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Rahul is Managing Director at Arkam Ventures, an early stage tech VC fund. Arkam portfolio includes incredible companies like SmallCase, Jaikisan, Jar, KrazyBee, Signzy, Jumbotail, BestDoc. 00:00 Top moments  00:33 Intro to pod with Rahul Chandra  02:20 Early life of Rahul and his move back to India.  11:00 Founding story and thesis of Arkam Ventures.  19:54 Some of Arkam’s inv...

Saurabh Garg is the co-founder of NoBroker. NoBroker is a revolutionary real estate platform that makes it easier to buy, rent or sell a home without paying any brokerage. It's a One-stop shop for the entire Real Estate journey. Saurabh is also a prolific angel investor 00:00 Top Moments 00:57 Intro to pod with Saurabh 02:20 What drove Saurabh to angel investing and his first angel investment. 06:...

Anand Chandrasekaran Anand is a Partner at General Catalyst. In this role, he is focused on early-stage investing and leading the India/US practice across consumer, climate/agri, healthcare, software and crypto/fintech. Show Notes 00:00  Top Moments 01:03 Intro to pod with Anand Chandrasekaran 02:33 Anand’s journey of growing up in India and what made him move to the US. 07:08 Anand’s framewo...

Arjun Vaidya is a D2C founder & investor. He built Dr. Vaidya’s to India’s largest Ayurveda brand online. Dr. Vaidya’s was recently acquired by RP Sanjiv Goenka Group – making it one of India’s first D2C exits. He now leads venture investing for V3 Ventures in India. Show Notes 00:45 Intro to pod with Arjun. 02:20 What drove Arjun to angel investing and his first angel investment. 04:45 Arjun’...

Apaksh is the co-founder of One Impression. One Impression is helping over 250 Enterprises and Fast-growing startups drive influencer-led campaigns Apaksh is also a prolific angel investor. Show Notes 00:35 Intro to the pod with Apaksh Gupta 02:16 What drew Apaksh to Angel Investing and his first angel investment. 04:06 Investing process of Apaksh. 10:02 Traits of a mediocre founder 12:16 Apaksh’s...

Ankur Warikoo Ankur is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor, author and one of India’s top content creators. His aim through his content is to make sure all the choices you make in life come from a point of awareness and not ignorance. Show Notes 00:00 Top Moments 00:42 Intro to pod with Ankur Warikoo 01:59 What drove Ankur into angel investing and what was his first angel investment 05:09 How Anku...

Prabhu is the co-founder of M2P. M2P builds a stronger infrastructure for the financial world. They are backed by one of the best investors globally. The likes of BeeNext, Insight Partners, Tiger Global to name a few Show Notes 00:00 Top Moments of the episode 00:14 Intro to the episode with Prabhu 01:33 What drove Prabhu to Angel Investing and his first angel investment. 06:19 How does Prabhu sou...

Pratekk is an operator turned full-time operator-led fund manager. He is a passionate entrepreneur and Fintech Expert with over 18 years of multi Industry expertise. Show Notes 01:06 Intro to the pod with Pratekk Agarwaal 02:06 What drove Pratekk to angel investing and his first angel investment. 03:11 How does Pratekk build network and source deals. 05:08 Pratekk’s decision of either building one...

Saahil is the Co-founder and CEO of Shiprocket. Shiprocket is India’s largest eCommerce enablement platform providing digital retailers an end-to-end customer experience platform. It is currently valued at $1.2 Billion dollars. Show Notes (01:57) Saahil’s journey from India to US and back to India and what made him move back. (11:06) Founding Story of Shiprocket, its current status, and the way fo...

Mohit Sadaani is the co-founder of The Moms Co. India's largest D2C Exit. He is also an active operator investor. Show Notes (01:07) Intro to pod with Mohit Sadaani (02:20) What drove Mohit into Angel Investing (05:43) Who was the first angel investor in Moms Co. (06:16) How does Mohit source deals and evaluate founders. (09:49) Mohit’s cheque sizes and industries he is interested in. (11:17) Impo...

Co-Founder & President of CarDekho. CarDekho is India's No. 1 Auto Tech Platform. Umang is also an active angel investor. Show Notes 01:09 Intro to 1947 Operators pod with Umang Kumar 02:20 What drove Umang to Angel Investing and his first angel investment 03:38 How does Umang evaluate founders 06:48 Questions asked by Umang to get insights into the founders 09:49 Industries of Interest of Uma...

Hemant is partner at Lightspeed India and also happens to be a poet who excels at math. Before joining Lightspeed, Hemant worked at a16z, Google and AMD. Show Notes (00:41) Intro to the episode with Hemant Mohapatra (02:24) Hemant’s early life in India (03:46) Why did Hemant decide to move back to India and his framework (10:40) How Hemant’s perspective about India has changed in the past 4 years...

Karan Mohla is Currently Partner and Head of India and SEA for early-stage investments at B Capital Group. Previously he was a Partner at Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures India) and his investments included FirstCry, HealthifyMe, CropIn, Xpressbees, and Bounce among others. Show Notes 00:46 Intro To Karan Mohla 01:43 Early life journey in India and moving back to India after being in the U...

Mati Giglio is the co-founder of Even. One subscription to cover all your healthcare needs They are backed by some of the world's leading investors including Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund. Mati is also an active operator angel investor. Show Notes 01:11 Intro to the episode with Mati 02:31 What drove Mati into angel investing. 05:19 First few believers in Even and operator angels that helped w...

Rohit MA is the Co-Founder and Director of Cloudnine group of Hospitals - India’s leading maternity, women, and child care service hospitals. Cloudnine has recently filed for public listing. To increase his impact, he is starting a new journey with PeerCapital. PeerCapital is an early-stage tech-first multi-sector venture capital fund. Show Notes 01:12 Intro to the podcast with Rohit MA 02:45 What...

Madhu is the co-founder of M2P. M2P builds a stronger infrastructure for the financial world. They are backed by one of the best investors globally. The likes of BeeNext, Insight Partners, Tiger Global to name a few Show Notes 01:12 Intro to Madhusudanan R co-founder of M2P 02:15 What drove Madhu to Angel Investing and what was his first Angel Investment 04:33 Who was the first believer in Madhu a...

Shashank Kumar is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Razorpay. Razorpay is India’s first full-stack financial solutions company. They are backed by one of the best investors globally and are currently valued at $7.5B. Show Notes 00:39 Intro to Shashank Kumar and Razorpay 03:28 Shashank’s story of growing up in India 08:40 Shashank’s experience in the US 13:25 What led to the foundation of Raz...

JD Kanani is the Co-Founder of Polygon. A global, sustainable web3 infrastructure on Ethereum. Polygon is one of the most valued web 3 projects globally. Show Notes 01:06 Intro to JD Kanani and Polygon Technology 02:33 JD’s First Angel Investment 04:48 How does JD pick deals and evaluate founders while investing. 12:07 What JD thinks of Twitter. 14:00 JD’s First angel investor. 17:08 Policies JD w...

Aakrit Vaish Aakrit Vaish is the Co-Founder & CEO of Haptik. Haptik is a part of the Reliance Jio family now. Aakrit is also a prolific operator investor. He has backed companies like Unacademy, Pepper Content, India gold, and 70+ more. Show Notes What drove him into angel Investing and what was his first investment (2:12) His advice to operator investors on how to go about angel investing (6:...

Rahul Khanna is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Trifecta Capital. Trifecta capital is where great companies meet great odds. Trifecta Capital’s maiden fund was India’s first Venture Debt Fund. Today Trifecta Capital manages one of the largest venture debt funds in India and it also runs a pre-IPO/ growth stage venture capital fund. Rahul has backed companies like Urban Company, Rivigo, Bh...

Sashank Rishyasringa is the Co-Founder of axio, India's leading consumer finance company offering pay later, credit and personal finance management under one seamless brand experience. Earlier axio was known as Capital Float. axio is backed by one of the best investors globally. The likes of Elevation Capital, Sequoia India, Lightrock, Creation Investments Capital Management LLC, Ribbit Capital, a...

Nithin Kamath is the founder of Zerodha and Rainmatter. Zerodha is an Indian financial services company (member of NSE, BSE, MCX) that offers brokerage-free equity investments, retail, institutional broking, currencies, and commodities trading. Rainmatter funds and incubates innovative Indian fintech startups. Show Notes What got him into angel Investing and what was his first investment (1:00) Th...

Dhruv Gupta is the Co-founder of Orange health. Orange Health is India's fastest diagnostic lab. Customers can get tested at home in 60 minutes. It is backed by funds like Accel, General Catalyst, and other top funds. SHOW NOTES: Dhruv’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US, and then moving back to India (2:00) The journey after the move back to India (5:05) The founding story of O...

Pranav Pai is the Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer at 3one4 Capital. Pranav leads investments and portfolio construction at 3one4Capital. As CIO, he has led over 70 seed and venture capital investments across several investment categories in India and the US. 3one4 capital has 4 unicorns in its portfolio. Licious, Jupiter, Open Bank, and Darwinbox SHOW NOTES: Pranav’s journey from gro...

Gajendra Jangid is the Co-Founder and CMO of CARS24. CARS24’s mission is to revolutionize the way used vehicles are bought and sold across the world. CARS24 was founded in 2015. A mere 7 years later, they have come a long way - 205 branches across India, a presence in 182 Indian cities, channel partners, and a global presence. SHOW NOTES: Gajendra’s journey from growing up in India to moving to th...