How many buyout investors do you know who quit their enviable high paying jobs to start their venture? A former Blackstone investor, today, Sambhav talks about building Intract: a one-stop SaaS solution for marketers of D2C brands to solve their customer retention problem. He also tells us what were the micro-events in his life that led him to eventually startup. For the first time, we play an interesting game called "Will you invest" with Sambhav in which we test his investing skills in the pri...
Mar 06, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Meet Sophiya Khan (Investor at Accel - world's leading VC firm), in a conversation with Aseem Mehra on Buyside Hippies podcast! On the podcast, Sophiya talks about what it takes to crack the Venture Capital interviews. Further, she also shares some interesting insights on the Indian VC landscape along with talking about her dynamic day-to-day job. Sophiya's profile: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiya-k... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophiyak/ Recommended preparation material ...
Feb 13, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Mailmodo is a unique SaaS platform that is changing the way marketeers are engaging with their customers through interactive emails. Backed by the legendary VC fund Sequoia Capital, Aquib and his dedicated team at Mailmodo are the pioneers in the AMP email space. In the podcast, Aquibur Rahman talks about starting up, the future of emails, studying at Super 30 for IIT JEE under the famous professor, Mr. Anand Kumar, and more! Aquibur Rahman's profile: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aquibu...
Oct 17, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Mabel Chacko is a serial entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience in the financial technology space and the founder of multi-million dollar startup - Open (https://www.bankopen.co/). Backed by Tiger Global and 3one4 Capital, Open is Asia's leading "Neo Bank". However, it was not all champagne and roses to start with for her. In the podcast, she covers her aspirational journey, some key learnings coming out of past setbacks while giving us a glimpse of what the future of Fintech looks like in th...
Aug 29, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Apoorva's journey is truly aspirational. An IIT Kanpur alumni, Apoorva is all set to be part of investment team of Insight Partners (world's leading technology focussed PE fund - https://www.insightpartners.com/ ) in India. He started his career in an operations role at the Indian conglomerate, ITC, before pivoting to take up an investing role in the esteemed impact fund - Omidyar Network India. Apoorva Goyal's profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apoorvago... Time codes: 0:00 - Introduction 0:5...
Jul 17, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Tanishq is currently building Skyber - focused on building a useful; a useful Saas offering for small businesses across India. An NMIMS BBA dropout, he started his first business when he was 15, right out of school. From working in the surveillance industry to learning graphic designing, Tanishq has done it all. Today, we have him on the podcast to understand his unconventional journey. Tanishq Ambegaokar's profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanishqambegaokar/ Timecodes: 0:06 - Introduction 1:...
Jul 10, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Saumya is the Co-founder of AgriTech startup called Kheyti - which helps farmers in India gain a steady, dependable income through its “Greenhouse-in-a-Box”, a low-cost greenhouse kit bundled with financing and market linkage services. In the podcast, Saumya takes us through her incredible journey, from leaving IB, starting up, getting the prestigious Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management MBA, paying off student loan and more. PS: Saumya is currently on the Forbes 30 Under 30 li...
Jun 26, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 13
India's first A.I powered matchmaking app., Betterhalf.ai - India’s most trusted AI matrimony app , recently raised a Pre-Series A round last week from marque investors such as Kunal Shah , S2 Capital and Y Combinator . Today we are in a conversation with it's CEO & Co-founder - Pawan Gupta . An MIT Sloan School of Management alum, Pawan gives a peek into how his differentiated product is winning the matrimony market from likes of Tinder and Bumble ....
Jun 06, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Joaquín Rodriguez is the CFO of Frankie The King (https://frankietheking.com/), backed by leading VC firm - Lanai Partners. Today, his startup is dominating the Spanish markets & is planning to expand to other European & South American countries. Joaquín profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaquinrguez/ Time codes: 0:00 - Introduction to startup & product offering 2:41 - Dogs are integrated into Spanish culture 5:45 - How did startup scale-up 8:50 - Leaving Deloitte for Entrepreneu...
Apr 25, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Private Equity industry is an exclusive close knit community of finance professionals in India which employees a handful of people who manage & invest billions of dollars for their LPs (providers of capital). Kashica Agarwal, an Ex-McKinsey BA & St. Stephen's College alum, on the podcast, talks about how to land the coveted buyside offer while covering finer aspects of the process such as recruiting cycle, involvement of headhunters, common Q&As etc. Kashica Agarwal's profile: https:...
Apr 10, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Divyanshu Damani has it all - fame, success, a multi-million dollar startup called TagMango ( https://www.tagmango.com/ ) backed by some of the most respected investors in the startup world including Y-Combinator, Twitch Founder & XRM Media. However, there is an element of immense struggle, major heartbreaks & frequent setbacks to this Dosco & Xavier graduate’s story which doesn’t meet the eye. On our podcast, Divyanshu shares his incredible entrepreneurial journey while exploring i...
Mar 13, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Have you ever thought what it takes to build a consumer business from scratch? If no, then you are in here for a treat. Aditya Kaji, a Harvard Business School Alum, is redefining healthy snacking experience with his startup - Taali Foods ( https://www.taalifoods.com/ ), backed by Y-Combinator ( https://www.ycombinator.com/companies... ). In the podcast, he shares his incredible journey while emphasizing on pivotal skills he picked up at Booz & Company and Reliance Jio, which are useful to ...
Feb 27, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 10
An investor with Onnivation (part of the founding team) by profession and a music artist by passion ( https://soundcloud.com/mudit-dugar ), Mudit decodes in the podcast what it takes to have a shot at any of the world's top MBA program. Listen to Mudit Dugar share interesting insights on Israeli business landscape, learnings from investment Banking while answering questions around preparation for a stellar MBA application. Time code 0:00 - Introduction 1:15 - I-Banking 3:04 - Importance of inner...
Feb 20, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Rathin Shah is the Co-founder and CEO of Spenny ( https://spennyapp.com/ ), a Y-Combinator backed startup building a one-stop asset management solution for millennials. The idea of Spenny is that every time a user make any digital transaction, they round off the amount to the nearest 10 INR and invest it into a diversified portfolio, automatically. Previously, Rathin founded one of India’s fastest growing clean-tech startups, and won multiple Government of India awards and grants, eventually lea...
Feb 13, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Mudit is the latest addition to Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his groundbreaking and inspiring work in the Indian HealthTech space. He is heading India's leading startup focussed on building life saving health monitoring device - @Dozee Health ( https://www.dozee.io/ ). Before donning his entrepreneurship hat, Mudit (An IIT Bombay graduate) started his professional journey as a race car engineer. He has an understanding of Healthcare industry like no other and his team uses their expertise in Art...
Feb 05, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Co-founder and CEO of Credgenics, Rishabh Goel shares his incredible journey on the podcast. A number crunching enthusiast, he was passionate about entrepreneurship since his early days at IIT Delhi. It was what led him to seek certain experiences and skills in his professional career at Deutsche Bank and BlackRock. After years of ideations and iterations, today Rishab is heading a million dollar high growth B2B startup which is set to revolutionize debt recovery and NPA management in India. Cre...
Dec 24, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Sagar is the Co-founder of goDutch ( https://www.godutchpay.in/ ), which is changing the way group payments are settled among people. goDutch recently raised $1.7mn from top VC firms such as Matrix Partners and Y Combinator. An IIT Bombay alumni, Sagar started his professional career with a consulting stint at A.T Kearney and followed it up with an envious investing experience at Eight Roads Ventures. Time code: 0:00 - Introduction 0:48 - Idea behind goDutch 3:26 - DIfferentiation from ot...
Oct 29, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Today, we were in conversation with CA Dhruv Bakshi - Associate at a Global Investment Bank. On the podcast, Dhruv decodes his journey from being a CA with KPMG to making an important pivot to Investment Banking. Time codes: 0:00 - Introduction 1:19 - What is PE & why it's prestigious 3:28 - Choosing PE over consulting 5:48 - How does buyside hiring work 11:10 - Understanding interview rounds & preparation 17:38 - Number of new hires annually in a fund 18:52 - Tips for PE a...
Aug 01, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 1
