Fuel for those reinventing the wheel
Fuel for those
reinventing the wheel
Fuel for those reinventing the wheel
Vikram Chopra
Vikram Chopra
CEO & Co-Founder, Cars24
CEO & Co-Founder, Cars24
When I think about how progress actually happens, a classic example for me is the wheel.
When I think about how progress actually happens, a classic example for me is the wheel.
Years of building in mobility have reinforced that belief.
Vehicles have become smarter and more advanced.
What determines success, more often than not, is
how efficiently the basics operate.
For me, it represents the improvement of mechanics. It shows that progress doesn’t always come from adding more power.
Sometimes it comes from making the system carry the same power more efficiently.
A circular object placed under weight changed
how effort translated into distance.
With that shift, trade expanded, cities grew and
scale became possible in a way it wasn’t possible before.
A circular object placed under weight changed
how effort translated into distance.
With that shift, trade expanded, cities grew and
scale became possible in a way it wasn’t possible before.
When the basics work well, everything else scales more naturally
Fuel comes from that understanding
We invest in founders strengthening the mechanics of mobility across liquidity, intelligence, infrastructure, safety and energy — the same kind of underlying shift the wheel once brought to human movement, where improving the system allowed everything built on top to move further, faster and with less friction.
Better systems change what is possible. What happens next depends on the fuel behind them.
This is where I personally spend most of my time as well, with people building at the fundamental layer, thinking deeply about how things actually work and how far they can go.
If you are working on reinventing the wheel.
I am here to bring the fuel.
Apply Here
Growing up in a small town like Rae Bareli, you feel this intuitively.
When roads improve, markets expand. When transport becomes reliable, opportunity travels further don't need theory to understand it. You experience it.
For me, it represents the improvement of mechanics. It shows that progress doesn’t always come from adding more power.
Sometimes it comes from making the system carry the same power more efficiently.
Years of building in mobility have reinforced that belief.
Vehicles have become smarter and more advanced.
What determines success, more often than not, is
how efficiently the basics operate.
We invest in founders strengthening the mechanics of mobility across liquidity, intelligence, infrastructure, safety and energy — the same kind of underlying shift the wheel once brought to human movement, where improving the system allowed everything built on top to move further, faster and with less friction.
Better systems change what is possible. What happens next depends on the fuel behind them.
This is where I personally spend most of my time as well, with people building at the fundamental layer, thinking deeply about how things actually work and how far they can go.
If you are working on reinventing the wheel.
I am here to bring the fuel.
Apply Here
Growing up in a small town like Rae Bareilly, you feel this intuitively.
When roads improve, markets expand. When transport becomes reliable, opportunity travels further. You don’t need theory to understand it. You experience it.
Growing up in a small town like Rae Bareli, you feel this intuitively.
When roads improve, markets expand. When transport becomes reliable, opportunity travels further.
You don’t need theory to understand it. You experience it.
Years of building in mobility have reinforced that belief.
Vehicles have become smarter and more advanced.
What determines success, more often than not, is
how efficiently the basics operate.
When the basics work well, everything else scales more naturally
When the basics work well, everything else scales more naturally
Fuel has been created from that understanding
Fuel has been created from that understanding
We invest in founders strengthening the mechanics of mobility across liquidity, intelligence, infrastructure, safety and energy — the same kind of underlying shift the wheel once brought to human movement, where improving the system allowed everything built on top to move further, faster and with less friction.
Better systems change what is possible. What happens next depends on the fuel behind them.
This is where I personally spend most of my time as well, with people building at the fundamental layer, thinking deeply about how things actually work and how far they can go.
If you are working on reinventing the wheel, I am here to bring the fuel.
Apply Here
