithpai · Bengaluru · joined 14 May 2008

VC @BlumeVentures, an early stage Indian tech fund. Writings on venture, PMF, India tech etc., at https://t.co/eqQ9bnlbmj and https://t.co/ox83BGPfJq

65 131Followers

395Following

20 729Posts total

57.5KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Sajith Pai ✓@sajithpai1 Sep

Stunned, really stunned at this shocking news. Big loss for our startup community. 4.6K views · 23 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Sajith Pai ✓@sajithpai1 Sep

Job Alert: Neothera is hiring an Engg Lead! @neotherahq, a skin health co, backed by Blume and marquee angels, is hiring an Engg Lead. I have known @radhika_agar the founder since '19, and am super-bullish on her, and the co. Re the role - Blr-based; full time; on-site - top h

5.2K views · 33 likes · 9 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Sajith Pai ✓@sajithpai30 Aug

This tweet was prescient:) 13.3K views · 15 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Sajith Pai ✓@sajithpai29 Aug

This. Is. Correct. (For now and the near future till ASI anyway) 15.4K views · 52 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Sajith Pai ✓@sajithpai19 Jul

New article: 'Reflections on my career; and 5 learnings' I recently spoke at Rubaru, Amazon India Finance Org’s career day as an external speaker. I was asked to speak about my career journey and transition to the VC world, as well as what I have seen as key hallmarks of https:/

18.9K views · 122 likes · 5 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →

Sajith Pai ✓@sajithpai16 Jun 2022

One point in venture funding that has surprised me is why we don't have any price difference for the lead investor (who provides conviction) and the add-on investors in that round. The leads do all of the hard word, & others come in at the same price. Hmm.... 0 views · 86 likes · 2 reposts · 22 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views13 350this account937median for 10K–100K

Reach, %20.50%this account3.44%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.50%this account1.55%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	13 350	937	14.2×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	20.50%	3.44%	5.96×
Engagement rate	0.50%	1.55%	0.32×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

18.9K19 Jul

15.4K29 Aug

13.3K30 Aug

5.2K1 Sep

4.6K

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.74%19 Jul

0.36%29 Aug

0.15%30 Aug

0.86%1 Sep

0.50%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.55%.

What the audience does

Likes65.3%245 in total

Reposts4.0%15 in total

Replies6.4%24 in total

Quotes0.3%1 in total

Bookmarks24.0%90 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.