Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh Sachar

In this Episode, I ( @Jivraj Singh Sachar ) speak with Ajey Gore , Operating Partner at Sequoia India. Ajey Gore is a technical expert, but he fundamentally understands and explains the importance of people through this wonderful conversation. Ajey has insane experience in working at startups, and scaling them to great heights. He has been at ThoughtWorks early on his career, then started up two c...

In this Episode, I speak with Ranjeet Pratap Singh , Co-Founder & CEO of Pratilipi . This Episode is called the Power of Compounding, for R anjeet’s ideologies and Pratilipi’s journey intersect at the core belief in Compounding , a principle, which works like magic in life, and more so in Starting Up. Pratilipi is by far India’s largest storytelling platform with over 25 million daily active u...

In this Episode I speak with Chaitanya Ramalingegowda , Co-Founder and Director of Wakefit , India's largest direct to consumer sleep & home solutions company! Chaitanya personifies the ideology Disrupting with First Principles , as they have exactly done so with Wakefit, disrupting by a rather conventional and unorganised market through the sheer power of "Questioning Everything". Wakefit has...

In this Episode, I speak with Anand Jain , Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of CleverTap on Building a Global SaaS Company .  CleverTap is a customer life-cycle management and mobile marketing company, which combines the analytics, engagement and communication all in one, making life easier for brands who want to engage effectively with their consumers. Anand Jain is an extremely amazing...

In this Episode, I speak with Suchita Salwan , the Co-Founder & CEO of Little Black Book (LBB) . LBB is India's largest platform to discover and shop independent brands and retailers. 16Mn+ Users , with 100,000 Businesses listed on their web and app platform! From the best of bags to the best of shoes to the best of Biyani, you name it and LBB will help you find it. With the quirky and amazing...

In this Episode I speak with Aprameya Radhakrishna , Co-Founder and CEO of Vokal & Koo , also the Co-Founder of TaxiForSure .   Taxi For Sure, Aprameya’s first venture disrupted the ride-sharing industry very early in the day. Eventually, 4+ years into operations, it was acquired by Ola in 2015 . An exit that gave Aprameya much perspective and learnings, which he carried to his next...

In this Episode I speak with Sairee Chahal , Founder and CEO of SHEROES.   SHEROES is a women-only social platform, a safe, trusted, high-empathy and constructive space, powered by communities, a chat-based helpline, resources, opportunities and conversations. With more than 20 Million Registered Users, and 2000 Communities & Brands, Women’s internet! Sairee is a maverick in the Ecos...

In this Episode, I speak with Jani Pasha , CEO & Co-Founder of Lokal .  Lokal is a one-stop platform for life services and hyperlocal news interaction. Present in 5 states as of now, Lokal has 5 million + monthly active users and was part of the Y Combinator Summer 19 Cohort of India!  Jani is an exuberant youngster who personifies the Indian Dream. A graduate of IIT Kharagpur, Batch...

In this Episode, I speak with Mohammed Zeeshan , CEO & Co-Founder of MyCaptain .  MyCaptain as you may know is an online Learning platform that helps us users take our first plunge at our passion, be it photography, content, artificial intelligence, or multiple such courses that explore our creative pursuits. Zeeshan started MyCaptain at the age of 19, having observed the lack of such a p...

In this Episode, I speak with Harsh Pokharna, Co-Founder and CEO, OkCredit.  OkCredit is a digital udhar-khata for Indian merchants who face the constant problem of keeping track of their dues from multiple Consumers. Solving for Middle India and the billion Indians, OkCredit envisions to own the entire stack of problems that the merchants face and build products that solve for the same. This...

In this Episode, I speak with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner & Co-founder of Prime Venture Partners.  Prime Venture Partners is a seed fund started by Amit Somani, Shripati Acharya and Sanjay Swamy! Typically the first institutional investor in early stage startups, Prime likes to invest in product & technology driven startups. With the incredible composition of the experienced partne...

In this Episode, I speak with Neha Singh, Co-Founder of Tracxn.  Tracxn is one of the largest platforms in the world to track Private Markets. It covers more than 300 tech sectors , 800+ themes, and has thousands of Large Corporations as Clients including the likes of Google, a16z and others! Tracxn has scale to more than 600 employees through the last 6+ years, and Neha tells us a lot of hir...

In this Episode, I speak with Raghav Chandra, Co-Founder of Urban Company. Raghav and I speak about Building an Institution for the future, a dream many aspiring Entrepreneurs hope to achieve.  Urban Company is the largest services startup of the Country serving million consumers of customers with presence in 4 Countries, over 20 cities, managing over 30,000 blue collar workers via an organis...

In this Episode, I speak with the Founder of the Indian Global SasS Company that helps us Consumers to seamlessly edit Videos - Sanket Shah of InVideo.  Sanket has been so candid throughout the Episode, sharing such great Practical insights and learnings! Sanket is an avid believer of the adage that if you do something dedicatedly for long enough, the results will follow.  InVideo recent...

In this Episode, I speak with Simarpreet Singh, Co-Founder of Socksoho.com!  The largest D2C sock brand of the country, SockSoho has created a revolution transforming the way we understand fashion in India. Great consumer service, innovative methods & constant innovation at the helm of Technology Company as opposed to what we may come across as a Fashion Brand! Data lies at the Core of So...

In this Episode, I speak with Narayan Thammaiah, Venture Partner at Accel, one of the leading Venture Funds of the Country!  Narayan is an expert People's Practitioner and a Founder Coach, who works closely with the Portfolio Companies at Accel.  Through this Episode, I speak to Narayan about a variety of concepts centred around the core of "Building People". These concepts range from at...

In today's episode, I am in Conversation with Bhanu Harish Gurram of Finshots.  Throughout this Episode we speak about building traction led products, understanding & developing customer love, and diving into the practicalities of Entrepreneurship. Bhanu shares some great insights from his journey with Finshots, a product we all truly love. The road is mighty and it'll be very intresting...

In this Episode, I speak with Arman Sood, Co-Founder of Sleepy Owl Coffee.  "The Brand is what makes the consumers try your Product." Unsure what Brand Market Fit entails? Who better to solve the enigma than the founder of India's beloved Premium Coffee Brand! Sleepy Owl brings the finest coffee to all Indian Households in the most heartwarming packaging, and some extremely innovative ideas....

In this Episode, I speak with the Mr. Amit Gupta, CEO and Co-founder of Yulu.  Tune in as the seasoned entrepreneur personifies the Hunger to Innovate! Through the Amit answers some key Questions -  1. How the Ecosystem has evolved over the years and how there is greater resource availability⠀  2. What motivated him to start the 2nd chapter of his story with Yulu  3. What's the...

In this Episode, I speak with the phenomenal, Ankur Warikoo, Co-Founder of Nearbuy.⠀  A man who needs no introduction, Ankur has been a great Entrepreneur and has seen the Ecosystem in India evolve, shaping it to a large extent. He continues to mentor founders, be an active angel investor in the space and spread his learnings actively. ⠀  Through this episode, Ankur answers some key ques...

In this Episode, I ( @Jivraj Singh Sachar ) speak with Kshitij Shah, Principal at 3one4 Capital where he explains Startup Funding.  3one4 Capital manages over ₹1550 Crores , and has made some notable Investments across the last couple of years, including Luscious, YourStory, Yulu, Pocket Aces, Tracxn, etc. You can find more information about them here - https://www.3one4capital.com/  Ksh...

In this Episode, I speak with Utkarsh Amitabh, Founder of Network Capital on the Power of Community Building!  Utkarsh Amitabh is the energizing founder who built Network Capital as a passion project, while working with at Microsoft. This passion project grew to become a Strong Community of Individuals connected across borders spanning throughout the globe. Network Capital reaches the epitome...

In this Episode, I speak with Richa Singh, CEO & Co-Founder of YourDOST on Decoding Market Research. YourDOST is India's premier emotional wellness Platform having served 20+ lakh customers, and having 900+ professionals on their platform.  A platform which is completely technology driven, and is now profitable! Richa presents key insights on understanding market research, taking feedback...

In this Episode, I speak with Nikhil Kamath, Co-Founder & CIO of Zerodha & True Beacon on Keeping the Customer First! Zerodha is the Indian Proficorn, the dream brokerage retailer. True Beacon is creating a revolution in asset management by completely transforming the fees structure. Nikhil gives us his key insights on how to Build with Intent, create value and keep the highest standards while dea...

In this Episode, I speak with Maneet Gohil, Founder & CEO of Lal10 on Building For Impact! Maneet Gohil is a gentleman who is driven by perfection, building for Impact, scaling Lal10 to 18 Countries, impacting over 1200 artisans by directly generating millions in revenue for them. A technology first B2B model, Lal10 has continued its growth trajectory since inception. With the vision of creating a...