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0:00 geo platforms cleared 8,389 crore rupees in net profit for the september quarter jumping 13.7% in its very first scorecard since going public in episode one eighty seven we tracked the venture deals driving india's startup ecosystem today the public market showed us what actual scale looks like on the block now look at the broader floor monthly venture funding0:17 across indian tech dropped to $693,800,000 for october tumbling 50.5% compared to this time last year yet seed and early rounds took nearly the whole table with artificial intelligence infrastructure startup simplismart pulling $14,000,000 backed by dallas venture capital and nvidia while preventative health platform center closed $15,000,000 meanwhile high above the trade floor isro successfully placed its 2,200 kilogram0:39 nvs zero three satellite into orbit aboard a gslv rocket putting a third second generation spacecraft and an indigenous rubidium atomic clock into india's navic navigation network back to lot one because gl platforms is where the institutional paddles are waving i am bid 30,188 core rupees on the listing now 27,500 crore goes straight to debt prepayment do i0:58 hear profit yes 8,389 crore on the hammer bam hammer's down now let me tell you what that actually was when geo went to market skeptics wondered how quickly the telecom giant could turn colossal infrastructure expenditure into pure bottom line muscle out of that massive 30,188 crore rupee initial public offering management took 27,500 crore rupees and immediately wiped1:22 out external commercial borrowings at reliance geoinfocom they didn't tuck it away as speculative runway they deleveraged the engine that single maneuver cut interest drag right as higher subscriber revenue and digital enterprise services kicked into gear and that changes the playbook for every indian founder watching this room while venture capital volumes halved this month the capital that did1:44 move zeroed in on hard infrastructure whether it's simply smart building ai compute layers isro securing sovereign satellite positioning or geo locking up enterprise connectivity across 65% of india's bank branches the room isn't chasing vanity growth anymore a price is just the last person who wanted it more and today the market showed it'll pay top dollar for hard2:05 assets and clean balance sheets
