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Gautam Chopra is the Co-Founder and CEO of BeatO. BeatO’s mission is to beat Diabetes in India. In the last 6 years, BeatO has expanded from being India’s first smartphone-connected glucometer kit to India’s first personalized health management ecosystem for people with chronic conditions. SHOW NOTES: Gautam’s journey from growing up in India to moving to Germany, and then moving back to India (1:...

Anirudh Pandita is the Founder of Loco & Pocket Aces. Loco is India's leading live game streaming platform. Loco is backed by KRAFTON Inc., Lumikai Fund, Hashed, Hiro Capital, Axilor Ventures, 3one4 Capital & North Base Media SHOW NOTES: Anirudh’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US, and then moving back to India (0:50) The founding story of Pocket Ace and Loco later (12:3...

Ankit Wadhwa is the Co-founder & CEO of Rario. Rario is Unleashing the non-fungible token revolution for everyone! Ankit is on a mission to build a digital cricket economy powered by NFTs. Rario recently raised a $100M round, led by Dream capital and other great investors. SHOW NOTES: Ankit’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US, UAE and then moving back to India (1:20) What’s...

Sumeet Mehta is the Co-Founder and CEO of LEAD. LEAD’s mission is to empower India by making excellent education, accessible and affordable to every child. LEAD is backed by WestBridge Capital, GSV Ventures and Elevar Equity. SHOW NOTES Sumeet’s journey from growing up in India to moving to Singapore, and then moving back to India (1:20) What led Sumeet to start LEAD and what’s the vision he holds...

Sandeep Patil is a partner at QED Investors. QED is a premier VC in the fintech space. Sandeep heads QED's investments in Asia and focuses on India and Southeast Asia. He is an investor,  board member, and advisor at Jupiter, OneCard, Refyne, Financepeer, and UpSwing. SHOW NOTES Sandeep’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US, UK, and then moving back to India (1:15) What led S...

Sameer Brij Verma is the Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners, where he opened & leads their Bangalore office. At NVP, he has led investments in Postman, Unacademy, Infra.market, Hasur a, Animall, Ultrahuman and about 70 others. SHOW NOTES Sameer’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:15) The founding story of Nexus Venture Partners and t...

Anshum Bhambri is the co-founder and CEO of FanCraze. FanCraze is creating the metaverse for cricket. It recently got funded by the likes of Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India, Cristiano Ronaldo’s fund, and others. SHOW NOTES Anshum’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:15) What’s FanCraze and what’s the grand vision that he hold...

Aniket Jindal is the founder of Biconmy. Its mission is to make blockchain transactions simple.  Prior to Biconomy, Aniket was an early employee at Binance.  Aniket is also nurturing the Indian tech ecosystem by backing the web3 founders. SHOW NOTES Aniket’s journey from growing up in India to moving to China and then moving back to India (1:10) The origins of Biconomy (5:15) What’s Bico...

Abhilash Inumella Abhilash is the Co-founder of Questbook. Prior to founding Questbook he worked as a Software Engineer at Facebook in the US, later founded Samosa Labs after moving back to India (sold to MPL) SHOW NOTES Abhilash’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:10) The origins of Samosa Labs (4:00) What’s Questbook and what’s the grand vision...

Salone Sehgal is the Founder and GP of Lumikai Fund. Lumikai Fund is India’s first gaming and interactive entertainment venture fund. SHOW NOTES Salone's journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The origins of Lumikai Fund and the vision she holds for the fund (6:00) What’s the best part about her job (11:20) The hardest part about her job  (16...

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 Verlinvest in India SHOW NOTES Arjun’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after mov...

Nishchay AG is the Co-founder and CEO of Jar. A daily gold-savings app that saves spare change & auto-invests for you. Jar currently has 5M users and is backed by Tiger Global and others. SHOW NOTE: Nischay’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after moving back to India and were there self-doubts at the beginning (2:30) What ma...

Vaibhav Domkundwar is the CEO and founder of Better Capital. Better Capital is one of the best Pre-seed / seed-stage funds in India. Portfolio companies include Slice, Open, Teachmint Rupeek, Khatabook, and many more. The combined value of the portfolio companies is $5B+ SHOW NOTES Vaibhav’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after...

Nitin Sharma is the General Partner, Co-founder, Antler India. Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow. SHOW NOTES Nitin’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:25) The journey after moving back to India (First Principles and Antler India) (7:20) The vision that Nitin holds for...

Monish Darda is the Co-founder and CTO of Icertis . Currently valued at $2.8B, Icertis is the contract intelligence company that pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with contract lifecycle management. SHOW NOTES Monish's journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after moving back to India (7:30) The journey of building Icertis and mu...

Nirmit Parikh is the founder and CEO of Apna. India's largest professional networking & job opportunities platform for the rising workforce. SHOW NOTES Nirmit's journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after moving back to India and how did the idea of building Apna come about (13:00) What's the magical outcome Nirmit has for Apna (2...

Gautam Shewakramani is the Head of APAC and India; International Product and Growth at On Deck. Previously he built a company and headed International Product and Growth for Quora and Skillshare. SHOW NOTES The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after moving back to India (5:30) His company building experience which involved tons o...

Amrit Acharya is the Co-Founder & CEO of Zetwerk. Currently valued at $1.33 Billion, Zetwerk is a universal manufacturing network powered by new-age technology. SHOW NOTES The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) How did Zetwerk come about (6:20) His advice to those who are thinking about moving back to India (8:15) Skills that he picked up...

Bradley Tusk is an American businessman, venture capitalist, political strategist, and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Tusk Ventures, the first venture capital fund focused on investing in early-stage startups in regulated industries SHOW NOTES Setting the context: Three waves of the internet (1:00) A call from Travis Kalanick (Uber) was an inflection point for Bradley. He took Uber as his fi...

Abhi Kumar heads M12 Asia, the venture arm of Microsoft. He leads series A-C venture equity investments for M12 in Asia (ex China), partnering with stellar entrepreneurs and teams to help amplify their growth. Develop the brand, ecosystem partnerships & peer engagement for M12 across APAC. SHOW NOTES The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00)...

Aakrit Vaish is the Co-Founder & CEO of Haptik, a Reliance Jio Platforms company & he is also an Angel Investor in 50+ amazing founder SHOW NOTES The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) What made him move back to India (6:46) Evolution of the Indian tech ecosystem from 2011 - 2021 (14:30) If he had recently moved back to India, what wou...

Prashant Tandon is the co-founder of 1mg & Healthkart. Both companies have become household names in India. SHOW NOTES The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) What made him move back to India (2:53) His entrepreneurial journey back in India (5:20) Was there a time when he thought this was it, if so, how did he manage to overcome it? (10:00)...

Tejeshwi Sharma is the managing director at Sequoia Capital India. He has led investments in companies like Byju's, Dream11, Bounce, CRED, Moglix, Purplle, Rebel Foods, Whatfix, Unacademy. SHOW NOTES The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) Overview of the Indian tech ecosystem evolution starting from 2010 (5:15) What is next for India? How can...

Sandeep Aggarwal has founded two marketplaces in India so far – ShopClues, India’s first managed marketplaces in 2011, which became the 5th Unicorn in Consumer Internet in India, and Droom, India’s first marketplace for automobiles in 2014, which is about to go public. The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:20) His thought process for making the m...

Raghav Chandra is the Co-Founder & CTO of Urban Company. Urban Company is the largest home services platform in India and UAE, with recent expansion to Australia and Singapore. SHOW NOTES The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) His thought process for making the move back to India (7:00) How did Buggi and later Urban Company come about (12....