Prime Venture Partners Podcast

AI is no longer experimental—it's foundational. In this explosive episode, PrimeVP Founder & Partner Shripati Acharya and Principal Gaurav Ranjan unpack how AI is reshaping B2B software—and what that means for evaluating and investing in early-stage startups. What you’ll learn: ⚙️ The rise of Enterprise AI and its real-world applications 📈 Prime’s investment thesis in AI-first SaaS start...

What’s next in fintech? In this high-signal episode, Sheel Mohnot (GP at @ Better Tomorrow Ventures) shares deep insight into the future of financial services, AI’s impact on SaaS, and how VC is evolving in 2025. 🔍 In Sheel’s candid chat with Sanjay Swamy, You’ll learn:  • What US fintech can learn from India’s public infrastructure (UPI, DEPA, account aggregation)  • Why SaaS isn’t dead—but must...

What happens when creativity meets sharp market insight? In this episode, Raffic Aslam (ex-Creative Director at Zoho) breaks down the 3 campaigns that defined Zoho’s global marketing playbook: 1️⃣UAE VAT Campaign – A masterclass in cultural targeting that unlocked a new market via a single character: Kutty, the Malayali accountant. 2️⃣ Made in India for the World – A bold declaration of Indian inn...

How do you scale a product to 70M+ users without spending a dime on marketing? Deepak Joy Cheenath (Co-founder of Quizizz) reveals: ✅ The moment Quizizz found its viral growth loop ✅ How teacher-driven adoption fueled massive organic scale ✅ The mistakes they made along the way—and what they learned ✅ Why they held off on monetisation for years (and why it paid off) Timestamps: 00:00 – Introdu...

💡 How do you scale a SaaS company from SMB customers to billion-dollar enterprise deals? In this Prime Venture Partners Podcast episode, we sit down with Praerit Garg, President of Product & Innovation at Smartsheet, to uncover the secrets of scaling SaaS, AI’s role in work management, and the game-changing lessons from Smartsheet’s journey. ⏳ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction  01:28 - Praeri...

💡 What does it take to build 2 multi-billion-dollar companies? In this episode of the Prime Venture Partners Podcast, we sit down with Dheeraj Pandey, Co-Founder of Nutanix & DevRev, to unpack the real challenges, pivotal decisions, and insights behind building and scaling a successful enterprise tech company. 00:00 - Introduction 00:52 - Dheeraj’s Early Life 04:15 - Leaving IIT & Taking...

💰How do VCs raise billions before they invest in startups? What happens behind the scenes when venture capitalists secure funding from Limited Partners (LPs)? 📌 Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction  2:45 - How Gautam Mago & Rahul Chowdhri Became VCs 4:55 - The Growth of India’s Startup & VC Ecosystem Over the Years 7:40 - How LPs Shape the Venture Capital Industry 12:08 - What VCs Look for in...

In this episode, Abhishek Kumar, co-founder & CEO of Mygate, takes us on the journey of building India’s largest community management platform. From spending a month working alongside security guards to understand their needs, to scaling Mygate to 25,000+ gated communities, Abhishek reveals the key decisions and insights that shaped their success. 🔥 What You’ll Discover: ✅ How Mygate’s found...

🔮 What does 2025 hold for Indian startups, venture capital, and innovation? In this special episode, Partners at Prime dive deep into the predictions and trends that will shape the world of Indian startups, venture capital, and sectors in 2025. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: 2025 Startup & VC Predictions 01:15 - Prime’s New Fund Launch & Global LP Interest 03:00 - Focus on Early-Stage...

✨ How did Indian startups conquer 2024? What’s next in AI, fintech, and EdTech? Find out in this special year-end podcast with Prime Venture Partners’ top voices: Sanjay Swamy, Amit Somani, Shripati Acharya & Brij Bhushan 🔥 What You’ll Discover:  #1 trend shaping startups in 2024 Why AI adoption is revolutionizing business across industries Is quick commerce hype or here to stay? How startup...

In this podcast episode, Amit Somani speaks to Brij Bhushan, Co-founder & Ex COO of Magicpin, India's #1 Local Savings App & 3rd largest food delivery startup.          Brij shares his extremely inspiring story going from a Tier 3 college to IIM Bangalore to building Magicpin to a 400 crore annual revenue company and being invested by Zomato.         In this conversation, he talks abo...

 In the latest episode of our podcast, we sit down with Gokul Rajaram - a Product Leader, Operator and Board member who has helped build seven of the largest tech companies globally - Google, Facebook, Square, DoorDash, Coinbase, Pinterest and Trade Desk.  He is popularly known as the 'Godfather of Google Adsense', here he grew it from zero to over $1 billion in revenue. Later, he founde...

 In this episode, we hosted a globally renowned and prolific guest Dr. Alok Aggarwal, founder, CEO, and Chief Data Scientist of Scry AI, the Author of the book "The Fourth Industrial Revolution & 100 Years of AI (1950-2050)" and an Inventor with 8 patents.  Dr. Aggarwal pioneered the concept of “Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)”, “co-founded” Evalueserve (4000+, employees), “found...

In this enlightening episode of the Prime Venture Partners Podcast, we delve into the transformative world of AI-powered healthcare monitoring with Gaurav Parchani, co-founder & CTO of Dozee.  As India’s 1st AI-based Contactless Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) & Early Warning System (EWS), Dozee is FDA cleared, has monitored 250 Billion+ Heart Beats and saved 14 Million Nursing Hours!  Doz...

Is culture really more important than strategy? We unpack this bold statement by diving deep into how to intentionally shape a startup's culture from day one.  In this critical episode, get practical tips from Shripati & Amit on aligning company values with daily behaviors, decision-making processes, and hiring practices. Learn why the first 18 months are crucial for setting the tone and...

In this #fintech special episode, we dive deep into the world of lending - our in-house investors Sanjay Swamy and Shivani Kulkarni discuss the massive $500 Billion Dollar Credit opportunity for entrepreneurs to leverage.  Why Lending? - #india is the 3rd largest Fintech ecosystem in the world (behind US, China); We have 10,000 fintech startups, in this pure-play lending startups are 2500 (25%)! -...

In this special episode, we hosted a very esteemed guest Dr. Pramod Varma, the Former Chief Architect Aadhaar, UPI, & India Stack, CTO EkStep Foundation, Co-Chair CDPI.dev, Co-Founder FIDE.org.  He played an integral role in architecting India’s digital health infrastructure, vaccination and immunization infrastructure (Co-WIN & DIVOC). He is the Co-Founder of FIDE, co-creator of the open...

In this special podcast episode, we talk about the massive AI opportunity - how it has evolved since the introduction of the first GPT models and what the future looks like and why we at Prime are super excited about it. Our in-house Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts Shripati Acharya and Pankaj Agarwal (Investments ‪@ PrimeVenturePartners‬) provide a comprehensive overview of the foundational t...

In this exciting new episode, Shripati Acharya spoke to Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera.  @coursera is the world's leading online education company with 148 million registered learners globally, 7000+ courses from the top 325+ universities and companies.  Jeff Maggioncalda joined Coursera as CEO in June 2017, he previously served for 18 years as the founding CEO at Financial Engines Inc.,...

In this exciting new episode, Shripati Acharyai spoke to Amit Dhakad -  a new-age entrepreneur building ‘Punch’, a single screen trading platform making options trading accessible and safe for young Indians. Amit provides a nuanced explanation of the mechanics of futures and options specifically for retail and individual traders. He emphasizes the appeal of options trading due to its lower capital...

In this podcast episode, we bring to you an exciting new episode on the IPL Ads of Niyo that went viral. Sanjay Swamy chats with Vinay Bagri, Co-Founder and CEO, Niyo who explains the backstory of each of the four (4) Ads for our viewers/listeners.  Ad 1: Zero = Hero (No Forex Markup)  | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVT35es28SY Ad 2: Trip Planned But No Visa? (Visa On Time, Every time) | https:...

Introducing Prime’s special series on ‘Fintech in India - Past, Present and the Future’. This is the 3rd episode titled ‘India Fintech 3.0 - UPI, Lending, Compliance, GenAI’ in a 3 part series. In this special series of episodes, Sanjay Swamy, our Managing Partner speaks with industry stalwarts Srikanth Rajagopalan and Anshul Rai. Srikanth is currently the CEO of Perfios Account Aggregation (AA),...

Introducing Prime’s special series on ‘Fintech in India - Past, Present and the Future’. This is the 2nd episode titled ‘India Fintech 2.0 - Wallets, E-commerce, Uber & PayTm’ in a 3 part series. In this special series of episodes, Sanjay Swamy, our Managing Partner speaks with industry stalwarts Srikanth Rajagopalan and Anshul Rai. Srikanth is currently the CEO of Perfios Account Aggregation...

Introducing Prime’s special series on ‘Fintech in India - Past, Present and the Future’. This is the 1st episode titled ‘India Fintech 1.0 -  Pre Aadhaar & Smartphones’ in a 3 part series. In this special series of episodes, Sanjay Swamy, our Managing Partner speaks with industry stalwarts Srikanth Rajagopalan and Anshul Rai. Srikanth is currently the CEO of Perfios Account Aggregation (AA), a...

In this special podcast episode, our in-house Gaming experts Shripati Acharya and Gaurav Ranjan (Investments @PrimeVenturePartners ) share everything about the ‘Gaming’ sector in India. They share deep insights on the current state, the future, game categories and what kind of companies Prime is excited to invest in.  Why is Prime bullish about the Gaming Market in India? No. of Gamers in India -...