Prime Venture Partners: Early Stage VC Fund

Prime Venture Partners Podcast

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A podcast for entrepreneurs who are looking to build & grow their startups. Avoid common traps & learn uncommon strategies & tactics from makers & doers of startup ecosystem. Prime Ventures is a early-stage venture fund which focuses on startups that not only need capital but also require mentoring to transform them into disruptive companies. We share a passion for working closely with entrepreneurs and enjoy sharing their journey in a high-frequency, interactive and fun environment. Read more about us at http://primevp.in

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Prime Venture Partners: Early Stage VC Fund

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#66 Becoming a Social Entrepreneur & Creating Impact with GiveIndia Founder 2.0 & CEO Atul Satija 16.08.2021 34:47

Atul Satija , Founder 2.0 & CEO GiveIndia chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 0:50 – Atul’s inspiration to step into the development sector 7:20 – How social entrepreneurs track their progress 10:14 – Technology’s role in the development sector 15:15 – What can the for-profit sector learn from the non-profit sector? 19:30 – H...

#65 The Phenomenal Evolution of Indian Startups with Hitesh Oberoi MD & CEO Info Edge 30.07.2021 43:15

Hitesh Oberoi , CoPromoter MD and CEO Info Edge chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 00:50 – How the Internet landscape has evolved in India 08:45 – Fending off large global competition from Monster, Indeed and LinkedIn 14:00 – Learning from Info Edge’s other investments 21:00 – Specific things to look for while making investment...

#64 Shreyas Doshi on Minimum Lovable Product, Why Strategy is a Misunderstood Word & Benefits of Being Clueless 24.06.2021 54:55

Shreyas Doshi (Stripe, Twitter, Google, Yahoo) chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 04:00 - Address the problem not a problem: Customer Problem Stack Rank 11:30 - Incentives : "Products that prevent a decision maker from getting fired are going to get adopted very quickly." 15:30 – Build Part of the Product-Market Fit jour...

#63 Managing Growth and Profitability, Measuring Success & Building for the Future with Beerud Sheth CEO & Co-Founder Gupshup 25.05.2021 47:30

Beerud Sheth CEO & Co-Founder Gupshup chats with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:00 - Beerud's journey from IIT to Gupshup 04:20 - Founding story of Gupshup 15:00 - How to think about Growth & Profitability 25:00 - How to think about new technology and new future 32:00 - Building a team: Missionary Vs Mercenary 43:00 - Ho...

#62 Principles of Building Great Products with Julie Zhuo Former Design VP Facebook 26.04.2021 45:59

Julie Zhuo Former design VP Facebook & Co-Founder Sundial chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:20 - From an intern to VP design at Facebook 07:00 - Building for the user when you are no longer the user 14:00 - To Build or Not to build. How do you decide? 25:20 - Metrics are a proxy for the change that we want to see in the wo...

#61 Unlocking Growth with Positioning at Tech Startups With April Dunford Author of Obviously Awesome 02.04.2021 41:53

April Dunford Author - Obviously Awesome chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:00 - Discovering the Power of Positioning 06:10 - Positioning your Product in a Market Category 07:39 - How to Position Yourself Against a Giant 12:35 - How a Startup Should Think About Choosing a Niche 18:50 - Differentiating a Startup in a Crowded M...

#60 Vivek Sunder COO Swiggy on Hiring CXOs at Startups the Right Way ✅ & Winning Consumers with Multi Brain 🧠 Thinking 15.03.2021 45:06

Vivek Sunder COO Swiggy chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:00 - Why Join a Fast Paced Startup 05:45: Lessons Learned at P&G 07:15 - Successful Transition From an FMCG to a Startup 15:15 - The Right Time to Hire a CXO at a Startup 21:30 - How to Think About Customer Experience 30:00 - Multi-Brain Thinking When Tracking Metri...

#59 Mastering Innovation, Helping Customers Succeed & Work-Life Integration with Donna Wilczek SVP Product Strategy & Innovation Coupa Software 19.02.2021 42:55

Donna Wilczek SVP, Product Strategy and Innovation at Coupa Software chats with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:05 - Donna's journey from first job to SVP at Coupa Software 11:00 - Building a culture that attracts the right people and weeds out the misfits 15:40 - Adopting the mindset of a public company 21:15 - Signs of a mature...

#58 Leveraging Board Meetings, Positioning in a Crowded Market and Enjoying the Journey with Amar Goel Founder & Chairman PubMatic 12.02.2021 35:49

Amar Goel Founder & Chairman PubMatic chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 02:55 - How to Approach Your Entrepreneurial Journey 06:00 - What changed after PubMatic's recent IPO 09:30 - How to Position Yourself in a Crowded Market 14:00 - How to Convince Investors 18:00 - Getting the Most Out of Board Meetings 26:50 - Leverag...

#57 From Drop Shipping to Social Commerce: Opportunities For Entrepreneurs with Shopify's Vargab Bakshi, International Partnerships Lead 05.02.2021 37:13

Vargab Bakshi International Partnerships Lead, Shopify chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:15 - Vargab's Letter to Shopify's COO 04:30 - An Entrepreneurship Company: Empowering the Rebels 08:00 - How D2C brands can Become Successful 11:20 - The Power of Shopify's Platform & Community 13:30 - From DIY to DIFM...

#56 The Aadhaar Story: Digitising Billion+ Identities with Dr. Ram Sewak Sharma Former Chairman, TRAI 29.01.2021 35:24

Dr. Ram Sewak Sharma Former Chairman, TRAI chats with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 2:30 - Dr. Sharma's passion for technology and learning 7:20 - Why Aadhaar 12:22 - Working on one of most ambitious government project 24:58 - Leading world's largest vaccination drive 32:00 - Dr. Sharma’s advice to the youngsters Enjoyed...

#55 The Birth of Neobanking And Building A Programmable Money Layer for The Internet with Shamir Karkal Co-Founder & CEO Sila 22.01.2021 49:53

Shamir Karkal Co-Founder & CEO Sila chats with Sanjay Swamy , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 02:30 - How an email led to birth of Neo banking 12:30 - Building Simple: "We did everything wrong before we did everything right" 23:15 - Simple's not so simple acquisition journey 33:00 - Race of tech platforms and why India might emerge...

#54 Anshuman Bapna, Serial Entrepreneur on multiple pivots, acquisition process and dealing with tough times (Repost) 15.01.2021 24:39

Anshuman Bapna ex-CPO MakeMyTrip chats with Amit Somani Managing partner Prime Venture Partners . On this conversation, they chat how entrepreneurs can avoid hitting the wall when it comes to picking the startup idea, dealing with hard times, becoming transparent in communication with employees and investors, running the acquisition process and a lot more. Listen to the podcast to learn about 0:5...

#53 Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Co-Founder Naukri (Infoedge Group), on Customers, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Repost) 01.01.2021 26:43

Happy New Year. Reposting a gem from 2020. Sanjeev Bikhchandani Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Naukri chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . In this conversation, they discuss raising funds, customer insights, capital efficiency and international competition. Sanjeev Bikhchandani is the Co-Founder and the Vice Chairman of Info Edge, the owner of Naukri.com India’s larg...

#52 Scaling SaaS Products, Leveraging Partnerships & Qualitative Metrics with Krish Subramanian, Co-Founder & CEO Chargebee 25.12.2020 59:58

Krish Subramanian , Co-Founder & CEO Chargebee chats with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:20 - Chargebee's unique insights and 0-1 journey 08:00 - Aligning Pricing with customer success 11:30 - How Freemium helps in changing perception 13:00 - How to think about customer segments 16:00 - The $1-$5M phase 19:00 - Expanding in...

#51 A Serial Entrepreneur's Framework for Building Large SaaS Businesses with Bhavin Turakhia 18.12.2020 45:38

Bhavin Turakhia , serial entrepreneur Flock , Radix , Zeta chats with Sanjay Swamy , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about 01:00 - Computers, Computer Science & Entrepreneurship 04:40 - 20+ years Journey of Building Multiple Businesses 08:30: Bhavin's Template for Building SaaS Companies 19:00 - The Three Objective Measures Of Product Market Fit 23...

#50 Decoding Metrics For Early Stage Startups with Gaurav Ranjan VP Investments Prime Venture Partners 11.12.2020 24:20

On this episode we talk to Gaurav Ranjan , VP Investments at Prime Venture Partners about metrics for early stage startups. Listen to the podcast to learn about: 01:25 - Why early stage startups need to track metrics 03:30 - From gut based decisions to data driven decisions 05:30 - Two signals of a good metric 07:00 - Operating metrics Vs Fundraising metrics 09:45 - Things to consider when decidin...

#49 Fundamentals of Great Hiring: Boundaryless, Culture Fit & Trust with Abhijit Bhaduri 03.12.2020 36:51

Abhijit Bhaduri , ex Chief Learning Office Wipro chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . About Abhijit: Strategic advisor to business leaders and organisations in transition. Executive coach to leaders on building a culture that attracts talent necessary to drive growth. Rated among the top 10 learning experts globally. Clients range from Fortune 100 companies to startup...

#48 Thin-File Problem, Life of a Fintech User & Adjacent Opportunities with Ryan Graciano CTO & Co-Founder Credit Karma 26.11.2020 34:13

Ryan Graciano , Co-Founder & CTO Credit Karma chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:00 - Founding story of Credit Karma 08:20 - Acquiring first 100k customers 12:25 - Attach your message to something that is organically out there 14:00 - The Thin-File Problem 16:00 - The life of a fintech user on the internet 22:00 - Financi...

#47 Succeeding In A Highly Competitive Market with Sameer Nigam Founder & CEO PhonePe 19.11.2020 43:50

Sameer Nigam Founder & CEO, PhonePe chats with Sanjay Swamy , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:30 - Betting on opportunities 03:35 - Moment of Serendipity 05:00 - Smartest decision made 07:30 - Growth phases of UPI 10:30 - The most competitive sector in India 12:45 - Why PhonePe is succeeding 15:12 - Zero MDR 18:40 - Value Vs Cost 21:10 - Compe...

Special Episode: SaaS, Platforms, Fintech, Growth, Branding and more 12.11.2020 37:40

25 Guests 1 Episode A special episode on the podcast this week. On this episode we share with you nuggets from our first 25 episodes. Let us know which one is your favourite. Time stamp: 0:24 - Sachin Gupta , Co-Founder & CEO HackerEarth 1:28 - Nakul Shenoy , Mentalist & Mystery Entertainer 2:23 - Rajesh Magow , Co-Founder & Group CEO MakeMyTrip 3:35 - Sanjeev Bikhchandani , Co-Founder...

#45 Building Value SaaS Startups with Prasanna Krishnamoorthy Partner Upekkha Catalyst 05.11.2020 33:43

Prasanna Krishnamoorthy , partner Upekkha Catalyst chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . About Prasanna: Experienced CTO - 15 yrs Industry experience. Last 3yrs CTO at Microsoft Venture (largest accelerator in India). Prev: Product @ Amazon, Architect Elina Networks, Entrepreneur Listen to the podcast to learn about: 0:50 - What does Upekkha do? 02:50 - "You are t...

#44 Razorpay's Journey From a Small Startup to a Big Brand with Co-Founder and CEO Harshil Mathur 29.10.2020 32:30

Harshil Mathur , Co-Founder and CEO, Razorpay , chats with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Listen to the episode to learn about: 2:51- Razorpay's early days and original thesis 4:40- Why developer centric way to approach the market 9:12- Mistakes made and lessons learnt during early days 10:59- Maintaining the innovation spirit while scaling 14:59- The difficulty foun...

#43 Ajit Mohan Managing Director Facebook India on His Intrapreneurial Journey at Hotstar and Facebook's Vision For India 22.10.2020 30:48

Ajit Mohan , Vice President and Managing Director of Facebook India chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners. On this episode Ajit talks about his intrapreneurial journey at Hotstar and Facebook's Vision for India. Listen to the episode to learn about 1:42- Building Hotstar as an intrapreneur 4:46- New culture needs new heroes 8:24- Consumer marketing as a differentiat...

#42 Mohandas Pai on Massive India Opportunity, Market Potential and Leveraging Digital India. 15.10.2020 39:37

Mohandas Pai, Chairman Aarin Capital and Manipal Global Education chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners . Mohandas Pai is a Padma Shri Awardee and former CFO and Board Member at Infosys. He is also the co-founder of Akshaya Patra, the world's largest midday meal program. Mohan has served as the Chairman of the Board of SEBI, and is now a Board Member of the Nationa...