Mint Startup Diaries
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this podcast, listen to a start-up founder's entrepreneurial journey and plans ahead. This is a Mint production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.
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How capital 'foie gras' is killing venture capital
May 26, 2021 16:43 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBIn the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, Shrija Agrawal converses with Ashish Sharma of Innoven Capital, Anand Prasanna of Iron Pillar and Parag Dhol of Inventus Capital to understand what happens when the rubber hits the road. Tune in to the episode to know more.
The Crypto Wave; Will India open the floodgates | Part 2
April 30, 2021 04:30 - 29 minutes - 27 MBIn the latest dispatch of the "Mint- Startup Diaries", we talk about a subject which has become a hot talking point - 'the decentralization of finance (de-fi)' - driven by the public’s growing disillusionment with the centralised financial sector and its shortcomings. Increasingly. individuals are calling for control of their personal data, ownership, and money and decentralisation is being marked as a possible solution. Sample this, the highly anticipated market debut of Coinbase, which end...
The Crypto Wave; Will India open the floodgates | Part 1
April 30, 2021 04:30 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBIn the latest dispatch of the "Mint- Startup Diaries", we talk about a subject which has become a hot talking point - 'the decentralization of finance (de-fi)' - driven by the public’s growing disillusionment with the centralised financial sector and its shortcomings. Increasingly. individuals are calling for control of their personal data, ownership, and money and decentralisation is being marked as a possible solution. Sample this, the highly anticipated market debut of Coinbase, which end...
Byju’s Divya Gokulnath: Why Women Entrepreneurs are missing from India’s Start-Up Story
April 27, 2021 10:08 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWhile a lot of ground has been covered over the past 50 years by women in business, much more remains to be done. In the Start-up community, the challenge is stiffer. According to one report, only 17% of Indian startups have at least one female co-founder. The problem is complicated by limited role models for women and a smaller talent pool in tech/engineering fields. In this dispatch of the Mint Startup Diaries, we chat with Divya Gokulnath, Co-Founder and Director of edtech decacorn Byju’s,...
20: How self-commodification is becoming the future of e-commerce | Part-2
February 01, 2021 05:33 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBIn the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we speak with Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India, and Radhika Sridharan - Partner - Bain & Company, who has recently co-authored a report "unlocking the future of commerce in India". According to the experts, e-commerce—powered by cheap data, supply-side innovations and digitally savvy customers—has become a $30 billion industry in India in fiscal year 2020. More than 100 million of India’s estimated 572 million Internet ...
19: How self-commodification is becoming the future of e-commerce | Part-1
February 01, 2021 05:30 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBIn the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we speak with Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India, and Radhika Sridharan - Partner - Bain & Company, who has recently co-authored a report "unlocking the future of commerce in India". According to the experts, e-commerce—powered by cheap data, supply-side innovations and digitally savvy customers—has become a $30 billion industry in India in fiscal year 2020. More than 100 million of India’s estimated 572 million Internet ...
18: Pandemic will prove to be the tipping point for gaming industry | Part-2
December 23, 2020 10:58 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBThe COVID-19 pandemic has utterly decimated a number of industries over the past several months, but the gaming industry continues to benefit as people continue to be stuck at home. The pandemic is contributing to the normalisation and adoption of e-gaming and gaming companies are increasingly seeing a surge in their user base. There are various favourable macro factors at play too: young tech-savvy population (with 75% aged under 45), increased internet penetration, improved affordability ...
17: Pandemic will prove to be the tipping point for gaming industry | Part-1
November 30, 2020 09:23 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBThe COVID-19 pandemic has utterly decimated a number of industries over the past several months, but the gaming industry continues to benefit as people continue to be stuck at home. The pandemic is contributing to the normalisation and adoption of e-gaming and gaming companies are increasingly seeing a surge in their user base. There are various favourable macro factors at play too: young tech-savvy population (with 75% aged under 45), increased internet penetration, improved affordability ...
16: It's a perfect storm for agri-tech startups, say experts
October 12, 2020 11:45 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBThe backbone of the Indian Economy, the Agricultural sector, a sector which has not necessarily got so much investors love in the past, seems to be catching up fast due to its unprecedented growth amid the COVID-19 crisis. Innovative Indian Agri-tech start-ups are joining the game and providing balance to the agricultural ecosystem by maximizing productivity, increasing supply chain efficiency and, and improving market linkage. Initiatives like ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’, digital access to farmer...
15: 'It's been a tale of two cities': Dev Khare on Covid's impact on startups (Part 2)
August 05, 2020 15:03 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBIn the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we speak with Dev Khare, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners to decode the impact of Covid-19 on startups. According to Khare, it's almost been akin to ' a tale of two cities' where some startups have thrived, even accelerated, while others now face secular declines, . But overall, the net effect has been to accelerate the disruptive role of technology across industries.
15: 'It's been a tale of two cities': Dev Khare on Covid's impact on startups (Part 1)
August 05, 2020 15:01 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBIn the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we speak with Dev Khare, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners to decode the impact of Covid-19 on startups. According to Khare, it's almost been akin to ' a tale of two cities' where some startups have thrived, even accelerated, while others now face secular declines. But overall, the net effect has been to accelerate the disruptive role of technology across industries.
14: Hans Tung of GGV Capital on choosing Vedantu over Byju's- Part 3
July 27, 2020 13:27 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBEducation may be forever changed after the coronavirus. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. Education has changed dramatically, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. In terms of positive, experts posit that it will see more tutoring, adaptive methods of learning but there are also negatives such as pandemic is exaggerating the socio-economic divide. There has been an equal amount of excitement from investors too. Just last week, homegrown...
14: Hans Tung of GGV Capital on choosing Vedantu over Byju's- Part 2
July 27, 2020 13:26 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBEducation may be forever changed after the coronavirus. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. Education has changed dramatically, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. In terms of positive, experts posit that it will see more tutoring, adaptive methods of learning but there are also negatives such as pandemic is exaggerating the socio-economic divide. There has been an equal amount of excitement from investors too. Just last week, homegrown...
14: Hans Tung of GGV Capital on choosing Vedantu over Byju's- Part 1
July 27, 2020 13:23 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBIn this latest dispatch of Mint startup diaries, we speak with not only the co-founder Vamsi Krishna from Vedantu but also one with one of their early backers- Hans Tung, Managing Partner at GGV Capital. Tune in to the interview to know more about investing in online education.
13: "Fair grounds" business has never been fair in the startup ecosystem | Part-2
July 13, 2020 09:25 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBIn the largest sweep against the Chinese technology companies, India recently banned 59 Chinese apps, including the popular short video platform TikTok. The unprecedented ban is clearly one of the biggest stories in the startup ecosystem- one which will have a significant impact. Overall, the move is being seen as a positive one with Indian startups being net beneficiaries as it opens up huge opportunities. On the other hand, there is also increasing commentary on whether this marks the be...
12: "Fair grounds" business has never been fair in the startup ecosystem | Part-1
July 13, 2020 09:25 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn the largest sweep against the Chinese technology companies, India recently banned 59 Chinese apps, including the popular short video platform TikTok. The unprecedented ban is clearly one of the biggest stories in the startup ecosystem- one which will have a significant impact. Overall, the move is being seen as a positive one with Indian startups being net beneficiaries as it opens up huge opportunities. On the other hand, there is also increasing commentary on whether this marks the beg...
11: Bounce co-founder on India vs China scooter rental market, expansion plans
June 15, 2020 09:14 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn the latest dispatch of Mint startup diaries, Vivekananda Hallekere, co-founder of scooter-rental startup Bounce opens up on starting up, doing a SWOT analysis compared to the same market in China, expansion plans and more. In January, this year, it announced that it has raised $105 million in a Series D funding round led by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group and Accel.
10: Amazon Backed Capital Float founders on the changing face of lending
May 27, 2020 10:58 - 19 minutes - 18 MBIn the latest dispatch of Mint Startup Diaries, we visit the offices of digital lending upstart Capital Float to understand more about their expansion plans and the roadmap ahead. In this podcast, listen to the founders open up about the "financialization of everything".
9: NoBroker | We democratised data in real estate
May 02, 2020 16:12 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBHomegrown online real estate rental startup NoBroker attempts to improve the way how millions of Indians lease or buy an apartment — by not paying any brokerage. The company has raised more than $150 million in funding to date. @shrijaagrawal from Mint interviews the founders.
8: This startup wants to be one stop shop for all SME financing needs
March 02, 2020 08:54 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBIn the latest episode of Startup Diaries, co-founders of Flexiloans make a pitch for their online lending platform and also get to seek advice from an experienced venture capitalist. In a banter between the co-founders of the startup and Vikram Gupta, Managing partner of VC firm IVy Cap Ventures, nuggets of wisdom on building out a fintech company get revealed. In October 2016, the startup raised about $15 Mn (INR100 Cr) from Sanjay Nayar, CEO of KKR India; Vikram Sud, former Head of Operati...
7: Vishal Gondal on building a super app for health and fitness
January 14, 2020 09:54 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIn the latest episode for Startup Diaries, Vishal Gondal, founder of Goqii Inc. talks about how he is building a super app for health and fitness. On the growth trajectory, Gondal shares that they want to get to 100 million users from the current 10 million users in the next 3-4 years. Listen to this podcast for an engaging watch as Gondal performs fitness stunts during the course of the interaction.
6: Moglix founder Rahul Garg on nuts & bolts of building a B2B e-commerce
October 21, 2019 11:16 - 10 minutesThere is a lot of buzz about India’s e-commerce battle between Walmart, which bought Flipkart for $17 billion, and Amazon. But over in the B2B space, Moglix — an e-commerce service for buying manufacturing products - now wants to revolutionize this and has huge expansion plans up on its anvil. The startup which last raised $23 million in funding counts Accel Partners, Jungle Ventures and World Bank-affiliated IFC as its investors. It's other backers include Venture Highway, ex-Twitter VP Sh...
6: Moglix founder Rahul Garg on nuts & bolts of building a B2B e-commerce
October 21, 2019 11:16 - 10 minutes - 9.34 MBThere is a lot of buzz about India’s e-commerce battle between Walmart, which bought Flipkart for $17 billion, and Amazon. But over in the B2B space, Moglix — an e-commerce service for buying manufacturing products - now wants to revolutionize this and has huge expansion plans up on its anvil. The startup which last raised $23 million in funding counts Accel Partners, Jungle Ventures and World Bank-affiliated IFC as its investors. It's other backers include Venture Highway, ex-Twitter VP S...
6: Moglix founder Rahul Garg on nuts & bolts of building a B2B e-commerce marketplace
October 21, 2019 11:16 - 9 minutes - 8.41 MBThere is a lot of buzz about India’s e-commerce battle between Walmart, which bought Flipkart for $17 billion, and Amazon. But over in the B2B space, Moglix — an e-commerce service for buying manufacturing products - now wants to revolutionize this and has huge expansion plans up on its anvil. The startup which last raised $23 million in funding counts Accel Partners, Jungle Ventures and World Bank-affiliated IFC as its investors. It's other backers include Venture Highway, ex-Twitter VP Sh...
5: ‘In India, ecosystem based lending robust than open market lending': Co-founder Indifi Technologies
October 03, 2019 05:56 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBAlok Mittal, CEO and Co-founder of Indifi Technologies, shares how Indifi is trying to ‘verticalize small business lending,’ a market that is under-served in India despite having well-capitalised banks, by focussing on eco-system-based lending, in an exclusive conversation with Mint’s Associate Editor Shrija Agarwal. According to Mittal, focussing on right product design and under-writing, fintechs in lending space can avoid stress that has plagued credit market in recent times, and Indifi le...
5: ‘Ecosystem-based lending robust than open market lending': Indifi Tech.
October 03, 2019 05:56 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBAlok Mittal, CEO and Co-founder of Indifi Technologies, shares how Indifi is trying to ‘verticalize small business lending,’ a market that is under-served in India despite having well-capitalised banks, by focussing on eco-system-based lending, in an exclusive conversation with Mint’s Associate Editor Shrija Agarwal. According to Mittal, focussing on right product design and under-writing, fintechs in lending space can avoid stress that has plagued credit market in recent times, and Indifi l...
4: Pepperfry's Ambareesh Murty on creating a profitable e-commerce co. and taking it public
October 03, 2019 05:54 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBIn an exclusive conversation with Mint’s Associate Editor Shrija Agarwal, Ambareesh Murty, Co-founder and CEO of India’s leading online home furnishing retailer Pepper Fry, discusses his journey in creating a profitable brand in the highly competitive e-commerce space. Ambareesh believes that the road to profitability for an e-commerce niche such as Pepperfry is through creating ‘differentiation,’ ‘scalability,’ and ‘brand recall.’ And these three factors allow Pepper Fry to consistently make...
4: Ambareesh Murty on creating a profitable e-commerce co. and taking it public
October 03, 2019 05:54 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBIn an exclusive conversation with Mint’s Associate Editor Shrija Agarwal, Ambareesh Murty, Co-founder and CEO of India’s leading online home furnishing retailer Pepper Fry, discusses his journey in creating a profitable brand in the highly competitive e-commerce space. Ambareesh believes that the road to profitability for an e-commerce niche such as Pepperfry is through creating ‘differentiation,’ ‘scalability,’ and ‘brand recall.’ And these three factors allow Pepper Fry to consistently mak...
3: "One key learning is to always choose risk over regret," Ritesh Agarwal, Oyo
October 03, 2019 05:48 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBRitesh Agarwal, Founder of Oyo, in a candid conversation with Mint’s Associate Editor Shrija Agarwal, says that there is no plan for a capital float anytime soon. In the second part of the conversation, Ritesh asserts how due credit of Oyo's success should go to its business model and not the quantum of capital raised. He also opens up on a variety of other topics; ranging, from Oyo’s expansion plans and profitability to culture and its leadership team.
2: Masayashi Son's inputs transformational for Oyo: Ritesh Agarwal
October 01, 2019 10:57 - 10 minutes - 9.77 MBAccording to Oyo's Ritesh Agarwal, getting Softbank on the cap table is meaningful not only in terms of capital but also the meaningful inputs he gets from its founder Masayoshi Son, the powerful tech investor in the world and his team. In the first part of this conversation with Mint's Associate Editor Shrija Agrawal, Ritesh also opens up on the rationale behind consolidating his ownership in the company via the massive promoter buy back.
1: Policybazaar founder Yashish Dahiya on building a unicorn
October 01, 2019 10:56 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBYashish Dahiya, co-founder and CEO, of Policybazaar shares insights on building a unicorn, what it means to get Softbank on its cap table, expansion plans and more. According to Dahiya, opening up of FDI in the insurance space will help deepening the market further. In this part of the conversation with Mint's Associate Editor Shrija Agrawal, Dahiya adds that getting a deep-pocketed investor like Softbank is like getting 'relentless capital' on board. He also talks about the rationale behi...