Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh Sachar
187 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -The Indian Silicon Valley Podcast is a series of intricate conversations with Founders, Investors and Domain Experts from India's flourishing startup ecosystem, with the hope to decode the learnings from building legendary institutions.
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E74 - Building an AI Native Future w/Mad Street Den (MSD)'s Ashwini Asokan
November 07, 2021 18:08 - 46 minutes - 28.5 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ashwini Asokan, Co-Founder & CEO of Mad Street Den!! Mad Street Den is a Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence Company building the AI architecture of the future. Founded by a Neuroscientist - Designer duo, the company's mission is to build and deliver AI on scale through meaningful applications to billions of people across the globe. Its first vertical platform is a visual intelligence product Vue.ai, which enables the Retail indu...
E73 - Building the largest Auto Company of India w/Cars24's Vikram Chopra
October 31, 2021 18:07 - 54 minutes - 35.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vikram Chopra, Co-Founder & CEO of Cars24. Cars24 is India's largest used-car selling marketplace, marching towards becoming becoming the largest Auto Company of India. Valued at ~1.85 Bn Dollars, Cars24 has expanded its mission internationally making forays into Australia, UAE and other countries and has further started exploring the buy-side. Cars24 is an incredible testament to what a driven team can achieve. Their story is the epitom...
E72 - Pioneering E-Commerce 2.0 w/DealShare's Vineet Rao & Sourjyendu Medda
October 24, 2021 11:02 - 57 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vineet Rao & Sourjyendu Medda, Co-Founders of DealShare. Dealshare is India's fastest growing social e-commerce startup, an online buying platform for multi-category consumer products. It is defining how the next billion Internet shoppers of India transact online! This movement is being enabled by a unique model that leverages some wonderful first-principle mechanisms such as group buying, hyper-local influencers, SME integration on the ...
E71 - Leading India's Content Landscape w/VerSe Innovation's Umang Bedi
October 17, 2021 17:43 - 52 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Umang Bedi, Co-Founder of VerSe Innovation (Dailyhunt + Josh). VerSe Innovation is the parent brand that houses Dailyhunt, India’s largest content aggregator platform and Josh, India’s leading short video entertainment application. With more than 350 Million Monthly Active Users across both Dailyhunt and Josh, VerSe is valued at around 3 Billion Dollars, marching exponentially towards gaining greater market share! Through the Episode we...
E70 - Building the Startup Bank of India w/Stride Ventures' Ishpreet Singh Gandhi
October 14, 2021 17:57 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ishpreet Singh Gandhi, Founder & Managing Partner of Stride Ventures. Stride Ventures is a leading Indian venture capital firm that provides alternative financing options for startups beyond equity financing! The audacious goal for Stride is to become the Startup Bank of India and in less than 3 years of its inception it has amazed us all with the phenomenal progress it has made. Stride has raised 2 successive funds in this duration and ...
E69 - Leading the Crypto Wave w/CoinSwitch Kuber's Ashish Singhal
October 10, 2021 08:34 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ashish Singhal, Founder & CEO of CoinSwitch Kuber. CoinSwitch Kuber is India's leading cryptocurrency startup. Valued at $1.9Bn, it is backed by some of the largest venture investors across the globe, including the likes of Sequoia India, Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global Management, Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm and it's latest round marks Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)'s first investment in India. Through the Episode we discuss the following: ...
E68 - Healthifying a Billion People w/HealthifyMe's Tushar Vashisht
October 03, 2021 17:51 - 46 minutes - 37.7 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Tushar Vashisht, Co-Founder & CEO of HealthifyMe. HealthifyMe is on the mission of healthifying a billion people from across the globe. What started as a way to track calories and nutrients for consumers is now a multi-million dollar HealthTech startup building one of the largest consumer companies from India for the World! HealthifyMe now has a full-stack of product offerings including the legendary health & fitness tracking, coach subs...
E67 - Establishing a Category Creating Brand w/Pepperfry's Ambareesh Murthy
September 30, 2021 17:58 - 57 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ambareesh Murthy, Founder & CEO of Pepperfry. Pepperfry is India’s largest marketplace for furniture and all things home decor. It was started back in 2011, and it has since then completely disrupted the large unorganised furniture market and created a category defining organisation that is on the brink of a public offering (IPO). Hope you liked the 67th Episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Establishing a Category Creating Br...
E67 - Establishing a Category Creating Brand w/Pepperfry's Ambareesh Murty
September 30, 2021 17:58 - 57 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ambareesh Murty, Founder & CEO of Pepperfry. Pepperfry is India’s largest marketplace for furniture and all things home decor. It was started back in 2011, and it has since then completely disrupted the large unorganised furniture market and created a category defining organisation that is on the brink of a public offering (IPO). Through the Episode we discuss the following: 1. (2:11) : Decoding Ambareesh's professional journey and his...
E66 - Building the Global CLM Ecosystem w/Icertis' Monish Darda
September 26, 2021 17:56 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Monish Darda, Co-founder & CTO of Icertis. Icertis is a global SaaS Company from India leading the Contract Lifecycle Management Ecosystem. It is valued at $3Bn, making it one of the most valuable SaaS companies from India, leading the market in its vertical. Through the Episode we discuss the following: 1. (2:25) : Understanding Monish's background & choice of coming back to India after post-graduate studies in the US 2. (5:55) : Wha...
Masterclass #5 - Communication w/Stanford's Matt Abrahams
September 19, 2021 18:22 - 36 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Matt Abrahams, Co-founder of Bold Echo Communications, Professor of Strategic Communications at Stanford GSB, Author of Speaking Out without Freaking Out and Host of the world-renowned Podcast - Think Fast, Talk Smart. Through the Episode we discuss the following: 1. (02:50) : Why is Good Communication Important for Founders? 2. (03:53) : What are some of the tactical elements of Communication? 3. (05:34) : How can Founders become bett...
E65 - Healthcare 2.0 w/mfine's Prasad Kompalli
September 16, 2021 18:20 - 58 minutes - 40.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Prasad Kompalli, Co-founder & CEO of mfine. mfine is an on-demand healthcare service that provides its users access to virtual consultations and connected care programmes from the different hospitals, in the country. To make this possible, the company has partnered with leading and trusted hospitals instead of aggregating individual doctors. Through the Episode we discuss the following: 1. (2:35) : Understanding the Healthcare problem o...
E64 - Make Something People Want w/Razorpay's Shashank Kumar
September 12, 2021 18:12 - 49 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Shashank Kumar, Co-Founder of Razorpay. Razorpay is one of India’s most successful FinTech Startups, providing a full-stack solution to businesses to accept, process and disburse payments. Founded in 2014 by Shashank Kumar & Harshil Mathur, Razorpay has come a long way in leading the financial services market in India and is backed by some of the most marquee investors across the globe including Y-Combinator, Matrix Partners, Sequoia Capi...
E63 - Experience is a Virtue w/Gupshup's Beerud Sheth
September 09, 2021 17:22 - 49 minutes - 34.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Beerud Sheth, Co-founder and CEO of Gupshup. Gupshup is defining the way businesses leverage conversational messaging to interact with their consumers. It is by far the market leader in its category and it recently turned a profitable unicorn with back-to-back funding rounds. This is Beerud’s 2nd startup and he earlier founded Elance, now known as Upwork, which is a public company at the heart of the global gig-economy. Beerud’s depth of ...
E62 - Building the future of India's Rising Working Class w/Apna's Nirmit Parikh
September 05, 2021 18:21 - 58 minutes - 40.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Nirmit Parikh, Founder & CEO of Apna. Founded in 2019, Apna is India's largest professional networking and job opportunities platform for India's rising workforce. Over 10 million users and over 1 lakh employers across 28+ cities trust Apna, and it is only just getting started! Through this Episode we discuss the following : 1. (2:41) : Exploring Nirmit's love for problem solving and his journey of building 3 companies, attending Stanfo...
E61 - Building a Proficorn w/OfBusiness' Asish Mohapatra
August 29, 2021 15:53 - 52 minutes - 37.5 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Asish Mohapatra, Co-Founder & CEO - OfBusiness. Through the episode we discuss the following: 1. (02:16) : Choosing to be an Entrepreneur after living the Consulting & VC Life! 2. (04:08) : When do you know you're ready to take the leap of faith & become a Founder? 3. (06:51) : The Founding Story of OfBusiness ~ the approach of team first, solution next. 4. (10:30) : How did Asish go about gathering the early set of OfBians? 5. (14:...
E60 - Venture Capital Uncovered w/Fireside Ventures' Kanwaljit Singh
August 22, 2021 16:25 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Kanwaljit Singh, Founder & Managing Partner - Fireside Ventures. Through the Episode we discuss the following - 1. (02:10) : Uncovering the progression of the VC Ecosystem through the last two decades & understanding the Vertical Approach being leveraged by Fireside 2. (08:25) : Diving deep into what Venture Partnerships necessarily entail 3. (13:06) : How does Kanwal look at scaling himself & building Fireside Ventures? 4. (17:1...
E59 - Customer Centricity w/Licious' Abhay Hanjura
August 15, 2021 18:02 - 48 minutes - 35.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhay Hanjura, Co-Founder of Licious. Through the Episode we discuss the following - 1. (02:26) : How did Abhay gain the early conviction into solving the problem with Licious? 2. (12:24) : Personifying Customer Centricity & making it a part of the Co. DNA! 3. (17:31) : Licious has a staggering 5000+ Headcount, this is includes Delivery Hero's + Meat Technicians!! Why & How are they changing the People's aspect of their category? 4....
E58 - Handcrafted w/Pristyn Care's Harsh Singh
August 12, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Harsh Singh, Co-Founder of Pristyn Care. Pristyn Care is one of India’s leading healthcare startups, which is transforming the way patients undergo surgeries. Pristyn is slowly becoming the gold standard for patient experience, having reached this point by handcrafting the experience from end to end by doing things that do not scale and bringing operational excellence in the process. Through the Episode we discuss the following - 1. (0...
E57 - Building for the World w/Postman's Abhijit Kane
August 08, 2021 09:27 - 53 minutes - 36 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhijit Kane, Co-Founder of Postman. Postman is a collaboration platform for API development, enhancing the productivity of over 15 million developers from across the globe. From what started as an open source solution, Postman is now a multi-billion dollar company with over 90% of the Fortune 500 companies as clients and consumers in every country of the world. Abhinav, Abhijit and Ankit are the Co-Founders of this rocketship, truly per...
E56 - Reimagining Corporate Healthcare w/Plum's Abhishek Poddar
August 01, 2021 17:58 - 48 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhishek Poddar, Co-Founder & CEO of Plum. Plum is reimagining corporate healthcare in India by providing high quality health insurance at affordable prices to thousands of startups and corporates in the country. Abhishek, the Co-Founder & CEO of Plum, has had a diverse range of experiences from Consulting to Product at large institutions such as McKinsey & Google, along with starting companies prior to Plum. Through the Episode we discu...
Masterclass #4 - Product w/Five9's Anand Chandrasekaran
July 29, 2021 18:27 - 52 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Anand Chandrasekaran, Executive President at Five9, as he helps us decode the black box of "Product" on the 4th Masterclass on the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast. The Masterclass Series of the Podcast is a way to dive deeper into specific domains from the tech ecosystem and uncover them fundamentally. Anand is a maverick when it comes to Product Thinking having had some phenomenal experiences across the years. From scaling Yahoo during it...
E55 - Finance 101 w/Sequoia India's Sandeep Kher
July 25, 2021 16:01 - 50 minutes - 47 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sandeep Kher, Director & Head of Portfolio Finance - Sequoia India. Through the Episode we discuss the following: 1. (02:25) : What is the importance of Finance in Startups? 2. (08:44) : Finance is NOT a Cost! ~ Optimising for time 3. (10:45) : How has Sandeep navigated his journey in Finance? --> Embracing Challenges --> Thriving in Discomfort --> Optimising for Learning 4. (24:10) : "CFOs are great Storytellers" ~ Why is Storytell...
E54 - The 0 to 1 Mindset w/Mosaic Wellness' Revant Bhate
July 18, 2021 18:05 - 55 minutes - 41 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Revant Bhate, Co-Founder of Mosaic Wellness, a family of health & wellness brands. Through the Episode we discuss the following: 1. (02:17) : Where does Revant's love for the Startup Ecosystem come from? ~ Misfits trying to create value! 2. (08:21) : How has Mosaic thought of building Full Stack in terms of a complete platform for health & wellness? 3. (16:41) : Building a Team of Misfits who tinker, believe, own, dream & execute! ~ ...
E53 - Life's Best Work w/ION Energy's Akhil Aryan
July 15, 2021 18:07 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Akhil Aryan, Co-Founder of ION Energy, a lithium-ion battery management and intelligence platform. Through the Episode we discuss the following: 1. (02:19) : How Akhil figured out his Life's mission? 2. (10:06) : Diving deeper and Solving for the Real Problems which shall have the greatest impact on our generation! 3. (18:21) : Disrupting the CleanTech Market with ION & the Market Education that goes into building a disruptive product ...
E52 - Long Term Conviction w/Instamojo's Sampad Swain
July 11, 2021 01:18 - 48 minutes - 32 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sampad Swain, Co-Founder & CEO of Instamojo, India's simplest selling platform, which enables millions of Indian micro-entrepreneurs & SMEs to start, manage and grow their businesses. Through the Episode we discuss the following: 1. (02:23) : Learnings from the last 12 Years of Sampad's Entrepreneurial Journey ~ Understanding the Progression of SMBs!! 2. (08:28) : What does Market Timing mean and can it be orchestrated? 3. (13:26) : Wh...
E51 - Deep Consumer Insights w/Info Edge's Sanjeev Bikhchandani
July 04, 2021 15:56 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder & Vice Chairman of Info Edge. Mr. Sanjeev Bikchandani, is one of the legends of India’s Startup Ecosystem. A man way ahead of his time, he sparked the fire of leveraging technology to build companies which would simplify the lives of millions of Indians. From Naukri.com to jeevansathi.com to 99acres.com and to Shiksha.com and more, Mr. Sanjeev built it all, scaled it and took them public with Info Edge. ...
Masterclass #3 - Sales w/Spotify's Arjun Ravi Kolady
June 30, 2021 16:22 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Arjun Ravi Kolady, Head of Sales - Spotify India as he helps us decode the black box of "Sales" on the 3rd Masterclass on the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast. The Masterclass Series of the Podcast is a way to dive deeper into specific domains from the tech ecosystem and uncover them fundamentally. Arjun is a veteran when it comes to Sales and scaling Global Tech Companies in India. His varied experiences of building Google in India for alm...
E50 - The Venture Business Decoded w/Lightspeed's Bejul Somaia
June 26, 2021 19:47 - 32 minutes - 23 MBIn this Speak, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Bejul Somaia, Managing Director of Lightspeed Venture Partners. Lightspeed India Partners is one of India’s largest and most successful venture funds, having funded the behemoths of the Indian Startup Ecosystem including the likes of BYJU's, OYO, Udaan, ShareChat and many more. Bejul Somaia is one of the legends of India’s Venture Ecosystem, having started Lightspeed in India back in 2008 and now expanding it to South-East Asia.The man wit...
E49 - Incredible Ambition w/Truecaller's Nami Zarringhalam
June 20, 2021 11:15 - 49 minutes - 36.3 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder & Chairman of Truecaller. Through this Episode we discuss the following: 1. (02:33) : How to build a truly Viral Product ? 2. (06:00) : Iterating & Doubling-down on Growth Loops? 3. (12:25) : Lessons for Scaling the Team when Blitzscaling! ~ The concept of Business Units 4. (20:11) : Establishing Global Footprint ~ Building for the World from Sweden! 5. (26:08) : Designing the Organisation for a Global C...
E48 - Keeping At It w/Pepper's Anirudh Singla
June 17, 2021 15:49 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Anirudh Singla, Co-Founder & CEO, Pepper Content. Pepper Content is India’s largest marketplace for all things content. It currently works with over 800+ Brands, to solve their content needs by aligning them with some of the best freelancers who are approved on their platform. Riding on the primary belief that Each Company is a Content Company, Pepper is set out to dominate a 400Bn+ Global Industry, and ensure that the Indian creative pot...
E47 - Striving for Excellence w/1mg's Gaurav Agarwal
June 12, 2021 21:02 - 51 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Gaurav Agarwal, Co-Founder of 1mg. Gaurav has had an extremely fascinating set of diverse experiences over the years. From IIT Delhi to shipping enterprise software in Silicon Valley to witnessing crazy scale at Zynga & building FarmVille to finally deciding to choose impact & coming back to India to startup 1mg, which is now one of India's leading healthcare startups! Through the Episode we talk about the following: 1. (02:13) : The Ro...
E46 - Originality Wins w/OZiva's Aarti Gill
June 06, 2021 09:26 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Aarti Gill, Co-Founder & CEO, OZiva. OZiva is India's leading clean, plant-based nutrition brand. Aarti & Mihir started out in 2013, however they struck gold after many iterations and pivots in 2016, which is when OZiva came to life. Aarti has always been passionate towards fitness, and she has utilised her passion to impact the lives of millions by providing them the tools to lead healthier lives. OZiva is a true story of an original, au...
Masterclass #2 - Business Development w/Netflix's Abhishek Nag
May 29, 2021 21:42 - 34 minutes - 23.3 MBIn this Episode of the Masterclass Series of the Podcast, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhishek Nag, Director of Business Development - Netflix India. The Masterclass Series of the Podcast is a way to dive deeper into specific domains from the tech ecosystem and uncover them fundamentally. For the 2nd Episode of the series we decode - Business Development There could be nobody more fitting than Abhishek to talk about this discipline. Abhishek has spent the last entire decade in th...
E45 - Being World Class w/Sequoia India's Anandamoy Roychowdhary
May 22, 2021 20:15 - 48 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this Episode, I, Jivraj Singh Sachar speak with Anandamoy Roychowdhary, Principal at Sequoia Capital India. Roy is one of the foremost technology leaders of our ecosystem, who has built products and scaled teams for more than a decade, before joining Sequoia, where he currently leads investments in new-age deep tech startups! This was an absolutely amazing conversation, which will certainly leave you with the tremendous will to want to be World Class!!! Through this Episode we discuss ...
E45 - Being World Class w/Sequoia's Anandamoy Roychowdhary
May 22, 2021 20:15 - 48 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this Episode, I speak with Anandamoy Roychowdhary, Principal at Sequoia Capital India. Roy is one of the foremost technology leaders of our ecosystem, who has built products and scaled teams for more than a decade, before joining Sequoia, where he currently leads investments in new-age deep tech startups! This was an absolutely amazing conversation, which will certainly leave you with the tremendous will to want to be World Class!!! Through this Episode we discuss the following: 1. (0...
E44 - The Importance of Focus w/The Wedding Brigade's Sanna Vohra
May 16, 2021 13:19 - 42 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sanna Vohra, Founder & CEO of The Wedding Brigade. Sanna studied at Brown University and took up investment banking at Morgan Stanley post graduation, where she spent more than 2 years. During one of her visits to India, while she was attending a wedding, she recognised how broken the process of conducting Weddings in India was. This is when she decided to solve this problem and the Wedding Brigade was born! The one stop solution for con...
E43 - Leadership During Crisis w/SoftBank's Manoj Kohli
May 09, 2021 09:02 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Mr. Manoj Kohli, Country Head - India, SoftBank International. India is going through an unprecedented crisis, which caused more havoc than our generation has ever seen. Increasingly, we have the seen the Entrepreneurs of our Country and the Ecosystem at large, rise to the situation and support each other. These actions are heartwarming to witness. This Episode, acknowledges and appreciates the activities by the ecosystem and further hop...
E42 - Growth as a Constant w/Atlan's Prukalpa Sankar
May 02, 2021 16:24 - 56 minutes - 37.6 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Prukalpa Sankar, Co-Founder of Atlan & of SocialCops. Atlan is building the Home for Data Teams, such that no data team in the world has to face the trouble they had to face when building SocialCops. There is GitHub for coders, Figma for Designers, and there will be Atlan for Data Teams! Through this Episode we discuss the following: 1. (02:38) : The Dynamics of Storytelling that matter for a Founder 2. (08:01) : Constant Learnings ...
E41 - Being Thoughtful w/Dunzo's Kabeer Biswas
April 25, 2021 18:20 - 50 minutes - 35.4 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Kabeer Biswas, Co-Founder of Dunzo. Dunzo, as most you must know, is an on-demand delivery platform, which makes life easier for millions of Indians by fundamentally transforming the way we shop everything and transfer goods. Building a Postal Service for Indian Cities, Dunzo has an average delivery time of less than 25 Minutes, clocking more than 2 million transactions per month! Google’s first investment in India, and backed by other ma...
The Masterclass #1 - Growth w/Damandeep Soni of BoAt
April 17, 2021 22:14 - 28 minutes - 22.4 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Damandeep Soni, Vice President of Growth at BoAt Lifestyle, one of India’s largest consumer brands and the world’s 5th largest wearable brand! Damandeep has been in the domain of Growth for over a decade now, having led companies & products to exponential growth over the years. Some of the brands he has touched include Line, Mobikwik and Milkbasket. Through this Episode we discuss the following: 1. (02:14) : The Golden Circle of Growth ...
E40 - Demystifying Venture Capital w/Blume's Karthik Reddy
April 11, 2021 18:25 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Karthik Reddy, Managing Partner of Blume Ventures. Blume Ventures is an institutional venture capital fund with more than 225 Million Dollars in Assets Under Management. Blume is a homegrown fund, which has scaled exponentially since it was founded in 2010 having institutionalised its approach bagging portfolio companies like Unacademy, Dunzo, WebEngage, Purplle, GreyOrange, Milkbasket, HealthifyMe and more, it has invested cumulatively i...
E39 - Shaping History w/Tracxn's Abhishek Goyal
April 04, 2021 16:28 - 48 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhishek Goyal, Co-Founder of Tracxn. Tracxn, more popularly known as the Bloomberg for Private Markets, is a revolutionary vertical SaaS product making it easier for venture capital institutions, fortune 500 companies and other private equity firms to understand & deal with customised data in a comprehensive manner! Abhishek is an extremely thoughtful, kind and knowledgeable founder, who is almost always ready to help & support those ma...
E38 - Customer Obsession w/Groww's Lalit Keshre
April 01, 2021 15:25 - 44 minutes - 35.4 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Lalit Keshre, Co-Founder and CEO of Groww. Groww is building an investing platform for the millennial generation of our country. One of the leading Fin-Tech startups of the country, Groww is backed by some of the largest institutional investors from across the world including Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital and others. An extremely wonderful and stimulating application making it easier and more accessible to invest, Groww is...
E37 - Experience Matters w/Niyo's Virender Bisht
March 28, 2021 18:12 - 54 minutes - 41.8 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Virender Bisht, Co-Founder & CTO of Niyo Solutions Inc. Niyo Solutions, is one of India's leading Fintech startups that offers digital banking solutions such as prepaid payroll cards, cross-border travel payment debit cards and multi-wallet tax benefit cards to customers through it's multiple product offerings - Niyo Bharat, Niyo Global and Niyo Money. To know more visit - https://www.goniyo.com/ Virender Bisht is an extremely experience...
E36 - Unlocking Creativity w/HaikuJAM & INSPO's Dhrupad Karwa
March 21, 2021 16:47 - 1 hour - 59 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Dhrupad Karwa, Co-Founder of HaikuJAM & INSPO. HaikuJAM revolutionises the way we look at social interactions, and binds us by the beautiful gift of creativity. (https://haikujam.com/) INSPO by HaikuJAM is your inspiration partner, which will never let you be short of inspiration. (https://inspo.haikujam.com/) Dhrupad Karwa is a gem of a Founder, who values discipline, deeply cares about the problems he is solving for, believes truly in...
E35 - Marketing 101 w/Spring Marketing Capital's Raja Ganapathy || From the VC Lens
March 14, 2021 15:28 - 1 hour - 48 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Raja Ganapathy, Founding Partner of Spring Marketing Capital. Spring Marketing Capital is a skin-in-the-game marketing capital firm, working towards building stellar brands some of which include - BYJUs, Epigamia, Practo, Cure Fit, and others. One of the most spectacularly creative firms, Spring is creating a category of its own, disrupting the ecosystem in the country. Check them out at - https://springmarketingcapital.com/ Raja Ganapat...
E34 - Decoding the D2C Playbook w/Mamaearth's Varun Alagh
March 07, 2021 13:12 - 53 minutes - 42.3 MBIn this Episode I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Varun Alagh, Co-Founder of Mamaearth. Mamaearth is India's largest D2C startup leading the baby and beauty care segment. With over 80 SKU's and revenue run-rate of over 500 Crores, Mamaearth has established that India is ready for prolific brands, which constantly delivers on its brand promise, provides high quality products and always does right by the customer. Through the Episode I discuss the following with the extremely insightful a...
E33 - The Road to Inventiveness w/The Minimalist's Chirag Gander
February 28, 2021 13:15 - 1 hour - 33.4 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Chirag Gander, Co-Founder of The Minimalist. The Minimalist is a design and digital consultancy with 3 core business areas: - 1. Branding and Communication, 2. Interaction design and 3. Digital Marketing. They work with over 200 brands, including the likes of Coca-Cola, MTV, Cipla, ICICI Prudential, Airtel, Blue Star, HCL and multiple other startups. They are best known for their unique minimalist creative philosophies and viral impact on...
E32 - Understanding the Opportunity w/Bugworks' Anand Anandkumar
February 20, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Anand Anandkumar, the Founder and CEO of Bugworks, a drug discovery company trying to find a solution for the super bugs! Anand is such an articulate, passionate and thoughtful founder. It was a treat to speak with him and unbundle years of his diverse experiences on the Episode. From his days of completing his PhD, working in the chip industry, starting Cellworks and eventually targeting the unsolvable problem of fighting Super Bugs with...