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The Desi VC with Akash Bhat — 155 episodes
BTS: India's Ozempic Paradox
BTS: How Does Venture Capital REALLY Work?
BTS: The Curious Case of Hindustan Motors' Ambassador Car
BTS: How IPL Franchise Valuations Work
E155: How 2016 US Election Inspired a Billion Dollar Startup | Abhishek Agrawal (CEO, Material Security)
E154: Why India Is THE Leading Emerging Market for Public Investing | Kevin Carter (Founder & CIO, EMQQ Global)
E153: 7 Exits in 10 years – How To Win US Market | Arun Penmetsa (Partner, Storm Ventures)
E152: Near Bankruptcy to $250M ARR | Rohan Nayak (CEO, Pocket FM)
E151: Leaving VC to Build an AI Startup | Brij Bhasin (Rebright VC / Snow Mountain AI)
E150 - "Build Companies Not Products" | Pramod Gosavi (Blumberg Capital)
E149 - From Amazon Engineer to IPO: The HyreCar Story | Anshu Bansal
E148 - The Ultimate Founder-Led-Marketing Playbook | Aquibur Rahman (CEO, Mailmodo)
E147 - Tips for B2B Enterprise Founders | Yousuf Khan (Ridge Ventures)
E146 - Inside a $1.1B Deep Tech, Cross-Border Fund 🚀 | Sriram Viswanathan (Founding Managing Partner, Celesta Capital)
E145 - Built & Sold 2 Companies & Now Manages $350M AUM Fintech Fund | Sheel Mohnot
Trailer: We're now on video!
E144: Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl (Founder & Managing Partner, Eternal Capital)
E143: Dhirendra Mahyavanshi (Co-founder & CEO, Turtlemint)
E142: Archana Jahagirdar (Managing Partner, Rukam Capital)
E141: Anshuman Singh (Co-Founder of Scaler)
E140: Sagar Kochhar (Co-founder & CEO, Eatsure, Rebel Foods)
E139: Karthik Prabhakar (Managing Partner, PeerCapital)
E138: Aditya Nambiar (Co-founder, Fennel AI)
E137: Mayuresh Raut (Managing Partner, Seafund)
E136: Swati Bhargava (Co-founder, CashKaro.com)
E135: Anish Achuthan (Co-founder & CEO, Open Financial Technologies)
E134: Edul Patel (Co-founder & CEO, Mudrex)
E133: Navin Honagudi (Managing Partner, Elev8 Venture Partners)
E132: Sanket Shah (Co-founder & CEO, invideo)
E131: Ashok Hariharan (CEO, IDfy)
E130: Rajiv Srivatsa (Partner, Antler India)
E129: Shwetank Verma (Co-founder & Managing Partner, Leo Capital)
E128: Prayank Swaroop (Partner, Accel)
E127: Priya Saiprasad (General Partner, Touring Capital)
E126: Rohit Bansal (Co-founder, Snapdeal)
E125: Shubham Goel (Co-founder & Co-CEO, Affinity)
E124: Sumeet Mehta (Co-founder & CEO, LEAD)
E123: Sankar Bora (Co-founder & COO, Dealshare)
E122: Aloke Bajpai (Co-founder & CEO, ixigo)
E121: Rajat Tandon (President, IVCA)
E120: Rohit Sood (Partner, Bertelsmann India Investments)
E119: Saurabh Saxena (Co-founder, Vedantu & Power Club)
E118: Nandini Mansinghka (CEO, Mumbai Angels)
E117: Dr. Pankaj Jethwani (EVP, W Health Ventures)
E116: Saurabh Pandey (Co-founder & CEO, EloElo)
E115: Karan Desai (Managing Partner, Interface Ventures)
E114: Yohei Nakajima (General Partner, Untapped Capital)
E113: Prateek Agarwal (Investments Lead, First Cheque)
E112: Nitin Jain (Co-founder & CBO, OfBusiness)
E111: Beerud Sheth (Co-founder & CEO, Gupshup)
E110: Abhishek Goyal (Co-founder, Tracxn)
E109: Sanam Rawal (Partner, Metamorph)
E108: Jen Abel (Co-founder, JJELLYFISH)
E107: Rahul Chowdhury (Managing Partner, N+1 Capital)
E106: Tarun Sharma (Managing Partner, MegaDelta Capital)
E105: Kanika Mayar (Partner, Vertex Ventures - SEA&I)
E104: Aprameya Radhakrishna (Co-founder & CEO, Koo)
E103: Shyam Menon (Founding Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund)
E102: Tushar Vashisht (CEO, HealthifyMe)
E101: Upasana Taku (Co-founder & COO, MobiKwik)
E100: Bipin Shah (Partner, Titan Capital)
E99: Yash Jain (Founder & General Partner, Sparrow Capital)
E98: Milap Jadeja (Managing Partner, Openbook VC)
E97: Shalini Chhabra (Managing Partner, 3i Partners)
E96: Mohit Gulati (Managing Partner & CIO, ITI Growth Opportunities Fund)
E95: Abhishek Nag (Partner, Lightspeed India Partners)
E94: Rahul Chowdhri (Managing Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners)
E93: Chirag Gupta (Managing Partner, 8X Ventures)
E92: Gautam Patel (Founder & Managing Partner, Z3Partners)
E91: Gaurav Hinduja (Co-founder & MD, axio)
E90: Srikanth Iyer (Co-founder & CEO, HomeLane)
E89: Chanakya Hridaya (Co-founder, BlackBuck)
E88: Ketan Patel (CEO, Mswipe Technologies)
E87: Mukesh Kalra (CEO, ET Money)
E86: Ankit Kedia (Founding Partner, Capital-A)
E85: Manish Taneja (Co-founder & CEO, Purplle)
E84: Parag Dhol (General Partner, Athera Venture Partners)
E83: Arun Chulani (Emerging Markets Analyst, First Water)
E82: Chaitanya Ramalingegowda (Co-founder, Wakefit)
E81: RK Rangan (Chairman, BLinC Invest)
E80: Sandeep Patil (Partner, QED Investors)
E79: Abhishek Goenka (RPSG Capital Ventures)
E78: Madhu Shalini Iyer (Partner, Rocketship VC)
E77: Viral Jani (EVP & India Country Head, Times Bridge)
E76: Mohit Kumar (Co-founder & CEO, Ultrahuman)
E75: Vinay Singh (Partner, Fireside Ventures)
E74: Ankur Bansal (Executive Director, BlackSoil Capital)
E73: Sunil Goyal (Founder & Managing Director, YourNest)
E72: Sunit Gajbhiye (Co-founder, Financepeer) | Fundraising overview for founders
E71: Swati Khanna (VP of Human Capital, Sequoia India)
E70: Varun Alagh (CEO, MamaEarth)
E69: Radhesh Kanumury (Managing Partner, Suvan Ventures)
E68: Pranav Marwah (Director of Investments, Marwah Family Office)
E67: Ravi Saxena (Managing Director & CEO, Wonderchef)
E66: Prashant Pitti (Co-founder & Director, EaseMyTrip)
E65: Arjun Rao (Partner, Speciale Invest)
E64: Jitesh Luthra (Community at Bridge & ex-Blume Ventures)
E63: Anjali Bansal (Founder & General Partner, Avaana Capital)
E62: Misbah Naqvi (General Partner, i2i Ventures)
E61: Arjun Vaidya (Venture Lead, Verlinvest India)
E60: Shashank Khade (Director & Chief Equity Advisor, Entrust Family Office)
E59: Nitin Sharma (General Partner, Antler India)
E58: Deep Tech Investing in India (The Desi VC Summit Bonus)
E57: Mohanjit Jolly (Co-Founder & Partner, Iron Pillar Fund)
E56: Amit Garg (Managing Partner, Tau Ventures)
E55: Sameer Nath (Managing Partner, Truescale Capital)
E54: [Legal Series] Archana Balasubramanian (Founding Partner, Agama Law Associates)
E53: [Legal Series] Ankita Singh (Founder, Sarvaank Associates)
E52: [Legal Series] Siddharth Mody (Partner, Desai & Diwanji)
E51: Anvesh Ramineni (Managing Director, MassMutual Ventures)
E50: Raja Ganapathy (Founding Partner, Spring Marketing Capital)
E49: Vaibhav Domkundwar (CEO, Better Capital)
E48: Pearl Agarwal (Founder & Managing Director, Eximius Ventures)
E47: Anjali Sosale (Partner, WaterBridge Ventures)
E46: Monica Mehta (EVP, Wadhwani NEN)
E45: Salone Sehgal (General Partner, Lumikai Fund)
E44: Kunal Khattar (General Partner, AdvantEdge)
E43: Kiran Mysore (Principal, UTEC Japan)
E42: The Rise of Operator-VCs (Bonus: The Desi VC Summit Panel)
E41: Bonus (The Desi VC Summit Keynote): Building A Mature VC Ecosystem Ft. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Avnish Bajaj, Prashanth Prakash & Subba Rao
E40: Vinod Shankar (Partner, Java Capital)
E39: Pratik Poddar (Principal, Nexus Venture Partners)
E38: Adith Podhar (Managing Partner, Gemba Capital)
E37: Munish Randev (Founder & CEO, Cervin Family Office)
E36: Kris Gopalakrishnan (Ex-CEO Infosys & Chairman, Axilor Ventures)
E35: Rahul Chandra (Managing Partner, Arkam Ventures)
E34: Venk Krishnan (CEO, NuVentures)
E33: Rohit Goyal (Managing Partner, Windrose Capital)
E32: Srikanth Sundararajan (General Partner, VenturEast)
E31: Sasha Mirchandani (Managing Director & Founder, Kae Capital)
E30: Utsav Somani (Partner, AngelList India and iSeed)
E29: Rutvik Doshi (General Partner, Inventus Capital India)
E28: Vinay Bansal (CEO, Inflection Point Ventures)
E27: Melissa Frakman (Founder & Managing Partner, EMVC)
E26: Pankaj Jain (Angel Investor & Ex-Partner, 500 Startups)
E25: Ankur Warikoo (Angel Investor & Ex-CEO, Nearbuy)
E24: Shruti Gandhi (General Partner, Array VC)
E23: Chinnu Senthilkumar (General Partner & CTO, Exfinity Venture Partners)
E22: Anup Jain (Managing Partner, Orios Venture Partners)
E21: Sushma Kaushik (Partner, Aavishkaar Capital)
E20: Piyush Puri (Vice President, Brand Capital International – The Times Group)
E19: Rohan Malhotra (Managing Partner, Good Capital)
E18: Vinod Murali (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alteria Capital)
E17: Alex Lazarow (Investment Director, Cathay Innovation)
E16: Pankaj Makkar (Managing Director, Bertelsmann India Investments)
E15: Ankita Vashistha (Founder & Managing Partner, Saha Fund)
E14: Ishpreet Singh Gandhi (Founder & Managing Partner, Stride Ventures)
E13: Ritu Verma (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Ankur Capital)
E12: Bhaskar Majumdar (Founder & Managing Partner, Unicorn India Ventures)
E11: Mark Kahn (Managing Partner, Omnivore)
E10: Abhishek Prasad (Managing Partner, Cornerstone Venture Partners)
E9: Sajith Pai (Director, Blume Ventures)
E8: Rama Bethmangalkar (Director, Qualcomm Ventures)
E7: Karan Mohla (Executive Director, Chiratae Ventures, formerly IDG Ventures)
E6: Dheeraj Jain (Managing Partner, Redcliffe Capital)