Business Podcast by Roohi | VC, Startups

This week I spoke with Adam Draper of Boost VC   We talked about: 1. Investing in India 2. Finding opportunities like Coinbase 3. Reaching out cold- Tips? 5. His take on Crypto Connect with Adam below: Adam's Email: adam@boost.vc Boost VC website: https://www.boost.vc/ Connect with the host Roohi Kazi on the below platforms: Instagram-roohik2 LinkedIn: Roohi Kazi Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter....

This week I spoke with Ali Jamal of First Check Ventures   We talked about: 1. Community building in LatAm? 2. Top Tips for raising a VC Fund, and building a track record 3. His reason behind investing in emerging regions 4. Growing a company from 0-1 Ali has had a phenomenal career Spanning different regions of the world From Investment Banking to Growth at companies like Rappi And is now founder...

Ramp has raised more than 1 B in Capital   In this week's episode, I am joined by Mark Goldberger of Ramp We talk about: Product Customer Fit Ramp and Sales Attracting Talent -> Ramp is an incredible startup It was absolutely great experience hosting and chatting with Mark! Connect with Mark below: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/markgoldberger Check out Ramp here: https://ramp.com/ https://ramp....

In this week's podcast, I am joined by Sonal Saldanha of 3 One 4 Capital We talked about a wide range of topics: 1. Why India, Why Now 2. Convincing People and more Connect with Sonal below: X(formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/sonalsaldanha LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/sonalsaldanha Check out the 3 One 4 Capital Website here: https://www.3one4capital.com/ Connect with the host Roo...

In this week's podcast, I am joined by Jimmy Soni: Author of The Founders We talked about a wide range of topics: 1. Securing interviews with top people in PayPal 2. Cold emailing tips and more Connect with Jimmy below: X(formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni Check out The Founders book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Founders/Jimmy-Soni/9781501197260 Connect with...

In this week's podcast, I am joined by Michael Gruen of Animal Capital, and Elysium Innovations We talked about a wide range of topics: What he’s doing in the AI space His views on the creator economy Talent X  Mark Randolph as an advisor and more Connect with Michael below: X(formerly Twitter): ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Michaelgr1011 Check out the Animal Capital website here: https://animalcapita...

In this week's podcast, I am joined by Andrew Gazdecki of Acquire We talked about a wide range of topics: 1. First 100 0r 1000 2. Belief Capital 3. His father figures  and more Connect with Andrew below: X(formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/agazdecki Connect with the host Roohi Kazi on the below platforms: Instagram-roohik2 LinkedIn: Roohi Kazi Twitter: https://twitter.com/roohi_kr Visit t...

In this week's podcast, I am joined by Andrew Gazdecki of Acquire We talked about a wide range of topics: 1. First 100 0r 1000 2. Belief Capital 3. His father figures and more Connect with Andrew below: X(formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/agazdecki Connect with the host Roohi Kazi on the below platforms: Instagram-roohik2 LinkedIn: Roohi Kazi Twitter: https://twitter.com/roohi_kr Visit th...

In this week's podcast, I am joined by Juan Abundes: Solo GP at Aito Capital We talked about a wide range of topics: 1. Mentors 2. Building relationships, and networks 3. Attracting Deal Flow 4. LatAm 5. YC and Valuation Connect with Juan below: X(formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/jmabundes LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-manuel-abundes/ Connect with the host Roohi Kazi on the...

In this week's podcast I am joined by Jake from Pod of Jake We talked about a wide range of topics: 1. Cold emailing 2. How to do great work 3. Fitness, exercise, diet 4. Inviting Mark Cuban- what he's learned from that 5. Start of Pod of Jake Connect with Jake below: X(formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/0FJAKE Check out Pod of Jake here:https://podofjake.com/ Connect with the host Roo...

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He's the Co-Founder of Effectiv Ai This week's guest is none other than Ravi Sandepudi It was a blast chatting with Ravi And we covered lots of ground: 1. His Immigrants story 2. Sheel and BTV 3, Paths crossing with Elon Musk and David Sacks or not 4. Google and PayPal Tech Mafias Connect with Ravi below: X(formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/sandepudi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com...

He's the Chief of Staff to Lenny and Shreyas Doshi This week I had a conversation with Shreman(Shre) Shrestha We covered lots of ground: 1. Lenny and his exceptional content  2. Shre's background of moving around a lot  3. How to put yourself out there online  4. What he has been up to these last few years Connect with Shre below X(formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/itsDrDrewithaSh Lin...

He's the newest partner at Square Peg Capital This week I had a great conversation with James Tynan of Square Peg Capital We covered lots of ground: 1. Energy Management 2. Mental Health Advice for Founders and VC's 3. How to produce more Unicorns in Australia 4. Getting more people enthused about startups Connect with James below Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamestynan LinkedIn: James Tyn...

He's the Co-Founder of Backstage with Millionaires Today's guest is none other than Pankaj Chauhan(Co-Founder of Backstage with Millionaires) We covered quite a bit of ground:   1. Backstage With Millionaires  2. The scrappiest thing  3. YouTube  and more The sponsor for today's episode is Akshat Jain Akshat is an incredible resource for those who want to learn more about the VC space...

He’s the Founder of HF0 Founder of MHacks This week’s guest is none other than Dave Fontenot It was an awesome conversation  We covered a lot of ground:  HF0 ADD/ADHD Content Meditating experience Backend capital You can connect with Dave below: Twitter: https://twitter.com/davefontenot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davefont Check out HF0 here:https://www.hf0.com/ HF0 is one of the most co...

He's an OG in the Fintech Space He is the Co-Founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures He got married in the metaverse This week I had a conversation on the podcast with Sheel Mohnot(Co-Founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures) We talked about: 1. Immigrant Mentality and Bias for Action 2. The Mint Accelerator 3. The Pitch Show And so much more Connect with Sheel here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/pitdes...

This week I had a great conversation on the podcast with Sai Appalla(Founder of SCOPE) Sai is an extremely impressive founder I discovered through Twitter and his podcast episode with Matt Higgins -> SCOPE has done 390 Crore Revenues in FY 2022- an impressive feat We talked about: Belief Capital VC Refferal Ecosystem Young Founders Advice Cold Emailing And so much more Connect with Sai here: Tw...

This week I had a fun conversation on the podcast with Shriya Nevatia(Principal at The Council Cap) We talked about: The Council Cap Top Tips for Angel Investing Value Add as a Small Check Sizes Hosting great events And so much more Connect with Shirya here: LinkedIn: Shriya Nevatia Twitter: https://twitter.com/shriyanevatia The Council Cap website: https://www.thecouncil.co/ Connect with the host...

This week I had a great discussion with Andrew Chen of Matū In our conversation, we covered many different topics like   1. Traits of effective founders   2. Skills needed to break into VC Connect with Andrew here: 1. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-chen-nz/ 2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewtychen 3. Matū's website: https://matu.co.nz/ Connect with the host Roohi Kazi on the...

This week I had a fascinating discussion with Catrina Magsadia (Foxmont Capital Partners) We chatted about: 1. How Catrina heard about Foxmont 2. Access to opportunities Connect with Catrina below; 1. LinkedIn: Catrina Magsadia Connect with the host Roohi Kazi on the below platforms: Instagram-roohik2 LinkedIn: Roohi Kazi Twitter: https://twitter.com/roohi_kr Visit this link for more listening opt...

In this episode I share more about the 3 drivers, things that have contributed to the Podcasts Growth. Along with some experiments that me and the team will be working on in the next few months Hope you learn something new or find some value from this very short episode!

In this week's episode I am joined by Zain Jaffer: Former Founder of Vungle, Partner at Bluefield Capital, and so much more Some of my key takeaways from my conversation w/ Zain: 1. Perseverance 2. Points of Quitting 3. Build a company = customer love Zain also shares some things that Investors Love, and a bit more about Zain Ventures You can stay connected with Zain here: Twitter and LinkedIn...

Today's guest is none other than Ranjan Kant of Arthmate- it was such a fun conversation Some of my key takeaways: 1. Be shameless 2. Magnitude of Work 3. Long Haul Vision Connect with Ranjan below: 1. LinkedIn: Ranjan Kant 2. You can check out Arthmate here: https://www.arthmate.com/ Connect with the host Roohi Kazi on the below platforms: Instagram-roohik2 LinkedIn: Roohi Kazi Twitter: https...

Today's guest is none other than John Andrew Entwistle of Wander- it was such an epic conversation And I personally learned a ton about Wander and what they are building Some of my key takeaways: 1. Business has to be fundable 2. De-risk your startup 3. Idea Market Fit Connect with John Andrew below: 1.. Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaentwistle 2. You can check out Wander here: https://www.wan...