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Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE123 - Disrupting the Day to Day Auto Industry w/Park+' Amit LakhotiaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Amit Lakhotia, Founder of Park+
Park+ is disrupting the way we interact with the auto industry and lead day to day lives. When owning a 4 wheeler of any kind, there are multiple nuances on an everyday basis like parking, washing, identification, etc. Park+ is building the entire suite that solves for these problems and has soon emerged as a leader in the space. Amit is a career operator, having built incredible products, leading brilliant teams. He was at MakeMyTrip, Paytm and Tokopedia before starting Park+. All of these...2022-10-301h 01
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE121 -
Building the Leading Logistics Company
w/Pickrr's Gaurav ManglaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Gaurav Mangla, Co-Founder & CEO of Pickrr.
Pickrr is one of the largest logistics software companies in the country, having recently been acquired by Shiprocket for a whooping 200 Million Dollars. The Pickrr journey has been filled with a lot of twists and turns. Starting off as a core logistics player owning the fleet, then surviving with very little cash and doing an emergency angel round to stay afloat, pivoting the model and then finally finding scalable PMF, growing at an incredible velocity and eventually being acquired completing the full...2022-10-1648 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE120 - Building the Most Efficient Lending Business w/Oxyzo & OfBusiness' Ruchi KalraIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ruchi Kalra, CEO of Oxyzo and Co-Founder of OfBusiness.
Oxyzo is the FinTech lending business built on top of OfBusiness. It is now a unicorn, raising a large Series A and having been self-funded by OfBusiness Cash-Flow for the longest time. Ruchi was a partner at McKinsey before starting OfBusiness. She comes from a core financial services background and was tailor made to have built a business like Oxyzo.
I sit with her and chat about how they got here. We cover a bunch of aspects...2022-10-0955 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE119 - Scaling D2C Brands w/G.O.A.T's Rishi VasudevIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Rishi Vasudev, Co-Founder of G.O.A.T Brand Labs.
GOAT Brand Labs is a unique model to scale consumer brands under one umbrella via the roll-up model popularized largely last year. There was a surge of companies in this space but GOAT has managed to build its individuality and emerge as a leader. Rishi Vasudev, the founder of GOAT has been an incredibly prolific operator and leader of brands across verticals and companies. He has spent 20 years in the industry including a stint at Flipkart, starting GOAT...2022-10-0248 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE118 - Indian Fashion Manufacturing To The World w/Fashinza's Pawan GuptaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Pawan Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO of Fashinza.
Fashinza is a managed B2B marketplace in the fashion vertical, aggregating Indian SMEs on the supply side and selling to large international retailers on the demand side. It is disrupting the global fashion supply chain landscape and has soon emerged as the leader in the space. The company is valued at approximately $300 Million Dollars and is backed by some of the most prolific investors in the country such as Accel, Elevation Capital, WestBridge Capital and others.
Pawan has previously...2022-09-2555 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE117 - Building The Most Intelligent Programming Platform of the World w/DhiWise's Vishal ViraniIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vishal Virani, Co-Founder & CEO of DhiWise.
DhiWise is building the smartest programming platform in the world.
It was started by Vishal and Team from Surat in 2021 after multiple years of building a consulting business. While still early in the journey, DhiWise is already disrupting the global dev landscape and won Dev Tool of the Year by Product Hunt in 2021. They closed a Series A of $7 Million led by Accel & Together Fund recently and iareas equipped with some of the most prolific supporters in the ecosystem and...2022-09-1847 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE116 - Productising The Whole Truth for Millions w/The Whole Truth Foods' Shashank MehtaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Shashank Mehta, Founder & CEO of The Whole Truth Foods.
The Whole Truth Foods is one of the most fascinating consumer startups of our ecosystem. With the mission to build on top of the truth, the Whole Truth is building a truly category creating and leading brand, with fundamentals that are beyond disruptive.
TWT is founded by Shashank Mehta, a marketer at heart who has had HUL as his training ground along with being one of the EIRs at Rebel Foods. His personal journey has influenced much...2022-09-1159 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE115 - Mastering Global GTM w/Whatfix's Khadim BattiIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Khadim Batti, Co-Founder of Whatfix.
Whatfix is one of the leading SaaS Companies from India, solving for digital software adoption across platforms, personas and teams for thousands of enterprises across the globe. It helps companies create interactive walkthroughs that appear within applications! What stands out through the Whatfix journey is the category creation and GTM Domination! They have been clear since the get-go to build for the US market and adjacent global geographies, and this clarity has helped them build a GTM-engine like no other!
Backed...2022-09-0449 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE114 - Unlocking Credit for Millions w/axio's Gaurav Hinduja & Sashank RishyasringaIn this Episode, I speak (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) with the Co-Founders of axio (previously known as Capital Float), Gaurav Hinduja & Sashank Rishyasringa.
axio is unlocking credit for millions of Indians, via the pay later model.
axio was started back in 2013 by two Stanford GSB graduates who met in the heart of Silicon Valley. They started off with the vision of unlocking credit for SMEs and after a resilient journey in that space, moved to doing the same for millions of consumers. India has approximately 100 Million E-Commerce Shoppers, but only 30% or so have credit cards. The 70...2022-08-281h 03
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE113 - Funding Winter, FinTech & Pattern Matching w/Elevation Capital's Mridul AroraIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Mridul Arora, Partner at Elevation Capital.
Mridul has been a venture investor for the better part of the last 12 years, since joining Elevation in 2011 when it was called SAIF Partners. Over the years, Mridul has developed expertise in Financial Services and FinTech, investing deeply across the sector. Some of his phenomenal investments include the likes of Urban Company, Acko Insurance, Clear, FloBiz and Uni Cards. His investing acumen and expertise in the sector is unparalleled and I sit with for an immersive conversation decoding his thought process and...2022-08-2142 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE112 - Pioneering Indian Food Tech Innovation w/Curefoods’ Ankit NagoriIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ankit Nagori, Founder & CEO of Curefoods (Ex-CBO of Flipkart & Co-Founder of Cure.fit).
Curefoods is Pioneering Food Tech Innovation in India, building a multi-brand cloud kitchen organization by acquiring & growing a variety of labels.
Ankit Nagori, the previous Chief Business Officer at Flipkart and Co-Founder of Cult.fit has transformed E-Commerce & Fitness in the past. While at Cult.fit he recognised the power & future of food in India, which resulted in EatFit spinning off to become Curefoods, a multi-brand cloud destination and the rest is history...2022-08-1453 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE111 - Building a Global Robotics Company from India w/GreyOrange's Akash GuptaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Akash Gupta, Co-Founder & CTO of GreyOrange.
GreyOrange is the leading warehouse automation company in the World, and has single handedly put India on the global map of robotics technology excellence.
Samay & Akash were fascinated by robotics since their college days and decided to turn their passion into a business. Years later, GreyOrange is one of the most massive successes in our ecosystem, generating value by working on cutting edge technology.
They have clients in over 30 countries, are valued at almost a Billion Dollars, thus m...2022-08-0759 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE110 - Decoding the SaaS Playbook w/SaaS Labs’ Gaurav SharmaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Gaurav Sharma, Founder & CEO of SaaS Labs.
SaaS Labs is one of the most fascinating SaaS companies from India, building and scaling multiple innovative products serving the entire suite of requirements for sales agents and support professionals.
Gaurav founded SaaS Labs with the vision to build multiple innovative products, and scale them bit by bit. What started off with JustCall in a profitable bootstrapped manner is now a suite of more than 5 full-fledged products, doing multi-million dollars in ARR, venture backed by some of the greatest...2022-07-3146 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE109 - Transforming Fitness & Healthcare w/Ultrahuman's Mohit KumarIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Mohit Kumar, Founder & CEO of Ultrahuman.
Ultrahuman is the world’s most advanced metabolism fitness platform, developing cutting edge technology and transforming the way we look at fitness & healthcare in India, and soon across the globe.
Started by serial entrepreneurs Mohit & Vatsal, Ultrahuman equips consumers to track the impact of their lifestyle habits with real-time data. It has evolved from a fitness platform to metabolism tracking with the launch of cyborg and it has recently launched a phenomenal ring.
Ultrahuman is one of the mos...2022-07-241h 09
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE108 - Championing Sales Efficiency Across The Globe w/LeadSquared's Nilesh PatelIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Nilesh Patel, Co-Founder & CEO of LeadSquared.
LeadSquared is championing Sales Efficiency across the globe built from India. It recently became a unicorn having announced a large funding round of over 150 Million dollars led by WestBridge Capital.
Started in 2013, LeadSquared found its way with Sales Efficiency when a leading EdTech business stumbled upon as a client. Almost 10 years later, it is one of the leading players in its category and the rest is history.
To decode this incredibly unique journey, I sit down with Nilesh...2022-07-1745 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE107 - Championing Revenue Based Financing in India w/Klub's Anurakt JainIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Anurakt Jain, Co-Founder & CEO of Klub.
Klub is India’s leading revenue based financing company, championing the cause for RBF in the ecosystem.
Started in 2020 by two experienced operators, Klub identified the whitespace which was the lack of a revenue-based-financing market in India, especially with regards to growth capital for consumer brands in the country.
The rest is history in the making, and to decode how far they have come, I have an immersive conversation with Anurakt, its CEO. Through the conversation, we uncover wha...2022-07-1058 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE106 - Building India's leading E-Commerce Enablement Company w/GoKwik's Chirag TanejaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Chirag Taneja, Co-Founder & CEO of GoKwik.
GoKwik is India’s leading E-Commerce Enablement Company, building with the mission of providing an Amazon like experience for non-Amazon merchants in the country. One of the fastest growing companies in the ecosystem, GoKwik is truly disrupting the market. What started off as a solution for the Return To Order problem that merchants face, is now a full-fledged conversion cycle solution company. Finally, GoKwik is a data company as Chirag says and there is a wide canvas of problems to be solved in...2022-07-0353 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE104 - Building a Global SaaS Giant from India w/Chargebee's Krish SubramanianIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Krish Subramanian, Co-Founder & CEO of Chargebee.
Chargebee is a subscription billing and revenue management platform, valued at 3.5 Billion Dollars as of its latest funding round.
It is leading the charge of Indian SaaS and building a global giant in the market from India. Started in 2011, Chargebee has come a long way, personifying perseverance and ambition in the best possible manner.
I sit with Krish and decode this journey of building a global institution from India. Through an hour long immersive conversation, we discuss the n...2022-06-191h 01
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE103 - Entrepreneurship Redefined w/Rippling's Prasanna SankarIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Prasanna Sankar, Co-Founder & Board Member of Rippling.
Rippling is one of the leading Enterprise Software companies in the US, becoming the foremost platform for Employee Management, valued at over 10 Billion Dollars as of its recent round of funding.
Prasanna is a genius coder, a serial entrepreneur, an angel investor and much more. An epitome of the entrepreneurial spirit, Prasanna embodies risk taking, first principles thinking and the builders mindset like no other.
Through this hour-long conversation, we decode the series of events that have l...2022-06-121h 05
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE102 - Leading India's Space Tech Innovation w/Pixxel's Awais AhmedIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Awais Ahmed, Founder & CEO of Pixxel.
Pixxel is a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data.
Simply stated, Pixxel solves for high quality satellite data, leading the Indian Space Tech Innovation from the front.
Started by Awais & team in the final year of their college, Pixxel is one of the more incredible stories of our ecosystem.
I sit with Awais to decode this 3 year long journey of building I...2022-06-0543 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE101 - Building the Operating System of Indian Debt Markets w/CredAvenue's Gaurav KumarIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Gaurav Kumar, Founder & CEO of CredAvenue.
CredAvenue is building the Operating System for Indian Debt Markets and has soon become the leading infrastructure platform in India’s fintech ecosystem. It became a Unicorn in a record 18 months, which is the fastest for any fintech company in the country.
Gaurav is a 4th time founder with CredAvenue and this experience was extremely evident through the conversation as his natural bias of action & clarity of vision truly manifested.
I sit down with him and have an imm...2022-05-2956 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharMasterclass #7 - Technology w/Atlassian's Sri ViswanathIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sri Viswanath, Chief Technology Officer at Atlassian.
Sri is one of the most distinguished tech leaders of our time and I could not imagine anybody more suited to help us understand tech leadership, culture and org design. Through his illustrious years of professional experience, Sri has worn multiple hats as a tech contributor in both large companies and early stage startups, providing a rounded perspective to most aspects. In the next 50 minutes, I discuss with Sri aspects around Tech design at Atlassian, Career Growth and Ladders, Tech Culture a...2022-05-2250 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE100 - Building a Public Company w/Policybazaar's Yashish DahiyaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Yashish Dahiya, Founder of Policybazaar.
Policybazaar is India’s largest distributor of Insurance policies. Started in 2008, Policybazaar is one of the few new-age Indian companies to successfully list and go public on India’s stock exchange.
Going public is a coveted feat, dreamt by each founder when starting up and Policybazaar’s journey provides a lot of inspiration to the entire ecosystem. Through this conversation we decode much of how Yashish & team made it happen.
We also further discuss Yashish’s personal journey of being an...2022-05-1542 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE98 - Building India's First Public Gaming Company w/Nazara Technologies' Nitish MittersainIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Nitish Mittersain, Founder & MD of Nazara Technologies.
Nazara Technologies is India’s first gaming company to successfully go public and trade on India’s stock exchange. A mega IPO in 2021 paved the way for India’s illustrious gaming future.
Nitish started this company as a young enthusiast in 1999. Almost 22 years later, those efforts have yielded a successful listing, giving incredible hope & belief to an entire country of young entrepreneurs. Nitish has built Nazara over decades, weathering multiple business cycles and championing the cause of Indian Gaming Innovat...2022-05-0131 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE97 - Powering the Future of Health w/Innovaccer's Sandeep GuptaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sandeep Gupta, Co-Founder & COO of Innovaccer.
Innovaccer is a leading healthcare data activation platform company focused on delivering more efficient and effective healthcare through the use of pioneering analytics and transparent, clean, and accurate data. Innovaccer’s aim is to simplify complex data from all points of care, streamline the information, and help organizations make powerful decisions and realise strategic goals based on key insights and predictions from their data.
The Innovaccer journey truly personifies the motto of India being the new powerhouse of product talent, enabl...2022-04-2454 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE96 - Building India’s leading Consumer Food Brand w/Epigamia's Rohan MirchandaniIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Rohan Mirchandani, Co-Founder & CEO of Epigamia.
Epigamia is one of India’s most loved consumer food brands, building delicious & healthy dairy products for millions in the country. Hinged on the core belief that this decade will produce new-age brands that will dominate the Indian lifestyle for the century that awaits us, Epigamia has successfully established a presence for itself by curating a category with its hero product Greek Yogurt and expanding on top of it, with spreads, milkshakes and entire line of plant based products.
Started by...2022-04-1758 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE95 - Building India’s leading Real Estate Tech Company w/NoBroker’s Amit Kumar AgarwalIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Amit Kumar Agarwal, Co-Founder & CEO of NoBroker.
NoBroker is India’s leading Real Estate Tech Startup, disrupting the way millions of Indians discover residential properties and interact with them for multiple types of transactions in a tech lead environment as opposed to dealing with brokers, or other middleman, who would earlier consume a considerable portion of each transaction. What started as a disruptive solution in 2014 to a deep-knitted problem in the real estate market, is today worth more than a billion dollars, after years of strong fundamentals and com...2022-04-1048 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE94 - Transforming Indian FinTech w/smallcase's Vasanth KamathIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vasanth Kamath, Co-Founder & CEO of smallcase.
smallcase is one of the most disruptive companies of India, transforming the FinTech landscape of the country, one product at a time. What started as a quest to fill a gap for retail investors who wanted to move from Mutual Funds to Equity, has now become an entire asset class in itself, which is further building multiple products on top of it, including - https://gateway.smallcase.com/, https://www.tickertape.in/, https://publisher.smallcase.com/.
As smallcase transforms Indian Fi...2022-04-031h 07
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE93 - Enduring Venture Investing w/General Catalyst's Hemant TanejaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Hemant Taneja, Managing Partner at General Catalyst.
Hemant is one of the most legendary venture investors of our generation. In his path-breaking career, he has invested in companies such as Stripe, Snap, Livongo, Gusto and many other phenomenal companies. His brilliant investing career fundamentally stems from his core trait of being an original thinker and intentionally resorting to first principles thinking when developing frameworks. Alongside being a wonderful venture investor, Hemant is well-renowned for the books he has authored and other writings, which have spearheaded some incredible modern-day e...2022-03-2644 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE92 - Reinventing HRTech for the World from Asia w/Darwinbox's Rohit ChennamaneniIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Rohit Chennamaneni, Co-Founder of Darwinbox.
Darwinbox is a SaaS unicorn from India, which is reinventing HRTech for the World. Human Resource is one of the most crucial aspects for any organization and in turn one of the largest markets globally. For long, companies have relied on foreign solutions in a seemingly competitive market. However, Darwinbox chose to rethink the space from scratch and build the best in-class suite for HRTech in the world in 2015. Almost 7 years later, it is well ahead in its quest to build a global...2022-03-2057 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE91 - Building India's largest New-Age Insurance Company w/Digit Insurance's Kamesh GoyalIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Kamesh Goyal, Founder & Chairman of Digit Insurance.
Digit Insurance is India’s largest New-Age Insurance startup, valued at almost 3.5 Billion Dollars. Digit offers a variety of insurance products across motor, travel, health, and property categories, and is the leading tech-first company in the under-penetrated Indian insurance market.Built on the principles of simplification and transparency, Digit has come incredibly far in taking insurance products to the masses of India and has now impacted over 2 Crore Indians.
To decode how, I sat down with Kamesh Goyal, the Fou...2022-03-1357 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE90 - Institutionalised Investing across the Globe w/Insight Partners' Deven ParekhIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Deven Parekh, Managing Director at Insight Partners.
Insight Partners is a global software investment firm, which has one of the largest venture & private equity funds with over $90 Billion in Assets Under Management, having recently announced its new fund of $20Bn, headquartered in New York. Insight has invested in some of the most generation defining companies of our time across the globe including the likes of Twitter, Shopify, Checkout.com, Monday.com, Calm, Alibaba, Postman, BrowserStack, and many more.
Deven is one of the veterans of the glo...2022-03-0653 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE89 - Championing the Roll-Up Model in India w/10club's Bhavna SureshIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Bhavna Suresh, Co-Founder & CEO of 10club.
10club acquires, operates and grows e-commerce first businesses, championing the roll-up model in India. This Thrasio like model gained a lot of popularity in the country early last year as multiple companies emerged in the space. 10club made the headlines with a 40 Million Dollar seed round led by Fireside Ventures and, marking the largest seed round we have ever seen in the ecosystem. A year later as the rush settles, I sit down with the phenomenal founder of 10club - Bhavna Suresh, t...2022-02-2751 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE86 ft. Akshay Kothari of NotionIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Akshay Kothari, Chief Operating Officer of Notion.
Through this phenomenal conversation we discuss:
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Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE85 - The Art of Venture Investing w/Matrix's Vikram VaidyanathanIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vikram Vaidyanathan, Managing Director - Matrix Partners India.
Vikram is one of the finest venture investors in the Indian Ecosystem, leading the institutional practice at Matrix along with his partners. Matrix India itself has contributed largely to the development and maturity of the ecosystem by backing some of the most incredible companies of our time including the likes of Ola, Razorpay, OfBusiness, DealShare and many more! Vikram’s track record precedes himself, as he has personally led investments in Jupiter, Five Star, OfBusiness, mSwipe, Razorpay, Dailyhunt and multiple oth...2022-01-3046 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE84 - Simplifying Finances for India w/Clear's Archit GuptaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Archit Gupta, Founder & CEO of Clear (previously known as ClearTax).
Clear is one of India’s largest FinTech - SaaS Companies, ambitiously simplifying millions of financial lives. Started by Archit Gupta a decade before, Clear had the sole mission of simplifying tax filings for the masses when it ventured out. Turn to present day, and they’ve not just dominated the niche of tax filings, but also disrupted the enterprise side of Financial Management and they continue to innovate, positively impacting the entire continuum of an Indian’s financ...2022-01-2354 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharMasterclass #6 - Navigating a Career in Tech w/Stripe's Kaushik SubramanianIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Kaushik Subramanian, Product Leader at Stripe UK, previously at Meta (Facebook).
Through this masterclass, Kaushik helps us decode the journey of navigating a career in Tech companies. His personal evolution of coming from a non-tech background, working in consumer and in consultancy before breaking into Product leadership roles in tech companies such as Meta & Stripe provides a unique perspective to the global tech landscape.In what was definitely one of the most candid conversations on the show, we decode a variety of natural inhibitions that most leaders and y...2022-01-161h 03
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE83 - Democratizing High Quality Education for India w/Vedantu's Vamsi KrishnaIn this Episode, I speak (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) with Vamsi Krishna, Co-founder & CEO of Vedantu.
Democratizing high quality education for 35 Million Indian Students per month, Vedantu is a phenomenal long-term organization solving one of the most fundamental problems in the country. Started in 2014 by a group of friends who had previously established a chain of offline engineering tuition centers with Lakshya, live tutoring was not main-stream back in the day, and there were a bunch of questions that everyone raised. The Vedantu team trusted themselves and kept their eye on the mission, without deterring or deviating especially...2022-01-091h 02
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE82 - Building India's Largest Gaming Platform w/Mobile Premier League (MPL)'s Sai SrinivasIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sai Srinivas, Co-Founder & CEO of Mobile Premier League (MPL).
MPL is the largest eSports & gaming platform in the country, as it offers over 60+ competitive real-money games to a user base of over 90 Million people!
Through the conversation we discuss:
1. (2:18) : The clarity of Vision when starting up MPL
2. (08:09) : The personal trajectory of Sai - From IIT to Zynga to Hardware to MPL
3. (12:16) : Incredible Speed & Scale for MPL ~ 90Million Consumers across 3 Countries ~ 1500 Team Members, 3.5 years!
4. (17:26) : Cultural Traits of MPL ~ Process Or...2022-01-0245 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE80 - Building the Fastest Growing SaaS Company in the World w/Rubrik's Soham MazumdarIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Soham Mazumdar, Co-founder of Rubrik.
Rubrik is a cloud data management company, started by 4 amazing individuals in 2014, taking only a couple 18 months to go from 0 to 100 Million in ARR. With over 1600 Team Members across 18+ Countries, Serving over 200 Customers paying more than $1Mn and a cumulative of 3200 Enterprise Consumers, Rubriks’s speed and growth has been beyond excellent in the last couple of years. I speak with Soham, one of the Co-Founders of Rubrik, decoding much of how the team built the Fastest growing SaaS Company in the world....2021-12-1950 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE79 - Building the Largest Internet Restaurant of the World w/Rebel Foods' Jaydeep BarmanIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Jaydeep Barman, Co-Founder & CEO of Rebel Foods.
Jaydeep Barman and team have built perhaps the most unique, first-principles startup of the country. Rebel Foods has established and pioneered the concept of cloud kitchens not just in India, but globally! What started as Faasos in 2011 as a single-store fast-food outlet, has become a technology marvel paving the way for a complete overhaul of the restaurant business. Rebel Foods soon realised that they wanted to drop the infra, dominate the different consumer missions and redefine the entire category. A decade...2021-12-1253 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE78 - Building India's Fastest Growing FinTech Company w/Rupeek's Sumit ManiyarIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sumit Maniyar, Founder & CEO of Rupeek.
Rupeek is India’s Fastest Growing FinTech Company, disrupting the category of asset backed lending having started with gold and already gaining a large market share in the industry. Sumit questioned the way we look at Gold as an asset class in the country and started building with first-principles in 2015. Fast-track to present day, Rupeek has redefined the way Indians look at Gold and has built an organisation that manifests excellence in all verticals be it - technology, operations, supply-chain, consumer trust or...2021-12-0546 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE77 - Taking Indian Manufacturing to the World w/Zetwerk's Amrit AcharyaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Amrit Acharya, Co-Founder & CEO of Zetwerk.
Zetwerk is phenomenally disrupting the manufacturing industry across the globe as we know it. It is a B2B marketplace focused on make-to-order custom manufacturing and is one of India’s leading startups, redefining benchmarks of speed, growth, profitability and value creation. Founded less than 4 years ago, Zetwerk found a very unique whitespace with custom manufacturing and doubled down in an unprecedented manner. It is a profitable unicorn with a last reported valuation of more than 1.5Bn Dollars, generating incredible value for eac...2021-11-2850 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE76 - Establishing India's Largest New-Age Consumer Brand w/boAt's Aman GuptaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Aman Gupta, Co-Founder & CMO of boAt Lifestyle.
boAt is one of India’s largest consumer brands, which has completely disrupted and transformed the global audio & wearables industry. Founded by Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta in 2016, boAt was originally ruled out by a lot of critics citing reasons such as crowded market, competitive landscape, what not. However, history shaped up differently and boAt has gone on to become one of the most iconic brands of our time. The journey of boAt testifies to the incredible set of possibilities in the...2021-11-2147 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE75 - Pioneering Indian Venture Capital w/Accel's Prashanth PrakashIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Prashanth Prakash, Partner at Accel India.
Accel Partners India is one of the most accomplished institutional venture investors of our ecosystem. Accel has funded ground-breaking Indian ventures including the likes of BookMyShow, MuSigma, Flipkart, Freshworks, Swiggy, BrowserStack, Moglix, Urban Company!
Through the episode we discuss -
1. (2:14) : The Accel Ideology of Investing ~ Having a Prepared Mind!
2. (05:05) : The Freshworks Deal for Accel 🚀
3. (08:58) : Decoding Venture Partnerships from Accel's perspective ~ Co-creating from Seed to Scale
4. (12:32) : Establishing Institutional Venture Practice in the Ecosystem
2021-11-1441 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE74 - Building an AI Native Future w/Mad Street Den (MSD)'s Ashwini AsokanIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ashwini Asokan, Co-Founder & CEO of Mad Street Den!!
Mad Street Den is a Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence Company building the AI architecture of the future. Founded by a Neuroscientist - Designer duo, the company's mission is to build and deliver AI on scale through meaningful applications to billions of people across the globe.
Its first vertical platform is a visual intelligence product Vue.ai, which enables the Retail industry to reimagine the future with AI and it has also recently launched another vertical platform - getblox.ai...2021-11-0746 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE73 - Building the largest Auto Company of India w/Cars24's Vikram ChopraIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vikram Chopra, Co-Founder & CEO of Cars24.
Cars24 is India's largest used-car selling marketplace, marching towards becoming becoming the largest Auto Company of India. Valued at ~1.85 Bn Dollars, Cars24 has expanded its mission internationally making forays into Australia, UAE and other countries and has further started exploring the buy-side. Cars24 is an incredible testament to what a driven team can achieve. Their story is the epitome of entrepreneurial excellence for all future builders, and they are only just getting started!
Through the episode we discuss -
...2021-10-3154 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE72 - Pioneering E-Commerce 2.0 w/DealShare's Vineet Rao & Sourjyendu MeddaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vineet Rao & Sourjyendu Medda, Co-Founders of DealShare.
Dealshare is India's fastest growing social e-commerce startup, an online buying platform for multi-category consumer products. It is defining how the next billion Internet shoppers of India transact online! This movement is being enabled by a unique model that leverages some wonderful first-principle mechanisms such as group buying, hyper-local influencers, SME integration on the supply side and much more. All of this on top of operational brilliance and mind-blowing capital utilisation, making DealShare a legendary organisation.
Through this episode w...2021-10-2457 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE71 - Leading India's Content Landscape w/VerSe Innovation's Umang BediIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Umang Bedi, Co-Founder of VerSe Innovation (Dailyhunt + Josh).
VerSe Innovation is the parent brand that houses Dailyhunt, India’s largest content aggregator platform and Josh, India’s leading short video entertainment application. With more than 350 Million Monthly Active Users across both Dailyhunt and Josh, VerSe is valued at around 3 Billion Dollars, marching exponentially towards gaining greater market share!
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (2:21) : The Leap of Faith - From the Corporate Helm to the Entrepreneurial Road
2. (13:24) : The fundamentals of winning in th...2021-10-1752 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE70 - Building the Startup Bank of India w/Stride Ventures' Ishpreet Singh GandhiIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ishpreet Singh Gandhi, Founder & Managing Partner of Stride Ventures.
Stride Ventures is a leading Indian venture capital firm that provides alternative financing options for startups beyond equity financing! The audacious goal for Stride is to become the Startup Bank of India and in less than 3 years of its inception it has amazed us all with the phenomenal progress it has made. Stride has raised 2 successive funds in this duration and has a portfolio of greater than 30 companies including legendary companies such as Sugar Cosmetics, Zetwerk, Infra.market, Pocket A...2021-10-1453 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE69 - Leading the Crypto Wave w/CoinSwitch Kuber's Ashish SinghalIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ashish Singhal, Founder & CEO of CoinSwitch Kuber.
CoinSwitch Kuber is India's leading cryptocurrency startup. Valued at $1.9Bn, it is backed by some of the largest venture investors across the globe, including the likes of Sequoia India, Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global Management, Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm and it's latest round marks Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)'s first investment in India.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (2:22) : The Hacker Mindset! ~ The What, Why & How of inculcating it as a Founder!!
2. (05:05) : Founding Story of CoinSwitch & Dis...2021-10-1046 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE68 - Healthifying a Billion People w/HealthifyMe's Tushar VashishtIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Tushar Vashisht, Co-Founder & CEO of HealthifyMe.
HealthifyMe is on the mission of healthifying a billion people from across the globe. What started as a way to track calories and nutrients for consumers is now a multi-million dollar HealthTech startup building one of the largest consumer companies from India for the World! HealthifyMe now has a full-stack of product offerings including the legendary health & fitness tracking, coach subscriptions for weight loss & disease reversal and most importantly the world’s first health AI Engine in the form of Ria.
T...2021-10-0346 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE67 - Establishing a Category Creating Brand w/Pepperfry's Ambareesh MurtyIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ambareesh Murty, Founder & CEO of Pepperfry.
Pepperfry is India’s largest marketplace for furniture and all things home decor. It was started back in 2011, and it has since then completely disrupted the large unorganised furniture market and created a category defining organisation that is on the brink of a public offering (IPO).
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (2:11) : Decoding Ambareesh's professional journey and his decision to leave the "Country Head Position of eBay" and start Pepperfry
2. (06:49) : What does it mean to bui...2021-09-3057 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE66 - Building the Global CLM Ecosystem w/Icertis' Monish DardaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Monish Darda, Co-founder & CTO of Icertis.
Icertis is a global SaaS Company from India leading the Contract Lifecycle Management Ecosystem. It is valued at $3Bn, making it one of the most valuable SaaS companies from India, leading the market in its vertical.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (2:25) : Understanding Monish's background & choice of coming back to India after post-graduate studies in the US
2. (5:55) : What Entrepreneurship & Building means for Monish?
3. (12:31) : What is the role of Experience in making the journey m...2021-09-261h 08
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharMasterclass #5 - Communication w/Stanford's Matt AbrahamsIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Matt Abrahams, Co-founder of Bold Echo Communications, Professor of Strategic Communications at Stanford GSB, Author of Speaking Out without Freaking Out and Host of the world-renowned Podcast - Think Fast, Talk Smart.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:50) : Why is Good Communication Important for Founders?
2. (03:53) : What are some of the tactical elements of Communication?
3. (05:34) : How can Founders become better at Communication?
4. (08:40) : What are some of the best traits of a Good Communicator?
5. (11:01) : How can Communication be leveraged...2021-09-1936 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE65 - Healthcare 2.0 w/mfine's Prasad KompalliIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Prasad Kompalli, Co-founder & CEO of mfine.
mfine is an on-demand healthcare service that provides its users access to virtual consultations and connected care programmes from the different hospitals, in the country. To make this possible, the company has partnered with leading and trusted hospitals instead of aggregating individual doctors.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (2:35) : Understanding the Healthcare problem of India
2. (7:49) : How is mfine solving for the prevalent Problems?
3. (13:00) : The fundamentally technology bet by mfine --> Healthcare 2.0
4. (22:25...2021-09-1658 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE64 - Make Something People Want w/Razorpay's Shashank KumarIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Shashank Kumar, Co-Founder of Razorpay.
Razorpay is one of India’s most successful FinTech Startups, providing a full-stack solution to businesses to accept, process and disburse payments. Founded in 2014 by Shashank Kumar & Harshil Mathur, Razorpay has come a long way in leading the financial services market in India and is backed by some of the most marquee investors across the globe including Y-Combinator, Matrix Partners, Sequoia Capita, Ribbit Capital, and Tiger Global Management.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (1:57) : What does "Utilising your com...2021-09-1249 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE63 - Experience is a Virtue w/Gupshup's Beerud ShethIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Beerud Sheth, Co-founder and CEO of Gupshup.
Gupshup is defining the way businesses leverage conversational messaging to interact with their consumers. It is by far the market leader in its category and it recently turned a profitable unicorn with back-to-back funding rounds. This is Beerud’s 2nd startup and he earlier founded Elance, now known as Upwork, which is a public company at the heart of the global gig-economy. Beerud’s depth of experiences as a founder having built successful companies for more than 20 years is very reflective thro...2021-09-0949 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE62 - Building the future of India's Rising Working Class w/Apna's Nirmit ParikhIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Nirmit Parikh, Founder & CEO of Apna.
Founded in 2019, Apna is India's largest professional networking and job opportunities platform for India's rising workforce. Over 10 million users and over 1 lakh employers across 28+ cities trust Apna, and it is only just getting started!
Through this Episode we discuss the following :
1. (2:41) : Exploring Nirmit's love for problem solving and his journey of building 3 companies, attending Stanford GSB and working at Apple before starting Apna!
2. (18:32) : What goes into building a scaled network with an engaged community like Apna...2021-09-0558 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE61 - Building a Proficorn w/OfBusiness' Asish MohapatraIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Asish Mohapatra, Co-Founder & CEO - OfBusiness.
Through the episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:16) : Choosing to be an Entrepreneur after living the Consulting & VC Life!
2. (04:08) : When do you know you're ready to take the leap of faith & become a Founder?
3. (06:51) : The Founding Story of OfBusiness ~ the approach of team first, solution next.
4. (10:30) : How did Asish go about gathering the early set of OfBians?
5. (14:33) : The Ecosystem Approach for OfBusiness - Going deep not wide.
6. (19:11) : PROFITABILITY MATTERS! ~ Asish being t...2021-08-2952 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE60 - Venture Capital Uncovered w/Fireside Ventures' Kanwaljit SinghIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Kanwaljit Singh, Founder & Managing Partner - Fireside Ventures.
Through the Episode we discuss the following -
1. (02:10) : Uncovering the progression of the VC Ecosystem through the last two decades & understanding the Vertical Approach being leveraged by Fireside
2. (08:25) : Diving deep into what Venture Partnerships necessarily entail
3. (13:06) : How does Kanwal look at scaling himself & building Fireside Ventures?
4. (17:11) : How has the Founder in Kanwal gone about establishing the culture at Fireside?
5. (20:51) : The 5-500 Cr Journey! How can consumer brands scale PMF and reach t...2021-08-2252 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE59 - Customer Centricity w/Licious' Abhay HanjuraIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhay Hanjura, Co-Founder of Licious.
Through the Episode we discuss the following -
1. (02:26) : How did Abhay gain the early conviction into solving the problem with Licious?
2. (12:24) : Personifying Customer Centricity & making it a part of the Co. DNA!
3. (17:31) : Licious has a staggering 5000+ Headcount, this is includes Delivery Hero's + Meat Technicians!! Why & How are they changing the People's aspect of their category?
4. (23:45) : Doing things in the short run & Keeping the eye on the longer term vision!!
5. (30:01) : How do the Licians lo...2021-08-1548 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE58 - Handcrafted w/Pristyn Care's Harsh SinghIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Harsh Singh, Co-Founder of Pristyn Care.
Pristyn Care is one of India’s leading healthcare startups, which is transforming the way patients undergo surgeries. Pristyn is slowly becoming the gold standard for patient experience, having reached this point by handcrafting the experience from end to end by doing things that do not scale and bringing operational excellence in the process.
Through the Episode we discuss the following -
1. (02:24) : Understanding Harsh's love for Entrepreneurship & How he kept at it!
(Three Unsuccessful Attempts at Sta...2021-08-121h 06
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE57 - Building for the World w/Postman's Abhijit KaneIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhijit Kane, Co-Founder of Postman.
Postman is a collaboration platform for API development, enhancing the productivity of over 15 million developers from across the globe.
From what started as an open source solution, Postman is now a multi-billion dollar company with over 90% of the Fortune 500 companies as clients and consumers in every country of the world. Abhinav, Abhijit and Ankit are the Co-Founders of this rocketship, truly personifying the Indian Silicon Valley by building a phenomenally adored product for the world, originating from India.
Through...2021-08-0853 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE56 - Reimagining Corporate Healthcare w/Plum's Abhishek PoddarIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhishek Poddar, Co-Founder & CEO of Plum.
Plum is reimagining corporate healthcare in India by providing high quality health insurance at affordable prices to thousands of startups and corporates in the country. Abhishek, the Co-Founder & CEO of Plum, has had a diverse range of experiences from Consulting to Product at large institutions such as McKinsey & Google, along with starting companies prior to Plum.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (01:44) : How is lack of knowledge & experience an advantage when disrupting a market? ~ the importance of...2021-08-0148 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharMasterclass #4 - Product w/Five9's Anand ChandrasekaranIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Anand Chandrasekaran, Executive President at Five9, as he helps us decode the black box of "Product" on the 4th Masterclass on the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast.
The Masterclass Series of the Podcast is a way to dive deeper into specific domains from the tech ecosystem and uncover them fundamentally.
Anand is a maverick when it comes to Product Thinking having had some phenomenal experiences across the years. From scaling Yahoo during its days, to building phenomenal products for Snapdeal as the Chief Product Officer, to leading...2021-07-2952 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE55 - Finance 101 w/Sequoia India's Sandeep KherIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sandeep Kher, Director & Head of Portfolio Finance - Sequoia India.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:25) : What is the importance of Finance in Startups?
2. (08:44) : Finance is NOT a Cost! ~ Optimising for time
3. (10:45) : How has Sandeep navigated his journey in Finance?
--> Embracing Challenges --> Thriving in Discomfort --> Optimising for Learning
4. (24:10) : "CFOs are great Storytellers" ~ Why is Storytelling an important trait for Finance Professionals?
5. (30:31) : What makes Finance Teams successful? ~ How to establish great culture within Fi...2021-07-2550 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE54 - The 0 to 1 Mindset w/Mosaic Wellness' Revant BhateIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Revant Bhate, Co-Founder of Mosaic Wellness, a family of health & wellness brands.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:17) : Where does Revant's love for the Startup Ecosystem come from? ~ Misfits trying to create value!
2. (08:21) : How has Mosaic thought of building Full Stack in terms of a complete platform for health & wellness?
3. (16:41) : Building a Team of Misfits who tinker, believe, own, dream & execute! ~ What's the secret behind the rocketship team at Mosaic?
4. (22:30) : How to add Method to the Madness? ~ Understanding the Pr...2021-07-1855 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE53 - Life's Best Work w/ION Energy's Akhil AryanIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Akhil Aryan, Co-Founder of ION Energy, a lithium-ion battery management and intelligence platform.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:19) : How Akhil figured out his Life's mission?
2. (10:06) : Diving deeper and Solving for the Real Problems which shall have the greatest impact on our generation!
3. (18:21) : Disrupting the CleanTech Market with ION & the Market Education that goes into building a disruptive product
4. (33:36) : How Culture flows from the Founders ---> Organisation
5. (49:13) : Inculcating Innovation & Product Thinking as the Company DNA ~ Empathy x...2021-07-151h 13
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE52 - Long Term Conviction w/Instamojo's Sampad SwainIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sampad Swain, Co-Founder & CEO of Instamojo, India's simplest selling platform, which enables millions of Indian micro-entrepreneurs & SMEs to start, manage and grow their businesses.
Through the Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:23) : Learnings from the last 12 Years of Sampad's Entrepreneurial Journey ~ Understanding the Progression of SMBs!!
2. (08:28) : What does Market Timing mean and can it be orchestrated?
3. (13:26) : What is the Journey of a Micro-Entrepreneur or SME ~ "The age of Offline Businesses is over for good"!!
4. (20:37) : Product Thinking ~ Distribution Led Growth || "Growth Solves...2021-07-1148 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE51 - Deep Consumer Insights w/Info Edge's Sanjeev BikhchandaniIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder & Vice Chairman of Info Edge.
Mr. Sanjeev Bikchandani, is one of the legends of India’s Startup Ecosystem. A man way ahead of his time, he sparked the fire of leveraging technology to build companies which would simplify the lives of millions of Indians. From Naukri.com to jeevansathi.com to 99acres.com and to Shiksha.com and more, Mr. Sanjeev built it all, scaled it and took them public with Info Edge.
Through this Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:48) : Wh...2021-07-0444 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharMasterclass #3 - Sales w/Spotify's Arjun Ravi KoladyIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Arjun Ravi Kolady, Head of Sales - Spotify India as he helps us decode the black box of "Sales" on the 3rd Masterclass on the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast.
The Masterclass Series of the Podcast is a way to dive deeper into specific domains from the tech ecosystem and uncover them fundamentally.
Arjun is a veteran when it comes to Sales and scaling Global Tech Companies in India. His varied experiences of building Google in India for almost 7 years from 2005-12, then scaling Facebook in India...2021-06-3049 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE50 - The Venture Business Decoded w/Lightspeed's Bejul SomaiaIn this Speak, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Bejul Somaia, Managing Director of Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Lightspeed India Partners is one of India’s largest and most successful venture funds, having funded the behemoths of the Indian Startup Ecosystem including the likes of BYJU's, OYO, Udaan, ShareChat and many more.
Bejul Somaia is one of the legends of India’s Venture Ecosystem, having started Lightspeed in India back in 2008 and now expanding it to South-East Asia.The man with the Midas touch, Bejul had famously led the investment in OYO, which led to a 35x Ex...2021-06-2632 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE49 - Incredible Ambition w/Truecaller's Nami ZarringhalamIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder & Chairman of Truecaller.
Through this Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:33) : How to build a truly Viral Product ?
2. (06:00) : Iterating & Doubling-down on Growth Loops?
3. (12:25) : Lessons for Scaling the Team when Blitzscaling! ~ The concept of Business Units
4. (20:11) : Establishing Global Footprint ~ Building for the World from Sweden!
5. (26:08) : Designing the Organisation for a Global Company ~ Rooting for the Underdogs!!
6. (31:59) : What are some of the smaller steps that go into building the best communication experience for millions of consumers?2021-06-2049 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE48 - Keeping At It w/Pepper's Anirudh SinglaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Anirudh Singla, Co-Founder & CEO, Pepper Content.
Pepper Content is India’s largest marketplace for all things content. It currently works with over 800+ Brands, to solve their content needs by aligning them with some of the best freelancers who are approved on their platform. Riding on the primary belief that Each Company is a Content Company, Pepper is set out to dominate a 400Bn+ Global Industry, and ensure that the Indian creative potential is witnessed across the world.
Anirudh Singla, the Co-Founder and CEO of Pepper Content st...2021-06-1742 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE47 - Striving for Excellence w/1mg's Gaurav AgarwalIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Gaurav Agarwal, Co-Founder of 1mg.
Gaurav has had an extremely fascinating set of diverse experiences over the years. From IIT Delhi to shipping enterprise software in Silicon Valley to witnessing crazy scale at Zynga & building FarmVille to finally deciding to choose impact & coming back to India to startup 1mg, which is now one of India's leading healthcare startups!
Through the Episode we talk about the following:
1. (02:13) : The Role of Impact in the Founder Journey
2. (08:36) : Parallels & Learnings from the Original Silicon Valley as...2021-06-1251 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE46 - Originality Wins w/OZiva's Aarti GillIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Aarti Gill, Co-Founder & CEO, OZiva.
OZiva is India's leading clean, plant-based nutrition brand. Aarti & Mihir started out in 2013, however they struck gold after many iterations and pivots in 2016, which is when OZiva came to life. Aarti has always been passionate towards fitness, and she has utilised her passion to impact the lives of millions by providing them the tools to lead healthier lives. OZiva is a true story of an original, authentic brand proposition, which has scaled enormously well and delivers tremendous value. Tune in to learn all a...2021-06-0642 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharMasterclass #2 - Business Development w/Netflix's Abhishek NagIn this Episode of the Masterclass Series of the Podcast, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhishek Nag, Director of Business Development - Netflix India.
The Masterclass Series of the Podcast is a way to dive deeper into specific domains from the tech ecosystem and uncover them fundamentally.
For the 2nd Episode of the series we decode - Business Development
There could be nobody more fitting than Abhishek to talk about this discipline. Abhishek has spent the last entire decade in the domain of Business Development having led technology businesses in the country, i...2021-05-2934 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE45 - Being World Class w/Sequoia India's Anandamoy RoychowdharyIn this Episode, I, Jivraj Singh Sachar speak with Anandamoy Roychowdhary, Principal at Sequoia Capital India.
Roy is one of the foremost technology leaders of our ecosystem, who has built products and scaled teams for more than a decade, before joining Sequoia, where he currently leads investments in new-age deep tech startups!
This was an absolutely amazing conversation, which will certainly leave you with the tremendous will to want to be World Class!!!
Through this Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:14) : "It's not about getting it right by 30, it's about getting it...2021-05-2248 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE44 - The Importance of Focus w/The Wedding Brigade's Sanna VohraIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Sanna Vohra, Founder & CEO of The Wedding Brigade.
Sanna studied at Brown University and took up investment banking at Morgan Stanley post graduation, where she spent more than 2 years. During one of her visits to India, while she was attending a wedding, she recognised how broken the process of conducting Weddings in India was. This is when she decided to solve this problem and the Wedding Brigade was born!
The one stop solution for conducting Weddings, Sanna and team have wonderfully curated the brand with spectacular...2021-05-1642 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE43 - Leadership During Crisis w/SoftBank's Manoj KohliIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Mr. Manoj Kohli, Country Head - India, SoftBank International.
India is going through an unprecedented crisis, which caused more havoc than our generation has ever seen. Increasingly, we have the seen the Entrepreneurs of our Country and the Ecosystem at large, rise to the situation and support each other. These actions are heartwarming to witness.
This Episode, acknowledges and appreciates the activities by the ecosystem and further hopes to broaden the perspective on the aspect of Leadership During Crisis.
Manoj Kohli is a professional g...2021-05-0937 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE42 - Growth as a Constant w/Atlan's Prukalpa SankarIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Prukalpa Sankar, Co-Founder of Atlan & of SocialCops.
Atlan is building the Home for Data Teams, such that no data team in the world has to face the trouble they had to face when building SocialCops.
There is GitHub for coders, Figma for Designers, and there will be Atlan for Data Teams!
Through this Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:38) : The Dynamics of Storytelling that matter for a Founder
2. (08:01) : Constant Learnings throughout the Founder Journey
3. (13:59) : Solving for Personal Problems v/s 2...2021-05-0256 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE41 - Being Thoughtful w/Dunzo's Kabeer BiswasIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Kabeer Biswas, Co-Founder of Dunzo.
Dunzo, as most you must know, is an on-demand delivery platform, which makes life easier for millions of Indians by fundamentally transforming the way we shop everything and transfer goods. Building a Postal Service for Indian Cities, Dunzo has an average delivery time of less than 25 Minutes, clocking more than 2 million transactions per month! Google’s first investment in India, and backed by other marquee institutional investors, Dunzo is on to a great mission, and is in tune to build a legendary company!...2021-04-2550 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharThe Masterclass #1 - Growth w/Damandeep Soni of BoAtIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Damandeep Soni, Vice President of Growth at BoAt Lifestyle, one of India’s largest consumer brands and the world’s 5th largest wearable brand!
Damandeep has been in the domain of Growth for over a decade now, having led companies & products to exponential growth over the years. Some of the brands he has touched include Line, Mobikwik and Milkbasket.
Through this Episode we discuss the following:
1. (02:14) : The Golden Circle of Growth
2. (04:14) : Understanding the Growth Funnel
3. (06:11) : The 4 Pillars of Growth
4...2021-04-1828 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE40 - Demystifying Venture Capital w/Blume's Karthik ReddyIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Karthik Reddy, Managing Partner of Blume Ventures.
Blume Ventures is an institutional venture capital fund with more than 225 Million Dollars in Assets Under Management. Blume is a homegrown fund, which has scaled exponentially since it was founded in 2010 having institutionalised its approach bagging portfolio companies like Unacademy, Dunzo, WebEngage, Purplle, GreyOrange, Milkbasket, HealthifyMe and more, it has invested cumulatively invested in more than 145 companies to date. Blume is definitely one of the most successful VC Funds in India making it the much coveted cheque that all aspiring Founders...2021-04-111h 04
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE39 - Shaping History w/Tracxn's Abhishek GoyalIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Abhishek Goyal, Co-Founder of Tracxn.
Tracxn, more popularly known as the Bloomberg for Private Markets, is a revolutionary vertical SaaS product making it easier for venture capital institutions, fortune 500 companies and other private equity firms to understand & deal with customised data in a comprehensive manner!
Abhishek is an extremely thoughtful, kind and knowledgeable founder, who is almost always ready to help & support those making an attempt at shaping history! An early part of the Ecosystem, Abhishek worked with Accel in India as a venture capital investor...2021-04-0448 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE38 - Customer Obsession w/Groww's Lalit KeshreIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Lalit Keshre, Co-Founder and CEO of Groww.
Groww is building an investing platform for the millennial generation of our country. One of the leading Fin-Tech startups of the country, Groww is backed by some of the largest institutional investors from across the world including Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital and others. An extremely wonderful and stimulating application making it easier and more accessible to invest, Groww is certainly out to solve for the lack of penetration of investing in the country.
Lalit Keshre is a...2021-04-0144 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE37 - Experience Matters w/Niyo's Virender BishtIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Virender Bisht, Co-Founder & CTO of Niyo Solutions Inc.
Niyo Solutions, is one of India's leading Fintech startups that offers digital banking solutions such as prepaid payroll cards, cross-border travel payment debit cards and multi-wallet tax benefit cards to customers through it's multiple product offerings - Niyo Bharat, Niyo Global and Niyo Money. To know more visit - https://www.goniyo.com/
Virender Bisht is an extremely experienced tech professional who has worn multiple diverse hats throughout his professional career before starting Niyo with his Co-Founders. He...2021-03-2854 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE36 - Unlocking Creativity w/HaikuJAM & INSPO's Dhrupad KarwaIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Dhrupad Karwa, Co-Founder of HaikuJAM & INSPO.
HaikuJAM revolutionises the way we look at social interactions, and binds us by the beautiful gift of creativity. (https://haikujam.com/) INSPO by HaikuJAM is your inspiration partner, which will never let you be short of inspiration. (https://inspo.haikujam.com/)
Dhrupad Karwa is a gem of a Founder, who values discipline, deeply cares about the problems he is solving for, believes truly in working on original solutions, builds for the world from India and is an absolute treat of a...2021-03-211h 09
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE35 - Marketing 101 w/Spring Marketing Capital's Raja Ganapathy || From the VC LensIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Raja Ganapathy, Founding Partner of Spring Marketing Capital.
Spring Marketing Capital is a skin-in-the-game marketing capital firm, working towards building stellar brands some of which include - BYJUs, Epigamia, Practo, Cure Fit, and others. One of the most spectacularly creative firms, Spring is creating a category of its own, disrupting the ecosystem in the country. Check them out at - https://springmarketingcapital.com/
Raja Ganapathy, is a tremendously insightful and valuable individual, who has had a variety of diverse experiences throughout his career. From Ogilvy to...2021-03-141h 10
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE34 - Decoding the D2C Playbook w/Mamaearth's Varun AlaghIn this Episode I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Varun Alagh, Co-Founder of Mamaearth.
Mamaearth is India's largest D2C startup leading the baby and beauty care segment. With over 80 SKU's and revenue run-rate of over 500 Crores, Mamaearth has established that India is ready for prolific brands, which constantly delivers on its brand promise, provides high quality products and always does right by the customer.
Through the Episode I discuss the following with the extremely insightful and knowledgeable Varun Alagh:
1. (2:49) - The importance of Courage & overcoming fear in Starting Up.
2. (11:42) : D2C...2021-03-0753 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE33 - The Road to Inventiveness w/The Minimalist's Chirag GanderIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Chirag Gander, Co-Founder of The Minimalist.
The Minimalist is a design and digital consultancy with 3 core business areas: - 1. Branding and Communication, 2. Interaction design and 3. Digital Marketing. They work with over 200 brands, including the likes of Coca-Cola, MTV, Cipla, ICICI Prudential, Airtel, Blue Star, HCL and multiple other startups. They are best known for their unique minimalist creative philosophies and viral impact on digital media which has spawned a cult following of over 200,000 people.
Chirag Gander is one of the most creative, observant and inventive people...2021-02-281h 02
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE32 - Understanding the Opportunity w/Bugworks' Anand AnandkumarIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Anand Anandkumar, the Founder and CEO of Bugworks, a drug discovery company trying to find a solution for the super bugs!
Anand is such an articulate, passionate and thoughtful founder. It was a treat to speak with him and unbundle years of his diverse experiences on the Episode. From his days of completing his PhD, working in the chip industry, starting Cellworks and eventually targeting the unsolvable problem of fighting Super Bugs with Bugworks. Anand is an incredible founder and innovator, leading the innovation in Biotechnology and health-technology...2021-02-201h 04
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE31 - Going back to the "Why" w/MX Player's Karan BediIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Karan Bedi, CEO of MX Player, the Super App for Entertainment, with Music, Video, Games, OTT and Short form Video all a click away.
MX Player has an overall user-base of over 350 Million Monthly Active Users across the international Market. It's short form video offering, MX Taka Tak leads the market with over 100 Mn MAUs, and its OTT platform provides unique value to a large part of the Indian Market, which is still not completely penetrated.
Karan is a Stanford Alum, who has ingrained interest in E...2021-02-1456 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE30 - It's all about People w/Sequoia's Ajey Gore || From the VC LensIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ajey Gore, Operating Partner at Sequoia India.
Ajey Gore is a technical expert, but he fundamentally understands and explains the importance of people through this wonderful conversation. Ajey has insane experience in working at startups, and scaling them to great heights. He has been at ThoughtWorks early on his career, then started up two companies, and finally spent time at GOJEK for almost 5 years as the group CTO, before joining Sequoia India, where he is currently an Operating Partner in the domain of technology.
Through the...2021-02-071h 03
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE10 - Startup Funding Explained w/3one4 Capital's Kshitij Shah || From The VC LensIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Kshitij Shah, Principal at 3one4 Capital where he explains Startup Funding.
3one4 Capital manages over ₹1550 Crores, and has made some notable Investments across the last couple of years, including Luscious, YourStory, Yulu, Pocket Aces, Tracxn, etc. You can find more information about them here - https://www.3one4capital.com/
Kshitij is a Principal at 3one4, playing a pivotal role in driving the Investment thesis, the portfolio balance, and helping portfolio companies excel. Kshitij brings with him 10+ years of experience from the Valley. Kshitij with his Tech...2020-10-251h 10
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE03 - The What of Starting Up w/StockEdge's Vineet PatawariIn this Episode I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Vineet Patawari, Co-Founder and CEO of StockEdge and Elearnmarkers on the What of Starting Up!
We've spoken about the Why and the How, and it is now time for the What! Vineet perfectly articulates the approach via which one should approach the primary mission. He emphasizes on listening to the consumers and the importance of building people who in turn can build great products.
Tune in to get all your answers to the What of Starting Up!
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Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE02 - How should you start a startup? w/Dare2Compete's Ankit AggarwalIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Ankit Aggarwal of Dare2Compete on the How of Starting up! We often get clouded by ideas with no sense of direction about what needs to be done next.
In this Episode, Ankit Aggarwal talks about the three step approach of validating your idea in terms of -
1. Feasibility 2. Practicality 3. Scalability.
Ankit Aggarwal talks from the experience of building the largest student community in the country! Here's a quick glance into the Episode!
1. (2:45) : Opinion on the Indian Silicon Valley
2. (4:36) : When sho...2020-08-2334 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE01 - Why should you start a Startup? w/ BOHECO's Yash KotakIn this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Yash Kotak of BOHECO on the Why of Starting up!
As budding entrepreneurs we often tend to get blinded by the flowery picture of Entrepreneurship, forgetting the core reasons of starting up. -- Yash unfolds the real reasons of starting up and how budding entrepreneurs need to fundamentally understand their why. Yash is an exuberant young entrepreneur who is leading the way for innovation in the ecosystem. Yash is an avid football fan and has won multiple accolades, and been honoured by multiple lists including the ones by F...2020-08-1626 min
Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh SacharE00 - Introduction to the Indian Silicon Valley𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 is a masterclass series addressing one Entrepreneurial problem at a time! With the Indian Startup Ecosystem growing exponentially, the questions are growing too. The podcast answers all your questions, as I, Jivraj Singh Sachar, your host, interviews the Best Startup Founders from the Indian Valley, and questions them about the fundamental problems while building a startup! Here's the introduction to a great ride ahead, Stay Tuned Folks!2020-08-1102 min