Archive - Global Venture Play

For decades this was illegal...

In January 2025 it became legal...

Jun 22 • Muhammed Rashid

She paid herself in feedback, not cash

That's how a solo founder got her first two clients in India's $5B compliance market

Jun 19 • Muhammed Rashid

A dead startup just handed someone a market

25 million rides worth of demand, sitting there unclaimed.

Jun 9 • Muhammed Rashid

For once, we're not asking you to invest.

We're asking you to open a door.

Jun 1 • Jay Lee

May 2026

If you backed Uber India or Ola, you'll miss this

A category bigger than Uber India by trip volume

May 18 • Jay Lee

One food truck in a small Kerala town, run until 3am while they were all still in college.

$8,300. Seven co-founders.

May 15 • Jay

How 7 friends beat Starbucks on margin?

8 years bootstrapped and scaled to 25% margins

May 13 • Jay Lee

India just produced its first spacetech unicorn.

This is my point of view as a Korean.

May 11 • Jay

MOU Signed: Global Venture Play x Luxavera Ventures

May 11 • Jay

3 months after launch they got an acquisition offer..

From a FORTUNE 500 COMPANY

May 5 • Jay Lee

April 2026

At 40, Uber shut down his business

Then he bootstrapped with $32k which the battery players in india can’t solve

Apr 28 • Jay Lee

He landed India's biggest carbon deal with a mockup website.

Now he's building the marketplace a $50 billion market never had.

Apr 13 • Jay Lee

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