Shows
That One IdeaYellow Metal | Rahul Boggaram and Nikhil BoggaramAnjali Sosale of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Rahul Boggaram and Nikhil Boggaram of Yellow Metal. Yellow Metal is an asset-backed credit company that disburses gold loans in less than 30 minutes in the privacy of your home. Focused on rural India, Yellow Metal seeks to provide low-cost loans to small farmers and business owners who are otherwise not part of the formal credit eco-system.
We dive deep into Rahul and Nikhils's journeys and the series of experiences and events that led to them to building Yellow Metal.
(1:09) Upbringing and early years
(3:14) Why gold loans for ru...
2022-03-0737 min
That One IdeaDowntown Club | Jaydip Biniwale and Abhishek DoshiAnjali Sosale of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Jaydip Biniwale and Abhishek Doshi of Downtown Club. Downtown Club is an e-commerce platform for discovery of D2C brands. The Downtown app enables users to browse new brands and products every day through a personalized virtual shopping experience.
They dive deep into Abhishek and Jaydip's journeys and the series of experiences and events that led to them to building Downtown Club.
Sections:
(1:11) Born and raised
(5:58) Rejecting IIT and dropping out of Purdue
(8:33) The first startup bug
(12:29) The CEPT experience and finding each ot...
2022-02-2858 min
That One IdeaCuriousJr | Amit Shekhar, Janishar Ali and Mridul SahuNilesh Balakrishnan of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Amit Shekhar, Janishar Ali and Mridul Sahu - the founders of CuriousJr. CuriousJr is a mobile-first, vernacular-based coding platform that helps kids learn the fundamentals tenets of coding. Powered by strong product innovation, the CuriousJr app democratizes coding for students who might not have access to a desktop by focusing on the mobile phone user interface and using a combination of gamified and experiential learning to make coding fun. They dive deep into their founder journeys and the series of experiences and events that led to them building CuriousJr
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2022-02-211h 15
That One IdeaOneCode | Manish Shara and Yash DesaiNilesh Balakrishnan of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Manish Shara and Yash Desai - the founders of OneCode. OneCode is a hyperlocal network of direct sellers for digital-first brands. Through their unique phygital approach, OneCode is building a demand funnel for brands by acting as a bridge for end-consumers that need physical touch points and in-person interactions before buying a product or service.
They dive deep into Manish's and Yash's journeys; the series of experiences and events that led to them to building OneCode.
Sections -
Backgrounds: (1:15)
Dineout : Journey (8:59)
OneCode : The Ge...
2022-02-1455 min
That One IdeaBitClass | Gunjan Kejriwal and Utsav TiwaryAnjali Sosale of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Gunjan Kejriwal and Utsav Tiwary of BitClass. BitClass is India’s largest platform for live-learning for the passionate and curious. With over 1 million learners on the platform, they were recently crowned App of the Year by Google Play.
They dive deep into Gunjan’s and Utsav's journeys; the series of experiences and events that led to them to building BitClass.
Sections:
Where Gunjan and Utsav grew up - (1:10)
How Gunjan & Utsav met - (6:05)
Third time lucky - (7:34)
While everyone was partying, we were start...
2022-02-0746 min
That One IdeaEloelo | Saurabh PandeyAnjali Sosale of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Saurabh Pandey, co-founder and CEO of EloElo. EloElo is an app that enables live-social experiences through games and entertainment. it is currently among the top 10 Apps on the Google Play Store in India, with over 2 million downloads in 2021. Anjali deep dives into Saurabh's journey and explores the series of experiences and events that led to him building EloElo.
(4:32) Discovering himself and his love for studying human behaviour while being a college student at St Xaviers, Mumbai
(5:36) Wearing skull ties and shiny shirts at his first sa...
2022-01-3155 min
That One IdeaLegitquest | Karan KailaAnjali Sosale of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Karan Kalia of Legitquest. Legitquest is a data-as-a-service platform, unlocking the huge potential of litigation data in India. With a repository of 80m pages that continues to grow by 1m pages a day, LegitQuest uses deep-tech to bring on-demand insights that allow businesses to proactively take real-time, data driven decisions while engaging with any stakeholder.
We dive deep into Karans's journey getting to this point in his life, from Ram Jethmalani’s law chambers to the University of Pennsylvania and the series of experiences and events that led to him bu...
2022-01-241h 00
That One IdeaNymble | Rohin MalhotraNilesh Balakrishnan of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Rohin Malhotra of Nymble. Nymble builds smart kitchen appliances using Robotics, artificial intelligence and IoT that automates the mundane task of daily cooking. Nymble’s innovative home cooking robot Julia has perfected an impressive repertoire of dishes catering to global audiences.
They dive deep into Rohin's journey and explore the series of experiences and events that led to him building Nymble.
(0:50) Early childhood in Delhi
(3:36) College influences
(6:30) Entrepreneurship origin story
(9:28) Nymble - the official story
(11:40) Nymble - the unofficial story
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2022-01-1741 min
That One IdeaBigFatPhoenix | Anand RamachandranAnjali Sosale of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Anand Ramachandran of BigFatPhoenix.
BigFatPhoenix builds first party video games for kids to help them build their social, emotional and life skills. Through their Fairside Stories app, they've built video games that give kids an online social safe space to play games and interact with their friends and peers. You can find them at https://www.bigfatphoenix.com/.
We dive deep into Anand's journey and explore the series of experiences and events that led to him building BigFatPhoenix:
(3:49) Dropping out of college
(6:56) Always wear your...
2022-01-051h 05