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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BTS: India's Ozempic Paradox
For years, a single drug sat behind a patent wall – expensive, scarce and out of reach for most of the world.
And then, almost overnight, that w...
BTS: How Does Venture Capital REALLY Work?
For decades, a small group of people decided which companies would shape the future.
A pitch deck. A 30-minute meeting. A partner nodding across...
BTS: The Curious Case of Hindustan Motor's Ambassador Car
For 56 years, one car defined power in India.
A white car. A red beacon. A uniformed driver. And somewhere in the back seat, a politician, a bur...
BTS: How IPL Franchise Valuations Work
In January 2008, eight envelopes were opened in a Mumbai hotel ballroom. Each contained a bid for a cricket team in a league that hadn't played a sing...
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...