The Desi VC with Akash Bhat
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The Desi VC with Akash Bhat
The Desi VC, hosted by Akash Bhat, is an award-winning podcast featuring conversations with top investors & founders on trends, insights, and personal/success stories in the India-US startup ecosystem. Our purpose: As an immigrant in the US with deep roots in India, Akash explores the parallels...
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E155: How 2016 US Election Inspired a Billion Dollar Startup | Abhishek Agrawal (CEO, Material Security)
In 2016, Russian hackers broke into John Podesta’s Gmail during the US election. That single breach exposed how vulnerable email really is – and it di...
E154: Why India Is THE Leading Emerging Market for Public Investing | Kevin Carter (Founder & CIO, EMQQ Global)
Kevin Carter is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global, a San Francisco based investment management and research firm focused on provid...
E153: 7 Exits in 10 years – How To Win US Market | Arun Penmetsa (Partner, Storm Ventures)
Arun Penmetsa is a Partner at Storm Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on Enterprise software companies. He invests primarily in Sa...
E152: Near Bankruptcy to $250M ARR | Rohan Nayak (CEO, Pocket FM)
Rohan Nayak is the Co-founder & CEO of Pocket FM, a company redefining audio storytelling for the world.
While we’ve recently been publishing vi...
E151: Leaving VC to Build an AI Startup | Brij Bhasin (Rebright VC / Snow Mountain AI)
Brij Bhasin is a longtime investor turned founder and the co-founder & CEO of Snow Mountain AI, a company focused on automating business processes in...
E150 - "Build Companies Not Products" | Pramod Gosavi (Blumberg Capital)
Pramod is a Senior Principal at Blumberg Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in leading Seed and Series A rounds. The firm is ba...
E149 - From Amazon Engineer to IPO: The HyreCar Story | Anshu Bansal
Anshu Bansal is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He co-founded Hyrecar, a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that allows anyone to rent...
E148 - The Ultimate Founder-Led-Marketing Playbook | Aquibur Rahman (CEO, Mailmodo)
Aquibur Rahman is the Co-founder and CEO of Mailmodo, an interactive email marketing software that helps marketers create app-like experiences in emai...
E147 - Tips for B2B Enterprise Founders | Yousuf Khan (Ridge Ventures)
Yousuf Khan is a Partner at Ridge Ventures, a seed and Series A stage venture fund investing in enterprise and B2B startups. With a deep understanding...
E146 - Inside a $1.1B Deep Tech, Cross-Border Fund 🚀 | Sriram Viswanathan (Founding Managing Partner, Celesta Capital)
We had the privilege of hosting Sriram Viswanathan, Founding Managing Partner of Celesta Capital. Based in San Francisco, Celesta Capital is a global,...
E145 - Built & Sold 2 Companies & Now Manages $350M AUM Fintech Fund | Sheel Mohnot
In this episode, we sit down with Sheel Mohnot, co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV), a San Francisco-based $350M AUM fund that leads pre-...
Trailer: We're now on video!
After 150 audio-only episodes on Spotify & Apple Podcasts, The Desi VC is finally stepping into the world of video! The first video episode drops on J...
E144: Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl (Founder & Managing Partner, Eternal Capital)
Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl is the Founder & Managing Partner at Eternal Capital, a 120-crore fund investing in transformative startups across technology, heal...
E143: Dhirendra Mahyavanshi (Co-founder & CEO, Turtlemint)
Dhirendra Mahyavanshi is the Co-Founder of Turtlemint, an online insurance platform backed by Nexus Venture Partners, Peak XV, Jungle Ventures, GGV Ca...
E142: Archana Jahagirdar (Managing Partner, Rukam Capital)
Archana Jahagirdar is the founder and managing partner of Rukam Capital, to find out. Set up in 2019, the Delhi-based venture capital firm invests in...
E141: Anshuman Singh (Co-Founder of Scaler)
Anshuman Singh is the Co-founder of Scaler, an edtech company designed to upskill college graduates and young software engineers in advanced compute...
E140: Sagar Kochhar (Co-founder & CEO, Eatsure, Rebel Foods)
Sagar Kochhar is the Co-founder of Rebel Foods, and CEO of Eatsure. After completing his engineering degree from NIT Kurukshetra and an MBA from SCMHR...
E139: Karthik Prabhakar (Managing Partner, PeerCapital)
Karthik Prabhakar is the Managing Partner at PeerCapital, an early-stage investment fund in India focused on seed to Series A rounds. Karthik has...
E138: Aditya Nambiar (Co-founder, Fennel AI)
Aditya Nambiar is the co-founder of Fennel, a modern feature engineering platform that enables you to author, compute, store, serve, monitor, and...
E137: Mayuresh Raut (Managing Partner, Seafund)
Mayuresh Raut is the Co-founder & Managing Partner of Seafund, investing in pre-Series A startups in India with investments in companies such as Wigzo...
E136: Swati Bhargava (Co-founder, CashKaro.com)
Swati Bhargava is the Co-Founder of CashKaro.com, India’s largest Cashback & Coupons site, backed by Kalaari Capital, Korea investment partners and Af...
E135: Anish Achuthan (Co-founder & CEO, Open Financial Technologies)
Anish is the Co-founder and CEO of Open, a neo-banking platform which provides business banking services to SMEs and startups. With over 17 years in t...
E134: Edul Patel (Co-founder & CEO, Mudrex)
Edul Patel is the Co-founder & CEO of Mudrex, a crypto exchange platform on a mission to democratize investing, with its primary goal being to make cr...
E133: Navin Honagudi (Managing Partner, Elev8 Venture Partners)
Navin Honagudi is the Managing Partner at Elev8 Venture Partners, an India-focused $200M Growth-stage fund. Elev8 focuses on Series B and C rounds of...
E132: Sanket Shah (Co-founder & CEO, invideo)
Sanket Shah is the Founder of invideo, an AI-powered video creation platform for creators, boasting over 25 million users worldwide. As a trusted lead...
E131: Ashok Hariharan (CEO, IDfy)
Ashok is the Co-founder and CEO of IDfy, an online fraud detection and identity platform that provides background verification services to banks and f...
E130: Rajiv Srivatsa (Partner, Antler India)
Rajiv Srivatsa is a Partner at Antler India, one of the most active early-stage venture capital firms. Prior to Antler, he co-founded Urban Ladder, an...
E129: Shwetank Verma (Co-founder & Managing Partner, Leo Capital)
Shwetank Verma is the co-founder of Leo Capital, a venture capital fund investing in companies inIndiaand South East Asia. Recent investments include...
E128: Prayank Swaroop (Partner, Accel)
Prayank Swaroop is a Partner at Accel, and joined the firm in 2011.
He focuses on cybersecurity, developer tools, marketplaces, and SaaS investm...
E127: Priya Saiprasad (General Partner, Touring Capital)
Priya Saiprasad is a General Partner at Touring Capital, a fund investing in enterprise-focused AI powered global startups. She co-founded Touring aft...
E126: Rohit Bansal (Co-founder, Snapdeal)
Rohit Bansal is the Co-founder Snapdeal, one of the largest online marketplaces in India. The company has raised over $1.7B from eBay, Kalaari Capital...
E125: Shubham Goel (Co-founder & Co-CEO, Affinity)
Shubham Goel is the Co-foudner and Co-CEO of Affinity, a relationship intelligence platform for dealmakers. The company has raised over $120M in fundi...
E124: Sumeet Mehta (Co-founder & CEO, LEAD)
Sumeet Mehta is the co-founder and CEO of LEAD, an edtech company helping digitize and transform affordable private schools to better serve students f...
E123: Sankar Bora (Co-founder & COO, Dealshare)
Sankar Bora is the Co-founder & COO, Dealshare, a social ecommerce startup in India, that has raised close to $400M in venture money from marquee inve...
E122: Aloke Bajpai (Co-founder & CEO, ixigo)
Aloke Bajpai is the Co-founder and CEO of ixigo.com a platform that aggregates and compares real-time travel information, prices and availability for...
E121: Rajat Tandon (President, IVCA)
Rajat Tandon is the President of IVCA, India's apex body representing the interests of PE/VC industry, Real estate, Infrastructure and Credit funds, L...
E120: Rohit Sood (Partner, Bertelsmann India Investments)
Rohit Sood is the Partner at Bertelsmann India Investments (BII), an investment firm that invests in companies in the digital, education, media, and s...
E119: Saurabh Saxena (Co-founder, Vedantu & Power Club)
Saurabh Saxena is a serial edtech entrepreneur who has co-founded Lakshya, Vedantu and Power Club (previously known as Uable). He has been an educator...
E118: Nandini Mansinghka (CEO, Mumbai Angels)
Nandini Mansinghka is the CEO of Mumbai Angels, an investment firm that now operates under the 360 One umbrella. She came on board as the third Co-Fou...
E117: Dr. Pankaj Jethwani (EVP, W Health Ventures)
Dr. Pankaj Jethwani is the Executive Vice President at W Health Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build t...