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EPISODE · Mar 30, 2026 · 53 MIN

India’s Seed VC Playbook & Gaming’s Social Layer | Episode 74

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Vikram Chachra is the Founding Partner of 8i Ventures — the seed fund behind Slice, M2P Fintech, Blue Tokai, and Signzy; Fund II closed at $50M. We talk about what’s still underbuilt for Indian consumers and SMBs, and what the DPI stack has left on the table for founders.Parth Chadha is the Founder & CEO of STAN — India’s social gaming community with 30M+ downloads, backed by Sony Innovation Fund, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and Google’s AI Futures Fund. We talk about what keeps a gaming community alive beyond installs, how the Gems model monetises, and when India’s gaming economy starts looking like Korea or Japan.Join our WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BK69EsNWP8BJIaoy3k7EfX?mode=ac_tFollow The Offline NetworkX → https://x.com/OfflineOnAir Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theofflinenetwork LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/offlineonair Website → https://www.theoffline.network

Vikram Chachra is the Founding Partner of 8i Ventures — the seed fund behind Slice, M2P Fintech, Blue Tokai, and Signzy; Fund II closed at $50M. We talk about what’s still underbuilt for Indian consumers and SMBs, and what the DPI stack has left on the table for founders.Parth Chadha is the Founder & CEO of STAN — India’s social gaming community with 30M+ downloads, backed by Sony Innovation Fund, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and Google’s AI Futures Fund. We talk about what keeps a gaming community alive beyond installs, how the Gems model monetises, and when India’s gaming economy starts looking like Korea or Japan.Join our WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BK69EsNWP8BJIaoy3k7EfX?mode=ac_tFollow The Offline NetworkX → https://x.com/OfflineOnAir Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theofflinenetwork LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/offlineonair Website → https://www.theoffline.network

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