Tarun is the Co-founder & CEO at Ather Energy. He is also known as the Elon Musk of India for introducing EV scooters to the country. Ather is India's first smart and connected electric scooter, often referred to as the Tesla of two-wheelers in India. Ather is contributing to the growth of the EV ecosystem in India and inspiring the adoption of electric mobility. Timeline: 00:00 Top Moments 00:38 Intro to pod with Tarun Mehta 2:20 What was the founding story of Ather? 09:07 Who was the first...
May 17, 2023•34 min
Sheel is the GP at Better Tomorrow Ventures. Better Tomorrow Ventures is one of the top seed-stage fintech investors. They have backed companies like Unit, Chippercash, Flexport, Mercury, Ramp to name a few. Timeline: 00:00 Top moments. 00:48 Intro to pod with Sheel Mohnot 02:55 What led Sheel to angel investing and the founding story of Better Tomorrow Ventures? 06:15 How did Sheel determine the portfolio construction of his fund, including fund size and check sizes? 07:22 How was he able to so...
May 10, 2023•37 min
Aditya Virwani is the promotor and COO of Embassy Group. Embassy Group is one of the top 10 largest real estate developers in India. Timeline : 00:00 Top Moments 00:17 Intro to pod with Aditya Virwani 03:23 How was Aditya's environment growing up, and how it shaped him? 07:49 How did Aditya choose Real Estate? 11:53 What has been Aditya's current focus and his future aspirations? 17:08 How does Aditya keep himself updated with technology? 18:46 Evolution of real estate in India, future opportuni...
Apr 27, 2023•42 min
James Beshara is a founder, investor, and encourager. He has started a few startups, sold one (Tilt, acq by Airbnb), and has invested in a few multi-billion dollar companies in his career. He has written angel cheques into gusto, clubhouse, bolt, mercury, openAI, 50+. His portfolio companies have a market cap of $50Bn. Timeline : 00:00 Top Moments 00:38 Intro to pod with James. 02:18 How did James get into angel investing, and what made him do the fund? 05:44 What made James take such a bold and...
Apr 20, 2023•48 min
Ryan Hoover is the founder of the Weekend Fund. Weekend fund is an early stage fund that writes $100k - $300k cheques into early stage starups around the world across consumer and B2B. Weekend fund helps founders with product, community building, and GTM strategy alongside an LP collective of 350+ exceptional founders and operators. Ryan also founded ProductHunt. Timeline : 02:02 How did Ryan get into angel investing and what was the thought process behind staring weekend fund ? 03:46 How did Ry...
Apr 13, 2023•39 min
Ankit Mehrotra is the Co-founder and CEO of Dineout. He started Dineout in early 2012 and through multiple acquisitions over the last eight years, has grown Dineout’s portfolio to include both B2C & B2B services and has been successful in positioning it as the Largest Dining Out and Restaurant Tech Platform in India. Dineout was acquired by Swiggy, India's Largest On-Demand Delivery platform for $100M, in July 2022. Ankit also recently co-founded a celebrity-led fund called Da One Global Ven...
Apr 05, 2023•38 min
Naiyya Saggi is the Co- Founder & Board Member at the Good Glamm Group - India’s fastest-growing and largest content-to-commerce D2C house of brands and she also Founded BabyChakra - India’s most trusted parenting platform. Good Glamm Group is currently valued at $1.2Billion Timestamps : 00:00 Top Moments 00:25 Intro to pod with Naiyya 01:42 How was Naiyya’s early life and her experience in US? 04:49 Is she an intuition-driven person? 05:28 How was her experience at Harvard in consulting? 08...
Mar 29, 2023•29 min
Nitin Jain is the co-founder of OfBusiness and Oxyzo. OfBusiness is a new-age b2b commerce and fintech startup that provides smart procurement and smart financing solutions to SMEs through its tech-enabled platform. OfBusiness is currently valued at $5B. Timestamps : 00:00 Top moments 00:30 Intro to pod with Nitin Jain 01:49 How was your early life and what made you move back to India? 03:28 What was the founding story of Ofbusiness? 05:17 How did Nitin and his team navigate through the difficul...
Mar 22, 2023•23 min
Harsh Shah is the co-founder of Fynd. Fynd is India's largest omnichannel platform helping retail businesses accelerate growth. Fynd was acquired by Reliance in 2019. Harsh is a prolific angel investor. He has made over 60 investments till date. Timeline: 00:00 Top Moments 00:13 Intro to pod with Harsh 01:21 What drove Harsh to angel investing and what was his first angel investment? 05:18 How does Harsh source, pick, and win deals? 07:48 What triggers Harsh to invest? 10:21 What were his bigges...
Mar 15, 2023•29 min
Ranjan Kant is a co-founder of Arthmate. Arthmate is enabling entrepreneurs of emerging Bharat. He also co-founded Ofbusiness. Currently valued at $5B. And Ranjan is also a prolific angel investor. Timeline: 00:00: Top moments 01:45: What drove Ranjan to angel investment and what was his first angel investment? 03:33: How does Ranjan pick and win deals? 07:24: What cheque sizes does he write and what sectors that Ranjan invests in? 08:52: What are the biggest wins and misses for Ranjan and his l...
Mar 10, 2023•31 min
00:00 Top Moments 00:32 Intro to pod with Abhishek 01:38 What drove Abhishek to angle investing and what was his first angel investment 03:35 How does Abhishek source and win deals? 06:06 How does Abhishek evaluate deals and his trigger to invest? 08:57 Cheque sizes that Abhishek writes and sectors he invests in. 11:00 What's something he knows now he wishes he knew earlier? 12:40 Biggest wins and misses of Abhishek. 16:40 What is the founding story of Tracxn? 19:10 Abhishek's suggestion to some...
Mar 03, 2023•29 min
Rahul is Managing Director at Arkam Ventures, an early stage tech VC fund. Arkam portfolio includes incredible companies like SmallCase, Jaikisan, Jar, KrazyBee, Signzy, Jumbotail, BestDoc. 00:00 Top moments 00:33 Intro to pod with Rahul Chandra 02:20 Early life of Rahul and his move back to India. 11:00 Founding story and thesis of Arkam Ventures. 19:54 Some of Arkam’s investments and the thesis behind it 29:35 Advise for those that are thinking about moving back to India 32:20 If money and att...
Feb 22, 2023•41 min
Saurabh Garg is the co-founder of NoBroker. NoBroker is a revolutionary real estate platform that makes it easier to buy, rent or sell a home without paying any brokerage. It's a One-stop shop for the entire Real Estate journey. Saurabh is also a prolific angel investor 00:00 Top Moments 00:57 Intro to pod with Saurabh 02:20 What drove Saurabh to angel investing and his first angel investment. 06:24 Saurabh’s investing process. 09:56 Traits of a mediocre founder. 11:20 Industries that Saurabh in...
Feb 16, 2023•28 min
Anand Chandrasekaran Anand is a Partner at General Catalyst. In this role, he is focused on early-stage investing and leading the India/US practice across consumer, climate/agri, healthcare, software and crypto/fintech. Show Notes 00:00 Top Moments 01:03 Intro to pod with Anand Chandrasekaran 02:33 Anand’s journey of growing up in India and what made him move to the US. 07:08 Anand’s framework of moving back and his learnings while working at companies in India. 12:00 What drove Anand to angel i...
Feb 08, 2023•40 min
Arjun Vaidya is a D2C founder & investor. He built Dr. Vaidya’s to India’s largest Ayurveda brand online. Dr. Vaidya’s was recently acquired by RP Sanjiv Goenka Group – making it one of India’s first D2C exits. He now leads venture investing for V3 Ventures in India. Show Notes 00:45 Intro to pod with Arjun. 02:20 What drove Arjun to angel investing and his first angel investment. 04:45 Arjun’s investing process. 10:25 What are the traits of a mediocre founder? 12:40 What kept Arjun going af...
Jan 26, 2023•31 min
Apaksh is the co-founder of One Impression. One Impression is helping over 250 Enterprises and Fast-growing startups drive influencer-led campaigns Apaksh is also a prolific angel investor. Show Notes 00:35 Intro to the pod with Apaksh Gupta 02:16 What drew Apaksh to Angel Investing and his first angel investment. 04:06 Investing process of Apaksh. 10:02 Traits of a mediocre founder 12:16 Apaksh’s advice to someone who is starting to Angel Invest. 17:38 Biggest wins and misses of Apaksh. 22:41 W...
Jan 18, 2023•32 min
Ankur Warikoo Ankur is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor, author and one of India’s top content creators. His aim through his content is to make sure all the choices you make in life come from a point of awareness and not ignorance. Show Notes 00:00 Top Moments 00:42 Intro to pod with Ankur Warikoo 01:59 What drove Ankur into angel investing and what was his first angel investment 05:09 How Ankur does Ankur source deals and evaluates founders 07:52 What are the traits of a mediocre founder acc...
Jan 11, 2023•36 min
Prabhu is the co-founder of M2P. M2P builds a stronger infrastructure for the financial world. They are backed by one of the best investors globally. The likes of BeeNext, Insight Partners, Tiger Global to name a few Show Notes 00:00 Top Moments of the episode 00:14 Intro to the episode with Prabhu 01:33 What drove Prabhu to Angel Investing and his first angel investment. 06:19 How does Prabhu source deals and evaluate founders and his cheque sizes. 09:48 What are the traits of a mediocre founde...
Jan 04, 2023•37 min
Pratekk is an operator turned full-time operator-led fund manager. He is a passionate entrepreneur and Fintech Expert with over 18 years of multi Industry expertise. Show Notes 01:06 Intro to the pod with Pratekk Agarwaal 02:06 What drove Pratekk to angel investing and his first angel investment. 03:11 How does Pratekk build network and source deals. 05:08 Pratekk’s decision of either building one or enabling 100 others. 09:27 Prateek’s thought around high conviction of asset class. 12:50 Pratee...
Dec 21, 2022•39 min
Saahil is the Co-founder and CEO of Shiprocket. Shiprocket is India’s largest eCommerce enablement platform providing digital retailers an end-to-end customer experience platform. It is currently valued at $1.2 Billion dollars. Show Notes (01:57) Saahil’s journey from India to US and back to India and what made him move back. (11:06) Founding Story of Shiprocket, its current status, and the way forward (26:31) Frameworks used by Saahil (34:00) Saahil’s advice for folks thinking about moving back...
Dec 14, 2022•44 min
Mohit Sadaani is the co-founder of The Moms Co. India's largest D2C Exit. He is also an active operator investor. Show Notes (01:07) Intro to pod with Mohit Sadaani (02:20) What drove Mohit into Angel Investing (05:43) Who was the first angel investor in Moms Co. (06:16) How does Mohit source deals and evaluate founders. (09:49) Mohit’s cheque sizes and industries he is interested in. (11:17) Importance of having operator angels on the cap table (14:44) Stories behind Mohit’s angle investing. (1...
Dec 07, 2022•28 min
Co-Founder & President of CarDekho. CarDekho is India's No. 1 Auto Tech Platform. Umang is also an active angel investor. Show Notes 01:09 Intro to 1947 Operators pod with Umang Kumar 02:20 What drove Umang to Angel Investing and his first angel investment 03:38 How does Umang evaluate founders 06:48 Questions asked by Umang to get insights into the founders 09:49 Industries of Interest of Umang and the bandwidth of cheque sizes he writes. 12:30 Stories of Big wins of Umang. 15:20 Stories fr...
Dec 01, 2022•36 min
Hemant is partner at Lightspeed India and also happens to be a poet who excels at math. Before joining Lightspeed, Hemant worked at a16z, Google and AMD. Show Notes (00:41) Intro to the episode with Hemant Mohapatra (02:24) Hemant’s early life in India (03:46) Why did Hemant decide to move back to India and his framework (10:40) How Hemant’s perspective about India has changed in the past 4 years (23:45) How are Indian founders different from the founders in US (26:16) Something that Hemant has ...
Nov 23, 2022•43 min
Karan Mohla is Currently Partner and Head of India and SEA for early-stage investments at B Capital Group. Previously he was a Partner at Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures India) and his investments included FirstCry, HealthifyMe, CropIn, Xpressbees, and Bounce among others. Show Notes 00:46 Intro To Karan Mohla 01:43 Early life journey in India and moving back to India after being in the US 10:48 Key learnings of Karan Mohla from his investing experience 18:58 Karan’s views on India’s st...
Nov 16, 2022•42 min
Mati Giglio is the co-founder of Even. One subscription to cover all your healthcare needs They are backed by some of the world's leading investors including Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund. Mati is also an active operator angel investor. Show Notes 01:11 Intro to the episode with Mati 02:31 What drove Mati into angel investing. 05:19 First few believers in Even and operator angels that helped with the company building 09:53 Stories of some investments by Mati and learnings from the misses 14:...
Nov 10, 2022•36 min
Rohit MA is the Co-Founder and Director of Cloudnine group of Hospitals - India’s leading maternity, women, and child care service hospitals. Cloudnine has recently filed for public listing. To increase his impact, he is starting a new journey with PeerCapital. PeerCapital is an early-stage tech-first multi-sector venture capital fund. Show Notes 01:12 Intro to the podcast with Rohit MA 02:45 What drove Rohit into angel investing and what was his first angel investment 09:19 First believer in Ro...
Nov 03, 2022•45 min
Madhu is the co-founder of M2P. M2P builds a stronger infrastructure for the financial world. They are backed by one of the best investors globally. The likes of BeeNext, Insight Partners, Tiger Global to name a few Show Notes 01:12 Intro to Madhusudanan R co-founder of M2P 02:15 What drove Madhu to Angel Investing and what was his first Angel Investment 04:33 Who was the first believer in Madhu and M2P 06:00 How operators angels can fundamentally move the needle for you 09:05 How Madhu evaluate...
Oct 20, 2022•35 min
Shashank Kumar is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Razorpay. Razorpay is India’s first full-stack financial solutions company. They are backed by one of the best investors globally and are currently valued at $7.5B. Show Notes 00:39 Intro to Shashank Kumar and Razorpay 03:28 Shashank’s story of growing up in India 08:40 Shashank’s experience in the US 13:25 What led to the foundation of Razorpay 19:12 The story that led to the idea of Razorpay 22:07 Shashank’s conversation with his father...
Oct 11, 2022•40 min
JD Kanani is the Co-Founder of Polygon. A global, sustainable web3 infrastructure on Ethereum. Polygon is one of the most valued web 3 projects globally. Show Notes 01:06 Intro to JD Kanani and Polygon Technology 02:33 JD’s First Angel Investment 04:48 How does JD pick deals and evaluate founders while investing. 12:07 What JD thinks of Twitter. 14:00 JD’s First angel investor. 17:08 Policies JD would like to see implemented for Web3 in India. 20:38 What JD is super obsessed about lately. 27:20 ...
Sep 23, 2022•33 min
Aakrit Vaish Aakrit Vaish is the Co-Founder & CEO of Haptik. Haptik is a part of the Reliance Jio family now. Aakrit is also a prolific operator investor. He has backed companies like Unacademy, Pepper Content, India gold, and 70+ more. Show Notes What drove him into angel Investing and what was his first investment (2:12) His advice to operator investors on how to go about angel investing (6:00) How does Aakrit evaluate founders (11:25) Outside of capital what motivates him to invest in oth...
Sep 12, 2022•36 min
