What the market actually thinks.
The GP/LP Pulse: a quarterly, anonymous sentiment panel of Indian private-capital practitioners; deployment intent, DPI expectations, valuation reads and the AI premium, published as primary data nobody can scrape.
The question set · ten, every quarter, unchanged
The value of a panel is the time series, so the core questions never change. Five minutes to answer; segmented by respondent type (GP / LP / credit / founder) so reads can be cross-cut: e.g. GP valuation optimism vs LP DPI pressure, quarter by quarter.
Deployment intent
Will you deploy more, less or the same capital next quarter vs this one?
DPI pressure
How hard are your LPs pressing for distributions, on a 1-5 scale?
Entry valuations
Are seed / Series A / growth entry prices rising, flat or falling in your pipeline?
The AI premium
What multiple uplift are AI-native companies commanding vs comparable non-AI software?
Exit windows
Which route do you expect for your next realisation: IPO, strategic, secondary, or none within 18 months?
Secondary pricing
At what discount/premium to last round are quality secondaries clearing in your network?
Fundraise climate
If you're raising: better or worse than six months ago? If you're an LP: re-up appetite?
Crowding
Which sector feels most over-owned right now? Most under-owned?
Credit usage
Is your portfolio using venture debt more or less than a year ago?
The contrarian read
One consensus view in Indian private capital you believe is wrong.
Why join
Panelists get the full cross-cut results two weeks before public release, plus the sector-crowding detail that never publishes.
Anonymity, structurally
Responses are aggregated per segment with a minimum cell size of five; no response is ever attributable, and firm names are never stored with answers.
Why it matters
Every dataset on this platform is reconstructed from public disclosure. The Pulse is the primary layer: sentiment nobody can scrape, cross-referenced against the indices it should predict.
Join the panel: leave your work email below and we'll send the Q3 2026 questionnaire when the panel opens. Practitioners only: GPs, LPs, credit investors and operating founders; we verify affiliation before admission. Cross-reference the firm coverage at VC Firms.
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