AISECT - India’s leading Social Enterprise that is working in the areas of Skill Development, Higher Education, Financial Inclusion, e-Governance, and other ICT-based services to bring about an inclusive change in the semi-urban and rural areas of the country. The Bhopal-headquartered organization has been untiringly reaching out to the country's remotest corners to empower people, generate employment for the youth, and unfold entrepreneurial initiatives since I985. · AISECT has created 15000 Ru...
Jan 19, 2022•38 min
Wonderla Holidays Ltd., India’s largest Amusement park chain operates three amusement parks in Kochi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and a resort at Bangalore named ‘Wonderla Resort’ Mr. Arun K. Chittilappilly, Managing Director of the Company, is armed with Masters in Industrial Engineering from Industrial Research Institute of Swinburne University (IRIS), Melbourne, Australia. He has been a key architect of Wonderla Holidays and has been actively involved in strategizing and conceptualizing the Wonderla...
Jan 10, 2022•40 min
Mahabelly is a specialty restaurant serving authentic Kerala cuisine located at DLF Avenue Saket, New Delhi & Gurgaon. Thomas Fenn is an Economics graduate from St Stephen's College and has worked as an Analyst with an infrastructure consultancy for two years before handling Operations, Marketing & Business Development for the Stellar Children's Museum, Ambience Mall Gurgaon since its inception in 2012. He co-founded Mahabelly with Zachariah Jacob and Prem Kiran in March 2015. Thomas is ...
Dec 02, 2021•48 min
Decimal Technologies, award-winning applications such as Kotak 811, AU Abhi and Aditya Birla Payments application, and banks such as IndusInd Bank, Deutsche Bank use solutions developed by the company. They recently launched Saarathi, a pioneering, one-of-a-kind lending marketplace, specializing in digital transformation of loan files. The AI-based product enables hassle-free, paperless digitalization of multiple financial products such as loans, credit cards and insurance on one platform. Saara...
Nov 11, 2021•54 min
GoKwik - an e-commerce enablement company, on a mission to democratize the shopping experience and increase GMV realization for e-commerce businesses. Founded in the post-pandemic era, GoKwik is easy to integrate (plug and play) and leverages AI/ML to solve merchant-first problems, including the return to origin (RTO) and cash on delivery (CoD) conversion rates for e-commerce players as well as direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. Vijay Sandilya leads the Checkout Product at GoKwik eCommerce solutio...
Nov 02, 2021•38 min
Swagat Sarangi, Co-Founder, Smytten Swagat has over 17 years of experience across various industries - Internet & Technology, FMCG, Management consulting, Oil & Gas, and IT. Before Co-founding Smytten, he headed the Business Marketing vertical at Google. In the formative years of his career, he has worked as a Consultant at McKinsey and Customer Services Manager at Unilever. He has wealth of experience in varied fields such as Product Marketing, Brand & Communication, Digital Marketi...
Oct 26, 2021•44 min
Company Profile: Reynolds India, a brand owned by Newell brands, has been a household name in India for the last 40 years. It is one of the most well-known and respected stationery brands, trusted by generations. This is the result of a history of consistent quality products that deliver on key performance metrics and a good user experience. Reynolds has a strong portfolio of well-known brands including 045, Trimax, Brite, Racer, and Jetter proving solutions for all writing occasions. Spokespers...
Oct 12, 2021•35 min
About Gilded: Gilded offers an easy, cost-effective platform for buying, holding, selling, and sending digital gold for long-term savings via a mobile app. The company also provides a modern and innovative way to gift gold and send funds in the form of digital gold across borders. Gilded provides the highest level of safety, security, and trust in the gold business. Gold purchased through Gilded meets the highest standards, being Swiss refined, of 0.9999 fineness and compliant with all London Bu...
Oct 09, 2021•47 min
Adam is a seasoned executive with a history of launching and growing successful businesses. At the age of 19, he founded and ran a successful Chinese textile export business called China2. Over the next 6 years, Adam worked with over 30 factories, establishing and growing markets in the Middle East, North America and EU. During this time, Adam also founded SeekSource Solutions, an online company that aggregates Chinese real-estate listings from over 200 websites. Beyond start-ups, Adam’s held se...
Sep 14, 2021•50 min
Sasha Mirchandani is Managing Director and Founder of Kae Capital and Co-founder Mumbai Angels. Previously, he was at Blue Run Ventures as Managing Director for the India operations. Before joining Blue Run Ventures he was CEO and Founder of Imercius Technologies. Earlier he was at Mirc Electronics (Onida) where he was Head of Corporate Affairs and new business. His investments include Inmobi, Healthkart,1Mg, Myntra, Porter and Fractal Analytics. Sasha sits on the Boards of Hathway Cable and Dat...
Sep 14, 2021•58 min
BIC Cello, the manufacturer of Cello pens, is India’s market leader for writing instruments in India. The company focuses on developing innovative new products and ink flow systems, delivering significant value to the writing experience of the customers. BIC Cello’s expanded portfolio now includes a range of world-class products including permanent markers, whiteboard markers, colour markers, mechanical pencils, roller pens, fountain pens and office and school stationery products. The company se...
Aug 31, 2021•30 min
Slurrp Farm, a brand that is driven by a strong vision of providing healthy snacks and mealtime options for young children and adults via reviving the use of super grains. Slurrp Farm, through its innovative portfolio of millet, ragi and oats based packaged food products (devoid of preservatives, artificial flavors and colors) has been successfully contributing towards inculcating healthy eating habits among children and adults alike. The idea of Slurrp Farm ( https://slurrpfarm.com/ ) was conce...
Aug 21, 2021•33 min
Since its inception in 2012, High Street Essentials Pvt. Ltd., has emerged as one of India’s leading Omni channel fashion houses. Aimed at the modern Indian woman, the company has two brands under its wing. While FabAlley is a rapid fashion brand for western apparel and accessories, Indya presents a distinctive line of modern Indian wear. The company’s latest offerings are Earthen by Indya and Indya Skin Care. All have an inimitable style signature and are attuned to the women of today.
Aug 04, 2021•41 min
Ankit Prasad- Co-Founder and CEO, Bobble AI Ankit Prasad founded Bobble AI; backed by 18 reputed angel investors, SAIF Partners - one of the largest VC in India, and Xiaomi - India's No. 1 Smartphone brand. He works along with Bobble AI team on cutting edge technology to make internet experience smarter on devices. Most recently and notably, Ankit was honoured on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 List among a few other popular millennials. Besides this, he is also recognized in "BW 40 Under 40" list,...
Jul 24, 2021•43 min
Arata - a community-led lifestyle brand with an entire ecosystem built around the core philosophy of clean formulations, responsible practices, and sustainability. The company sells all-natural, plant-based, vegan, and chemical-free unisex skin and hair care products for the “ Generation-Clean ”. The brand believes in the customers’ right to honesty and transparency in personal care and fully discloses all ingredients and formulations. Arata has been selling its products online across various ma...
Jul 18, 2021•45 min
Sid Talwar Partner, Lightbox Sid is a co-founder and partner at Lightbox. He moved to India in 2001 to found Evolv, a vocational training company funded by Singapore Technologies. Over 6 years, Sid grew Evolv to 300 employees training and assessing over 20,000 people a year across 200 cities in South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East. In 2007, he eventually sold it to NIIT – Asia’s largest training company. He worked with NIIT for 3 years heading Evolv as well as Litmus and Uniqua (NIIT's fora...
Jul 18, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Floating Canvas Company is an art and design based startup that offers solutions in the space of interior decor, public art and street furniture. Interior Decor: Floating Canvas Company ( www.floatingcanvas.co ) offers curated digital art, photographs, limited edition prints, paintings and mixed media art by exciting contemporary artists that can be availed in 3 easy ways. 1. SUBSCRIBE: Bring home an artwork for as little as Rs. 90/month. Earn a Free Switch every 6 months. 2. BUY NOW: Love somet...
Jul 07, 2021•53 min
Bharat Singhal, a retail designer by profession made a switch to entrepreneurship early in his career by creating a coffee brand called Bili hu coffees. At Bili hu coffees they work with plantations across Chikmagalur, Karnataka and curate coffees for some of the leading hotels, restaurants and cafes across the country and are now also retailing direct to consumer via their website www.Bilihu.in
Jul 06, 2021•36 min
Having pulled together the team over the last five years, Sandeep is the one responsible for keeping the machine moving as one. As an early investor in InMobi and InfoEdge, two of India's billion dollar technology companies, Sandeep Murthy is one of the builders of India's Internet economy. And he hasn't just seen the highs and lows play out as an investor, but actually roughed it out in operational roles including one as the CEO of Cleartrip in 2006 for three years. A dreamer from the start, wh...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 23 min
About Emoha Elder Care Founded in January 2019, Emoha Elder Care is a technology powered community-based comprehensive platform enabling elders to age with grace and relevance. The platform acts as a gateway for elders to stay safe, secure and engaged while in their homes. Emoha Elder Care is spearheaded by a team of professionals with extensive experience in the elder care industry across geographies. It is anchored by Lumis Partners - an Operating Investment firm that partners with organizatio...
Jun 26, 2021•35 min
About Bakstage Bakstage is a fun casual space for people to interact with real people via audio conversations. You can talk or join conversations about various topics like movies, shows, sports, tech, news, finance, social causes, politics, etc. Bakstage brings fans, celebrities, personalities, brands, influencers into one space and connects them via live audio conversations. About FLYX FLYX is the first streaming social network that helps users find what to watch and where to watch, through the...
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr
Orfium Orfium is the only rights management technology business that brings a deep data engineering approach to solving the industry's royalty collection issues. Every rightsholder has different needs. Whether you are a publisher, production music catalog, record label, distributor, collection society, aggregator, or all-of-the-above, our evergrowing team of engineers will find the solution that works best for you. Michael Petychakis He studied at the National Technical University in Athens, com...
Jun 16, 2021•45 min
TRUSTDOCK Launched in Tokyo in 2018, TRUSTDOCK is already the most trusted name in KYC in Japan, having verified over 3 million identities to date for clients such as Transferwise, Twilio, and Yahoo!. With backing from Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Mizuho Capital, and SMBC Venture Capital, Sony Innovation Fund, and 500 Startups, TRUSTDOCK is now beginning its global expansion alongside scaling its Japan business. Through TRUSTDOCK'S comprehensive digital ID verification API platform, companies seamles...
Jun 16, 2021•38 min
Rishabh has always been passionate about taking the ideas of India to the world. During and immediately after college, he travelled over 26 countries as the Country Head of India and then as a member of the Global Leadership Team of AIESEC, a global youth leadership development organisation with thousands of members in over 120 countries. During these travels, the appreciation for yoga, Indian cuisine, and other prominent aspects of Indian culture were abundantly apparent to him, as to anybody e...
May 28, 2021•53 min
Spaceman Spirits Lab is creating a unique range of progressive craft beverage brands and is also building India's first ever community of mixologists, distillers and brand experts. Through the Spaceman Spirits Lab platform, anyone interested in the AlcoBev space can find a tailored solution to acquire experiential learning, experiment at a product level as well as scale their products to a commercial business. Spaceman Spirits Lab's maiden product, Samsara, a contemporary style Gin has received ...
May 28, 2021•34 min
Vithika Yadav is a Member of the Condom Alliance, a group of India’s most prominent condom manufacturers and marketers. The Alliance was established in 2019 and since then has been focusing on addressing the issues that hinder the use of condoms as a contraceptive and the underlying need to improve reproductive health in the country. Vithika is also the Head of Love Matters India and currently leads the award winning Project Love Matters, which is the first ever website in India to give complete...
May 19, 2021•42 min
Courage of conviction: Kanwal’s journey in three words! Moving on from an exponentially successful fund he helped build, to starting his own, and making some golden investments in between Kanwal’s journey has been unlike any other. Kanwal gives us a generous deep dive into the values, thought processes, and consistent actions that help him navigate the consumer brand space. We talk about trends, tech, the illusion of unicorns, the importance of knowing your market and its vernacular needs, and b...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Alice Helme, director at CAARA, grew up on a farm in Wiltshire UK and attended Ballymaloe cookery school in Ireland. Both provided me with a passion for farm to fork, quality ingredients at the heart of all cooking. CAARA.COM is a multifaceted food company with restaurants, cafes, catering and a home delivery service. During COVID we’ve started online cookery classes which is an exciting new direction.
May 14, 2021•39 min
Siddhant Bhalinge is the Founder and CEO of Ugaoo – India’s premier plant company and gardening store. Armed with his Landscape Architecture degree from Cal Poly, Siddhant made a foray into the Indian entrepreneur scene in 2016 with the aim to introduce the Indian consumer to the plant world. With Ugaoo, he has created a niche brand, specialising in indoor and low-maintenance plants, that has made plants more accessible to the millennials. Ugaoo was born on the premise that plants add value to l...
May 13, 2021•56 min
Vino Jeyapalan is the Founder and CEO of Kabo Fresh Dog Food , a fresh dog food brand that uses data about your dog to deliver healthy and customized diets directly to your doorstep. Twin brothers, Vino and Vijay Jeyapalan, wanted to provide healthier dog food options after seeing the increase in dog food recalls driven by top brands in the market. Since launching in 2019, Kabo has scaled to over $3M ARR and is the largest fresh dog food brand in Canada. Prior to entering the world of dog food, ...
May 06, 2021•47 min
