Not-So-Common Common Sense

90 percent of India’s urban population is exposed daily to polluted air, contaminated water, and high digital screen exposure. This environmental reality is reshaping consumer expectations and creating new demand in the skincare and haircare market. In this episode of the ExitFund Podcast, Tushar Bansal , Founder of Bonji , explains how pollution-driven oxidative stress is influencing consumer beh...

Foreign direct investment is driven by fundamentals, not headlines. In this episode, Axel Guyon from Choose Paris Region joins our podcast to explain why Paris Region continues to attract global capital even amid political debate and economic uncertainty. The discussion focuses on what investors actually evaluate when expanding into Europe and why Paris Region remains a competitive, long-term busi...

Over 70 percent of enterprise data goes unused because organizations struggle to verify, structure, and trust it at scale. Inderjit Makkar , Founder of Factacy.ai , joins ExitFund to explain why data accuracy and factual validation are now the real bottlenecks in AI adoption. He shares how Factacy.ai is helping enterprises turn chaotic data into trusted intelligence they can rely on for critical d...

Rishendra Nihon, CEO and Founder of “Work in Nihon” joins ExitFund to share how he’s building a trusted cross-border recruitment platform connecting talent from South Asia to opportunities in Japan and beyond. With over 16 years of experience in international business development, remittance, and hospitality, Rishendra reflects on leadership, honesty in global business, and what it takes to create...

Monica Taparia from AssetVault explains how AI-powered legal-tech is changing the way estate planning works in India, making complex legal processes easier to understand, faster to execute, and more reliable for families. This podcast focuses on practical challenges, real-world outcomes, and how technology can prevent legal uncertainty before it begins. What you’ll learn- How AI and legal-tech sim...

India’s wet-waste challenge is far larger than most people realize, and solving it requires practical solutions at the household level. In this episode, Dr. Seema Singh, founder of Dostbin Solutions, breaks down how her patented, IoT-enabled composting system makes home composting simple, odorless, and reliable. Dostbin integrates smart shredding, moisture control, optimized aeration, and app-base...

Most conversations about technology focus on startups, capital, and scaling, but Divya Gaur of CEEW believes India’s biggest opportunity lies in clean energy, rural entrepreneurship, and women-led economic growth. CEEW goes beyond research by turning evidence into real action. Through the Powering Livelihoods program, they help clean-energy startups scale, support rural micro-entrepreneurs, and pr...

Across India, millions of small and medium businesses are racing to stay competitive, yet most still lack the technology, data intelligence, and clarity needed to scale. In this episode, Shreeja Kundu of APTI Bharat shares how their homegrown AI is transforming this landscape, helping SMEs cut acquisition costs, decode real customer behavior, and grow smarter. With India-first engineering, APTI is...

Real breakthroughs don’t always come from following the standard rules , they come from questioning it. While AI giants battle to build bigger models, consume more data, and scale GPU farms, Jesús Manuel Soledad believes the world needs the opposite: smaller, more efficient, more private AI that doesn’t depend on massive infrastructure. In this episode, Jesús shares how he went from a lawyer in Ch...

True innovation isn’t about building for the elite, it’s about empowering the everyday entrepreneur. While technology has revolutionized consumers and large enterprises, India’s 73 million small businesses still run on manual workflows, their most advanced tool often being WhatsApp. Fixit is changing that by creating AI employees that automate sales, qualify leads, and manage operations directly t...

India exports life-saving drugs worldwide, yet millions of Indian women still lack the most basic healthcare — daily nutrition. The issue isn’t medicine, but the absence of preventive care, personalised solutions, and products built for the female body. In this episode, Ruchika Vitagoli reveals how she’s building Vitagoli to close that gap, why mainstream health products fail women, how plant-base...

India’s dairy industry is one of the largest in the world, yet for millions of farmers, the system remains broken. Middlemen control pricing, transparency is scarce, and technology rarely reaches the grassroots. In this episode, Amit Baban Chavan, founder of AVN Agrobharat Pvt. Ltd., shares how his agrotech startup is reengineering one of India’s oldest industries using data, IoT, and digital tran...

What if the key to solving India’s water crisis isn’t more infrastructure—but smarter operations? In this episode of the Exitfund Podcast, we sit down with Mansi Jain, Co-Founder & CEO of DigitalPaani, a climate-tech startup turning dysfunctional water treatment plants into high-performance recycling systems. With roots in Delhi and an education from Stanford, Mansi is building scalable system...

What if the next big Silicon Valley breakthrough didn’t come from Silicon Valley at all? In this episode, Dilpreet Sheokand and Kunal, co-founders of Aspyriz, reveal how an India-built AI platform is helping founders everywhere, from Delhi to San Francisco—build startups faster, fundraise smarter, and launch globally without massive teams or budgets. You’ll learn how Aspyriz blends automation, pri...

What if India’s most traditional industry became its next big tech story? In this episode, we sit down with Kamal, co-founder of Edgistify , the startup transforming how brands find, manage, and scale warehouses across India. Kamal reveals how Edgistify digitized over 60,000+ warehouses in 150+ cities , turning an old-school, people-driven market into a transparent, data-powered logistics network....

What if technology cared more about your relationship than keeping you swiping or booking endless therapy sessions? In this episode, we sit down with Jason Jiang, co-founder of Chaima AI, to explore how a new “couple’s concierge” is designed to strengthen relationships long after the first date. Jason shares how Chaima blends AI and human concierges to plan personalized experiences, from hidden ci...

What does it take to turn waste into opportunity? In this episode of the Exitfund Podcast, we talk with Mohammed Suhail, founder of Athar Packaging Solutions , about his journey from spotting plastic waste during COVID to building a fast-growing sustainable packaging startup. Athar has already recycled over 200 tons of industrial plastic , developed an innovative vegetable-waste adhesive , and mad...

We often take for granted the smiles, nods, and handshakes that guide our interactions — but what if you couldn’t see them? In this episode, Jack Walters, CEO and co-founder of HapWare, reveals how AI-powered smart glasses and haptic wristbands give blind and low-vision users instant, private access to nonverbal cues like smiles, frowns, and gestures. He explains how HapWare uses on-device process...

Recruitment is broken. Agencies are weighed down by costly databases, outdated tools, and endless resumes that fail to deliver results. In this episode, S. V. Ravikumar Yadavilli, founder of AlgoHire, shares how AI is reshaping recruitment in surprising ways and why the future of hiring belongs to agencies that embrace smarter tools and human relationships. In this conversation you’ll learn: Why a...

Is AI the greatest threat humanity has ever created or the greatest opportunity? Elon Musk warns it’s more dangerous than nuclear warheads, but Raghu Venkatesh , founder of ANSCER Robotics , sees a different future. One where robots don’t replace us, but work alongside us. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why fear of AI and robots might be misplaced. The biggest misconceptions about AI safety and rob...

What happens when the legal world collides with technology? According to Ranjan, founder of DreamLegal, transformation happens. From a simple blog in law school to building one of India’s fastest-growing legal tech communities, Ranjan is on a mission to make lawyers tech-savvy and efficient. This episode explores: Why 86% of law firms regret their tech investments, and how to fix it. How DreamLega...

What happens when you put financial power in the hands of rural women? According to Punit S. Gajera, co-founder of Kuberjee , transformation happens. From women as “by default CFOs” of households to becoming certified financial agents, Kuberjee is building tech for Bharat by empowering women to deliver banking, savings, insurance, and investment products in villages across India. This episode expl...

What if India’s 150,000 annual road deaths could be dramatically reduced but it meant disrupting an industry built on shortcuts and untrained drivers? Deepanshu, a college student turned founder, is building Drivigo , a platform that connects learners with certified instructors and ensures they get licensed the right way. This episode dives into the hidden reasons India’s roads are so dangerous, t...

What if curing cancer was truly possible, but threatened a trillion-dollar industry? Dr. Dinesh Kundu, former army physician and now CEO of East Ocean Bio, is developing breakthrough cell and gene therapies that could reshape medicine in India. This episode explores why real cures remain rare, the funding hurdles facing biotech startups, and the resistance from Big Pharma. Get a candid look at the...

Can electric vehicles and drones really revolutionize last-mile delivery, or is it all just hype? Aalap Pandya, co-founder and CEO of Drop On Delivery , thinks the answer is clear. His EV-first logistics startup has already completed over 3.6 lakh green deliveries in just 10 months — and he's just getting started. In this episode, Aalap shares the untold story behind that growth: trading a stable...