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Romita is the founder and CEO of Foxtale, a D2C skincare brand that offers targeted solutions for a variety of skin concerns. It’s considered one of the fastest-growing D2C brands in India. 00:00 - Top Moments 01:08 - Intro 02:36 - Influences that shaped the guest during their formative years. 23:16 - The guest's decision to move back to India. 41:21 - The founding story of Foxtale as shared b...

Abhijeet is the co-founder of Knya. Knya is India’s largest apparel company for medical professionals. Knya is protecting the protectors. 02:12 - Influences during upbringing 05:49 - Reason for joining Knya, invited by co-founder and wife 07:04 - Initial idea and the journey so far 11:42 - Memorable customer feedback that instilled pride 14:11 - Current scale of Knya 16:00 - Significant experience...

Amit Damani is the co-founder of StayVista, the largest villa rental company in India. StayVista is India's largest luxury villa rental brand, with a collection of over 800 handpicked holiday homes across 60+ destinations in the country. 00:00 - Top moments 01:13 - Intro 02:00 - Influences During Childhood 03:44 - Moving to the US 04:20 - Learnings in the US 06:46 - Decision to Return to India...

00:00 - Top moments 01:23 - Intro 02:56 - Investing in space and defense 06:03 - Raising the first fund and learnings 08:41 - Key introduction that changed trajectory 10:25 - Evolution of portfolio construction 12:27 - Evaluating startups in space and defense tech 15:52 - Sourcing, picking, and winning investments 20:23 - Pros and cons of being a solo GP 22:18 - Mistakes and changes in Fund Two 25...

Ruchit Agarwal is the co-founder and CFO of CARS24. CARS24 is a leading AutoTech company streamlining and revolutionizing the sale, purchase, and financing of pre-owned cars in India, Australia, Thailand, and UAE CARS 24 is currently valued at $3.3 Billion. 00:00 - Top Moments 01:03 - Intro 02:10 - What were few things, that shaped you while you were growing up? 19:41 - What were some company dyin...

Leo is a co-founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures and Humba Ventures. He writes $1m-$3m checks via Susa, mostly in B2B SaaS companies, and $250k-$500k checks via Humba, mostly in deep tech and in critical sectors (manufacturing, energy, defense, etc). Humba is a new early stage fund in the Susa fund family. 00:00 - Top moments 01:09 - Intro 02:30 - What led you into investing? What was the...

Prashant is the co-founder of EaseMyTrip. Ease my trip is among very few consumer-startups in the world, that bootstrapped all the way till IPO & later even became a unicorn. Raghu is the founder of Zolve. Zolve is world's first cross-border Neobank. Before Zolve, Raghu built and sold ride hailing startup Taxi for sure to Ola for $200M dollars 00:00 - Top Moments 01:25 - Intro 03:41 - How...

Vinny Pujji is the Managing Partner at Left Lane Capital. Left Lane Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology companies. Notable investments include GoStudent, Jackpocket, Bilt Rewards and many more Before Left Lane Vinny was at Insight Partners - where he led insights investments in India 00:00 - Top moments 01:32 - Intro 03:16 - How did...

Aditya Agarwal is the Partner at South Park Commons. SPC is a community of technologists and builders dedicated to helping each other explore, learn, and get from -1 to 0. Prior to SPC Aditya was the CTO of Dropbox and he was one of Facebook’s first engineers. 00:00 - Top moments 01:22 - Intro 02:41 - What is the founding story of South Park Commons? 13:26 - What is the thesis and the portfolio co...

Nitin is the co-founder of Ofbusiness, a $6 billion dollar company and Pratham is the founder of Masters Union - A leading technology-focused b-school led by veteran leaders, offering an industry immersive PGP. 00:00 - Top moments 01:28 - Introduction 02:27 - How are you both sleeping these days? 06:38 - How is Nitin able to persist through everything and do it? 10:00 - What's the secret behin...

Andreas Klinger is a former CTO of Product Hunt, CoinList, Head of Remote at AngelList, and CTO at On Deck He is also an investor via Remote First Capital. He has backed some amazing companies like Remote, Mainstreet, Clubhouse and more. Here are the topic we covered during our conversation 00:00 - Top moments 00:49 - Introduction 02:07 - What was the founding story of Remote First Capital? 05:18...

Sahil Lavingia is an entrepreneur, known as the founder and CEO of Gumroad, an investor, painter, and writer. Through SHL Capital he Invests $10 million a year into early-stage technology startups, mostly via $100K-$250K checks. 00:00 - Top moments 00:42 - intro 01:54- What was the founding story of SHL Capital? 05:40 - What's the portfolio construction like for SHL capital? 08:09 - Are there...

Akshay Chaturvedi is the founder and CEO of Leverage Edu, a fast-growing study abroad platform startup that provides personalized mentorship and guidance for higher education and careers. He is also a prolific angel investor. Timestamps: 00:00 : Top Moments 00:34 : Intro with Akshay 02:25 : Leverage Edu Overview 04:22 : First External Investor 06:25 : Akshay's Angel Investing Journey 08:15 : I...

Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner and Founder of Precursor Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in the first institutional round of financing for the most promising software and hardware companies. He is one of the pioneers of pre-seed investing. He is also an advisor and mentor to a number of emerging managers. Timestamps: 00:00 Top Moments 00:31 Intro to pod wi...

Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and writer. He is the co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries. TVP has raised three funds so far and proved its model by investing in major winners like FanDuel, Lemonade, Coinbase, Ro and more. Timeline : 00:00 Introduct...

Masha Bucher is the Founder of Day One Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that’s pioneering a new model in VC by spearheading communications for its portfolio companies. The fund has backed backed 8 unicorns and one portfolio company went public They have invested in companies like Remote, Worldcoin, You.com, Simulate, Superhuman, Truebill (acq), Arcadia, DoNotPay, Atoms, Yumi, DuckDuck...

Arjun Nair is the Co-Founder and President of Great Learning. Great Learning is India's leading provider for online professional & higher education. In 2021, BYJU’S Acquired Great Learning for $600 Million. Great Learnings was bootstrapped. Timeline: 00:00: Top Moments 00:38: Intro to pod 02:00: Early life and shaping moments 09:56: Return to India and founding Great Learning 16:03: Evolut...

Nihal Mehta is the co-founder of Eniac Ventures. One of the top Venture Capital funds in the US. Through Eniac they have invested in over 10 unicorns. Before founding Eniac, Nihal had built 5 tech companies. Some succeeded and some failed. People call Nihal the human Rolodex and Nihal is typically the life of the party. Timeline: 00:00 Top Moments 00:40 Intro to pod with Nihal Mehta 02:30 Foundati...

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors. Fabrice was named the #1 Angel Investor in the world by Forbes. Fabrice founded FJ labs, and today FJ labs is one of the most active investors globally. FJ labs has invested in companies like Alibaba, Airbnb, Instacart, Flexport, and many more. Timeline : 00:00: Top Moments 00:34: Intro for Pod with Farbrice 01:57 :...

Back in 2015, when the start-up landscape in India was at a nascent stage, as a banker Ishpreet pioneered the first-ever debt solutions for startups in India. In 2018, Ishpreet founded Stride Ventures and today it has become —India’s leading venture debt fund. They have partnered with companies like Zepto, Bira, Sugar, Spinny, Zetwerk and many more. 00:00 Top Moments 00:26 Intro 02:31 Starting Str...

Jeff Morris Jr. is the founder and Managing Director of Chapter One. Chapter One has invested in companies like Mercury, Supabase, Superhuman, Dapper Labs, and Pipe to name a few. Morris was previously the VP of Product, Revenue at Tinder. In the role, he led the revenue team to the #1 top grossing app in the App Store globally. Timestamps 00:00 Top Moments 02:27 - Entry into angel investing and C...

Julia Lipton is the founder of Awesome People Ventures. Awesome People Ventures is an early-stage fund focused on Web3. She is one of the top web3 investors globally. Timestamps: 0:00 Top Moments 0029 Intro to pod with Julia Lipton 01:39 What led to founding Awesome People Ventures? 03:16 Fundraising journey and evolution of fund thesis? 05:13 Portfolio construction, check sizes, investment stages...

Eddy Chan is the Founding Partner at “Indonesia-only” Intudo Ventures, the only VC investing exclusively in Indonesia Prior founding to Intudo Ventures, Eddy worked on venture investments in startups since the late 1990s, including PayPal, Palantir, and Affirm, founded and operated venture-backed technology companies Timestamps : 00:00 Top Moments 00:31 Intro to pod with Eddy 02:04 Eddy's Entr...

Robin Haak is a Solo GP based out of Berlin. Through his fund, Robin Capital, Robin primarily invests in angel, pre-seed and seed stages of companies. 00:00 Top Moments 00:23 Into to pod with Robin Haak 01:58 Robin's journey to Angel Investing 15:45 Porfolio Construction of Robin Capital 20:59 Robin's approach to deal sourcing. 28:45 Robin's strategy to source LPs 35:56 Robin's exp...

Sairee Chahal is the founder of Sheroes, Mahilay Money and Appreciate Capital. Sairee is responsible for bringing women in India to the internet. Today Sheroes has over 20 million users. Mahila Money is a full stack financial products and services platform for women in India. Apprecite capital is a vehicle through which she invests in other founders 00:00 Top moments 00:33 Intro with Sairee Chahal...