India, Aug. 27 -- A Mumbai-based entrepreneur claims he saw Nikhil Kamath at a cafe in the city and passed him a note introducing himself and his startup. Yash Gawde was at Subko Cafe in Bandra with a friend when they both noticed a group of people walking into a private room. The group included Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha and one of India's youngest billionaires.

"I saw Nikhil Kamath yesterday. He waved hi to me. And I gave him this note," Gawde wrote on LinkedIn, sharing a picture of the note that he managed to get delivered to Kamath.

Yash Gawde, founder of BeHooked, was at Subko to meet with a VC friend named Aakash Sood. The duo got a table at the top floor of the cafe and started talking.

"He was breaking down how VCs th...