Prime Venture Partners Podcast

In this podcast episode, Shivani Kulkarni (AVP, Investments @ Prime Venture Partners ) speaks to Nitin Agrawal (Founder & CEO @ Navadhan Capital), an IRMA graduate, a former CEO of Spandana Sphoorty and an inspiring leader passionate about rural India. Nitin highlights his journey from a lower middle class family in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to CEO of India's leading micro-finance organisat...

In this podcast episode, Amit Somani speaks to Gaurav Aggarwal the incredible Founder & CEO at Savaari Car Rentals who inspiringly led his company to be acquired by MakeMyTrip in 2023/2024.   Savaari is India's largest premier chauffeur driven inter-city car rental service with presence in 2000+ Indian cities. Gaurav is a resilient, poster boy of Indian Startup M&A success story. He h...

In this podcast episode, Amit Somani speaks to Mukesh Singh a.k.a Mukri (Founder of ZopSmart) a winner of the ‘Economic Times Comeback Kid Award Winner, 2023’.  Mukri is a maverick entrepreneur who has staged an unimaginable dramatic pivot shutting down a 70%-80% revenue business to focusing on a newer product based on market estimation and gut.  He talks about his inspiration from ‘Lego’ and ‘Int...

In this exciting new episode, Amit Somani spoke to Hemant Sahal -  a missionary entrepreneur solving a critical problem of digitizing Indian universities and institutions.  Hemant’s insights on the necessity for specialized enterprise software (SaaS) in education institutions are compelling, as he recounts his multifaceted experiences as a student, teacher, and administrator. These experiences sha...

In this podcast episode, Sanjay Swamy one of the first institutional investors in Bolt. Earth embarks on a reminiscent journey with Jyoti, as we uncover the story of India's most exciting EV charging startup.  Jyoti shares insights from audacious beginnings selling EV software solutions to Chinese manufacturers and how COVID helped them 'Make in India' for India launching the world&...

Unlock the secrets of India's electric vehicle (EV) revolution with our latest guest, Mohit Yadav, the co-founder of Bolt. Earth. Mohit breaks down the EV adoption race, showcasing how micro-mobility is taking the lead where two-wheelers and three-wheelers rule Indian roads with gadget-like features and smart integrations. He simplifies the EV charging infrastructure, decoding the convenience...

Welcoming 2024 with this exciting episode, we have our three partners Sanjay Swamy, Shripati Acharya and Amit Somani share their predictions and thoughts for what this leap year holds! If you’re a founder raising funds or even thinking of starting this year you must watch this conversation as hot topics such as '$20B dry powder, Unicorns, 70h/weeks, how to fundraise in 2024' and much mor...

On this special episode we have our three partners Sanjay Swamy, Shripati Acharya and Amit Somani discuss what happened in 2023 across the global and Indian startup ecosystem. They deep dive on GenAI, ChatGPT, the India Opportunity, ‘funding winter’ and many such themes that dominated the world of startups!  Listen to the podcast to learn more about: 00:00 - Preview of the Podcast 01:20 - ChatGPT...

Shripati Acharya , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners & Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners discuss BAD MATHS in the Startup world on this episode. Say goodbye to relying on "magical numbers" and instead focus on a thorough understanding of your market and customers for better results. We discuss key business metrics for growth, such as customer acquisition cost,...

Satya Chakravarthy Co-Founder  The ePlane Company in conversation with Shripati Acharya , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 04:00 - Entrepreneurship is About Solving a Problem 16:00 - Flying Taxis for City Travel 20:00 - Aviation Will Get Disrupted by Electrification 30:00 - Infrastructure & Defrastructure 33:20 - Startups in Engineering Colleges i...

Rahul Garg Founder Moglix in conversation with with Shripati Acharya , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 01:00 - B2B Commerce Needs to Transform like B2C commerce 05:30 - Opportunity to Become a Disruptor Globally 14:00 - Find What Customers Don't Want To Do 18:00 - How B2B Marketplaces differ from B2C Marketplaces 25:00 - The China Plus One Strat...

Tushar Vashisht , Co-Founder & CEO HealthifyMe with Shripati Acharya , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 01:30 - HealthifyMe Inspiration: Aadhaar & 100 Rupees a Day 07:00 - From Google Sheets to a Website to a Mobile App 13:00 - The Most Effective: Human, AI or Human+AI? 18:00 - Near Death Experiences in the Life of a Startup 27:00 - "Too...

Srinath Ravichandran , Co-Founder & CEO AgniKul with Shripati Acharya , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 03:30 - How AgniKul is Making Going to Space Easy 10:30 - Can Rockets also Shrink? 20:00 - How ISRO works with Indian Space Tech Startups 26:30 - Who will be the New Customers 35:00 - Think of Space as a Platform 42:00 - Many Exciting Opportuni...

Gaurav Singh Kushwaha , Founder & CEO Bluestone with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 03:00 - When Starting Up: Defensibility & Differentiation 11:00 - Online is Much More Than a Sales Channel 20:00 - First Click, Last Click: Building the Right Attribution Models 30:00 - Don’t Let Your Biases Define Your Metrics 35:45 - CAC/LTV Fa...

Jen Abel Co-Founder JJELLYFISH chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 01:30 - Early Stage Sales & PMF 11:00 - How to Discover Your Customer’s Problems 14:30 - The Product Doesn’t Drive Customer Discovery 16:00 - How to Run a Great Demo 21:00 - How to Think About Price Discovery 28:30 - Role of Marketing in the 0-1 stage 36:00 - 3...

Stephen Wunker Managing Director New Markets Advisors chats with Shripati Acharya , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Stephen is a frequent writer and speaker on how firms can create new growth platforms. His award-winning books include Capturing New Markets, Jobs to be Done , and Costovation. Listen to the podcast to learn about 02:00 - Jobs to be done for SaaS Companies 11:30 - How to Fi...

Prime Mailbag: A special episode for you where we answer your questions on startups and entrepreneurship. We have Amit Somani & Sanjay Swamy , Managing Partners Prime Venture Partners , answering your questions. And if you have a question that you'd like us to answer in next episode you can submit here Listen to the podcast to learn about 00:50 - Investing in Pre-Revenue Startups 06:00 -...

Piyush Shah Co-Founder InMobi and President & COO, Glance chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 06:00 - Inmobi’s Story of Survival and Scale 20:00 - How to Evaluate Persistence & Grit 27:30 - 100 People Who Operate Like Co-Founders 30:45 - Building Pro Sports Team & a Family 36:00 - Why Intent > Capability Click here...

Ganesh Balakrishnan Co-Founder Flatheads chats with Sanjay Swamy , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 05:00 - Ganesh's Early Entrepreneurial Journey from Momoe to Shopclues 13:00 - Why Ganesh launched Flatheads: Thesis & Insights 26:00 - Why Ganesh Applied to Shark Tank 31:00 - What's Next for Ganesh & Flatheads Click here to read the f...

Sanjay Swamy , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners in conversation with Shripati Acharya , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 02:00 - FinTech is a Gift That Keeps on Giving 07:00 - FLDG, The Regulator & The Regulated 10:00 - How to Partner with Banks 16:00 - Flow based lending & New Opportunities 25:00 - Opportunities in Infrastructure for Ba...

Prashant Tandon Founder 1mg chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 02:00 - Start Up When YOU Are Ready 08:00 - New Healthcare: From Doctor Centric to Patient Centric 13:15 - Acquiring Consumers in Healthcare 19:00 - Different Customer Segments in India 22:00 - Building a Digital Only Healthcare Company 24:15 - Be Very Clear About You...

Srikrishnan Ganesan Co-Founder & CEO Rocketlane chats with Shripati Acharya , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 01:30: Joining SaaS World: From B2C to B2B 08:00 - Analysing TAM: Is it a feature or a Company? 14:00 - When an MVP is Not Enough 20:00 - Reducing the Time to Wow 25:00 - Building a Community as a SaaS Business 32:30 - Working with Industr...

Ashmeet Sidana Founder & Chief Engineer, Engineering Capital chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 02:00 - The High Cost of Getting The Market Size Wrong 10:00 - When Should You Use Top Down Market Size 15:30 - Calculating Market Size: Precision Vs Accuracy 23:30 - Great Products Expand Markets 28:30 - Creating a Category is a C...

Arvind Parthiban CEO & Co-Founder SuperOps.ai chats with Shripati Acharya , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 01:00 - From Zoho to Zarget to Freshworks to SuperOps.ai 11:00 - Finding PMF: It’s About Predictability 18:30 - GTM: Answer These 2 Questions First 24:00 - SaaS Marketing: Lead Gen & Brand Building 33:00 - Why, When & How to work Wit...

Karthik Jayaraman , Co-Founder WayCool chats with Gaurav Ranjan , VP Investments Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 01:30 - Push-Led Supply Chain to Demand Led Supply Chain 10:00 - Role of Tech in Food Supply Chain 18:00 - Depth in One Category Vs Building Breadth 30:00 - Build in-house, Acquire or Use 3rd Party Service Providers? 35:00 - Solving Credit for Farmers 38:00...