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The iconic 1975 film Deewar featured a memorable exchange: “Mere paas Ma hai” – “I have my mother,” spoken by Ravi, portrayed by Shashi Kapoor, to his brother Vijay, played by Amitabh Bachchan. A parallel exists within the Indian venture capital-funded startup landscape of the 2010s and 2020s. Thier defining statement has become: “Mere paas metric hai” – “I have metrics.” In this ecosystem, the foundational importance once attributed to familial connections has been superseded by the relentless pursuit and presentation of quantifiable data.