BlitzBusiness Indian Podcast

Courage of conviction: Kanwal’s journey in three words! Moving on from an exponentially successful fund he helped build, to starting his own, and making some golden investments in between Kanwal’s journey has been unlike any other. Kanwal gives us a generous deep dive into the values, thought processes, and consistent actions that help him navigate the consumer brand space. We talk about trends, t...

Alice Helme, director at CAARA, grew up on a farm in Wiltshire UK and attended Ballymaloe cookery school in Ireland. Both provided me with a passion for farm to fork, quality ingredients at the heart of all cooking. CAARA.COM is a multifaceted food company with restaurants, cafes, catering and a home delivery service. During COVID we’ve started online cookery classes which is an exciting new direc...

Siddhant Bhalinge is the Founder and CEO of Ugaoo – India’s premier plant company and gardening store. Armed with his Landscape Architecture degree from Cal Poly, Siddhant made a foray into the Indian entrepreneur scene in 2016 with the aim to introduce the Indian consumer to the plant world. With Ugaoo, he has created a niche brand, specialising in indoor and low-maintenance plants, that has made...

Vino Jeyapalan is the Founder and CEO of Kabo Fresh Dog Food , a fresh dog food brand that uses data about your dog to deliver healthy and customized diets directly to your doorstep. Twin brothers, Vino and Vijay Jeyapalan, wanted to provide healthier dog food options after seeing the increase in dog food recalls  driven by top brands in the market.  Since launching in 2019, Ka...

Shruti Jain is the co-founder of Kaze Living – a curated marketplace for sustainably grown fresh produce and artisan gourmet foods based in Delhi NCR. Kaze Living was started with a vision to make clean eating easy, accessible, and affordable for urban India. They began their journey in January 2020 and grew during the Covid-19 lockdown, serving over 5000 customers to date. Check them out on kazel...

Sunil K Goyal is the Managing Director of YourNest Venture Capital, an early-stage venture fund he co-founded in 2011, that manages YourNest Angel Fund-I and YourNest India VC Fund-II. One of the early angel investors and a former member of The Indian Angel Network and Mumbai Angels, Sunil has led seed-stage investments and guided companies to successful exits. Prior to turning a full-time, early-...

A special episode from our current theme focusing on a different aspect on how to build a career in research and science, getting different scholar Dr. Sounak Sahu completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies from the Presidency College, Kolkata, India, and then he moved to England to do his doctoral research at the University of Oxford, UK. He was awarded the Clarendon Scholarship fr...

Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO) is India's premier Industrial Hemp & Medical Cannabis organisation providing hemp based products through sustainable agriculture & artisan empowerment. In 2016, BOHECO received an investment of $1.7 million from a few angel investors that included Ratan Tata, IIM Ahmedabad CIIE, and Rajan Anandan Yash oversees all internal and external communication with the ai...

Siddharth is an Investment professional with experience in private equity, venture capital and startup accelerator in India and US. Currently leading India hub for Shell Ventures and evaluating startup investments in mobility, logistics, power and oil & gas sectors. Part of the founding team of Shell India startup accelerator E4 with deep experience on legal and financial structuring of accele...

About FableStreet: Founded  in 2016, FableStreet offers solution-driven styles that address the lifestyle needs of working women. As an organisation, they strive for agility, authenticity & taking care of women’s work/life needs. Crafted thoughtfully using luxury fabrics, their premium pieces are timeless, effortless & tailored to body measurements. Like the women they design for...

77% of men suffer from some sort of stress, anxiety or depression, 40% of men in crisis admit that they won’t talk to anyone, often because they feel like they have no one to turn to. Tethr is a peer enabled mental health and well-being platform . Tethr provides a dedicated 24/7 support community, where members can safely express themselves and get access to services such as forums and private mes...

Fanis is a serial tech entrepreneur out of Greece. He is the founder of GreenPanda.io (The fastest way to sell your smartphone) and Intale (Enterprise SaaS for Retail). Fanis has raised successfully more than $10M for his ventures so far.

Apeksha  Jain,  ex-French-teacher  and  Food  Blogger-turned-entrepreneur,  is  the  Founder  of  The  Gourmet  Jar,  a  brand  of  premium  and  innovative  condiments  that are completely natural and preservative-free. Apeksha is an  Economics  graduate  from  Lady  Shrira...

Behind The Deal is a new podcast series from BlitzBusiness focusing on the intricacies of venture capital. Sanjeev has spent three decades in the Indian technology sector. He has been an entrepreneur and is a venture capitalist. He was the founder and CEO of Daksh, a pioneer in the BPO sector and led the company till June 2006, scaling it over 20,000 employees . Daksh was acquired by IBM in 2004....

Jimmy Mistry is a Designer, Hotelier, Serial Entrepreneur, Adventurer, & Developer. He founded Della Group in 1991 with a core belief that anything he designs or creates should be unique, inspirational, path-breaking and should improve the lives of as many people as possible. Under the Della Group umbrella, he has launched 6 business verticals: Della Adventure, Della Resorts, DATA, Della Villa...

Sridhar is a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with 35 years experience as Global CFO across multiple industries primarily in services sector both in India and Abroad with significant experience in operations of all education verticals and software industry He is a Finance Expert involved in investment banking and merger and acquisitions in the education sector having evaluated more than...

strategiesParas Fatnani is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Nectwork Foods Private Limited. The company aims to help consumers adopt healthier lifestyles by making small changes in every day habits. It offers easy to use, healthier alternatives in convenient and innovative packing solutions. The brand of Honey Twigs is a part of the Nectwork Foods family. Honey Twigs has both a B2B...

Snigdha Manchanda is India's First Certified Tea Sommelier, trained under Japanese tea master Nao Kumekawa. She's the Founder & CEO at www.teatrunk.com an artisanal tea company shipping worldwide. She's an INK Fellow 2013. Her vision is to build a global wellness tea brand from India and enjoys sharing her learnings on ecommerce and entrepreneurship.

Rushil is the co-founder and head of product at Pidge. He is committed towards building brand-led businesses with strategic and data driven solutions. Through his time at Northwestern University (BA Economics and MSc Integrated Marketing) and working in the United States & India, Rushil rigorously and extensively developed a customer-first approach to problem solving. He has led the devel...

Bani Nanda’s love affair with pâtisserie goes back to when she first experienced a taste of her mother’s delectable home made cakes. Armed with a degree in Physics, this rush eventually led her to Le Cordon Bleu, Paris. A tryst at Dalloyau, one of Paris’ oldest pâtisserie dating back over 400 years, brought out her passion in French pastry and desserts. Bani started Miam in 2015 after she identifi...

Alex is the co-founder and CBO of Drover, a continuation of his journey in the micromobility space having previously co-founded CLEVR Mobility and been part of the leadership team at Immotor. A true global nomad, Alex’s diverse lived experience informs his approach to entrepreneurship and desire to adapt to constant change. Drover is using AI and machine learning to remove the primary pain points...

Hello everyone, Welcome to another episode of BlitzBusiness. Today with me I have Surabhi Talwar, co-founder of Happy Jars. Happy Jars is a health food brand, with a range of natural peanut, almond and cashew nut butters. In this episode, we discuss Surabhi’s Journey in setting up a health food brand, establishing a supply chain for procuring quality ingredients, and building a sticky customer bas...

Hello everyone, Welcome to another episode of BlitzBusiness. Today with me I have Jairam Balakrishnan, CEO of Edunation Services Pvt Ltd. Edunation is the leading operator of K-12 institutions across India, providing a managed school platform which enables over 18,000 students across India to get access to quality education. Edunation was formerly owned by Pearson India Education Services Private...

Envolve is a revenue optimization tool for brick and mortar retailers and their suppliers. They help stores grow the top and bottom line, without hiring expensive consultants or wasting time with endless reports. Envolve has processed over 200 million shopper journeys so far, track more than 100,000 offline purchase occasions every day, and have delivered double digit increases in store level prof...

Today with me I have Rashi Narang, founder of Heads up for tails. A prominent go-to brand for all your pets needs having products ranging from a wide variety of food brands to likes of orthopedic beds and organic supplements. In this episode we talked about RashI's journey of setting up Heads Up For tails after not finding any good products for her pet,  scaling across India with a new busine...