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The Desi VC with Akash Bhat
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BTS: India's Ozempic Paradox
22 mins; March 31, 2026
BTS: How Does Venture Capital REALLY Work?
36 mins; March 23, 2026
BTS: The Curious Case of Hindustan Motors' Ambassador Car
36 mins; March 15, 2026
BTS: How IPL Franchise Valuations Work
29 mins; March 02, 2026
E155: How 2016 US Election Inspired a Billion Dollar Startup | Abhishek Agrawal (CEO, Material Security)
91 hours 44 mins; June 22, 2025
E154: Why India Is THE Leading Emerging Market for Public Investing | Kevin Carter (Founder & CIO, EMQQ Global)
75 hours 20 mins; June 19, 2025
E153: 7 Exits in 10 years ā€“ How To Win US Market | Arun Penmetsa (Partner, Storm Ventures)
66 hours 58 mins; June 18, 2025
E152: Near Bankruptcy to $250M ARR | Rohan Nayak (CEO, Pocket FM)
74 hours 31 mins; April 23, 2025
E151: Leaving VC to Build an AI Startup | Brij Bhasin (Rebright VC / Snow Mountain AI)
76 hours 45 mins; April 10, 2025
E150 - "Build Companies Not Products" | Pramod Gosavi (Blumberg Capital)
84 hours 6 mins; March 19, 2025
E149 - From Amazon Engineer to IPO: The HyreCar Story | Anshu Bansal
66 hours 23 mins; March 01, 2025
E148 - The Ultimate Founder-Led-Marketing Playbook | Aquibur Rahman (CEO, Mailmodo)
71 hours 29 mins; February 15, 2025
E147 - Tips for B2B Enterprise Founders | Yousuf Khan (Ridge Ventures)
94 hours 13 mins; February 02, 2025
E146 - Inside a $1.1B Deep Tech, Cross-Border Fund šŸš€ | Sriram Viswanathan (Founding Managing Partner, Celesta Capital)
81 hours 6 mins; January 15, 2025
E145 - Built & Sold 2 Companies & Now Manages $350M AUM Fintech Fund | Sheel Mohnot
62 hours 7 mins; January 01, 2025
Trailer: We're now on video!
2 mins; January 01, 2025
E144: Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl (Founder & Managing Partner, Eternal Capital)
58 mins; December 26, 2024
E143: Dhirendra Mahyavanshi (Co-founder & CEO, Turtlemint)
50 mins; December 20, 2024
E142: Archana Jahagirdar (Managing Partner, Rukam Capital)
54 mins; December 09, 2024
E141: Anshuman Singh (Co-Founder of Scaler)
55 mins; November 30, 2024
E140: ā Sagar Kochharā  (Co-founder & CEO, Eatsure, Rebel Foods)
58 mins; October 27, 2024
ā ā E139: Karthik Prabhakarā ā  (Managing Partner, ā ā PeerCapital)
69 hours 16 mins; September 15, 2024
E138: Aditya Nambiar (Co-founder, Fennel AI)
42 mins; September 15, 2024
E137: Mayuresh Raut (Managing Partner, Seafund)
56 mins; August 27, 2024
E136: Swati Bhargava (Co-founder, CashKaro.com)
70 hours 22 mins; August 27, 2024
E135: Anish Achuthan (Co-founder & CEO, Open Financial Technologies)
62 hours 7 mins; July 25, 2024
E134: Edul Patel (Co-founder & CEO, Mudrex)
54 mins; July 16, 2024
E133: Navin Honagudi (Managing Partner, Elev8 Venture Partners)
48 mins; July 10, 2024
E132: Sanket Shah (Co-founder & CEO, invideo)
63 hours 34 mins; June 14, 2024
E131: Ashok Hariharan (CEO, IDfy)
60 hours 24 mins; June 12, 2024
E130: Rajiv Srivatsa (Partner, Antler India)
65 hours 20 mins; May 03, 2024
E129: Shwetank Verma (Co-founder & Managing Partner, Leo Capital)
52 mins; April 24, 2024
E128: Prayank Swaroop (Partner, Accel)
48 mins; December 08, 2023
E127: Priya Saiprasad (General Partner, Touring Capital)
53 mins; December 04, 2023
E126: Rohit Bansal (Co-founder, Snapdeal)
56 mins; November 26, 2023
E125: Shubham Goel (Co-founder & Co-CEO, Affinity)
47 mins; November 25, 2023
E124: Sumeet Mehta (Co-founder & CEO, LEAD)
44 mins; October 02, 2023
E123: Sankar Bora (Co-founder & COO, Dealshare)
53 mins; July 20, 2023
E122: Aloke Bajpai (Co-founder & CEO, ixigo)
61 hours 32 mins; July 14, 2023
E121: Rajat Tandon (President, IVCA)
54 mins; July 09, 2023
E120: Rohit Sood (Partner, Bertelsmann India Investments)
73 hours 42 mins; June 26, 2023
E119: Saurabh Saxena (Co-founder, Vedantu & Power Club)
60 hours 31 mins; June 21, 2023
E118: Nandini Mansinghka (CEO, Mumbai Angels)
63 hours 28 mins; June 16, 2023
E117: Dr. Pankaj Jethwani (EVP, W Health Ventures)
64 hours 19 mins; June 11, 2023
E116: Saurabh Pandey (Co-founder & CEO, EloElo)
84 hours 11 mins; May 25, 2023
E115: Karan Desai (Managing Partner, Interface Ventures)
53 mins; May 23, 2023
E114: Yohei Nakajima (General Partner, Untapped Capital)
53 mins; May 14, 2023
E113: Prateek Agarwal (Investments Lead, First Cheque)
70 hours 48 mins; April 30, 2023
E112: Nitin Jain (Co-founder & CBO, OfBusiness)
50 mins; April 28, 2023
E111: Beerud Sheth (Co-founder & CEO, Gupshup)
56 mins; April 16, 2023
E110: Abhishek Goyal (Co-founder, Tracxn)
61 hours 25 mins; April 06, 2023
E109: Sanam Rawal (Partner, Metamorph)
64 hours 17 mins; April 03, 2023
E108: Jen Abel (Co-founder, JJELLYFISH)
62 hours 44 mins; March 31, 2023
E107: Rahul Chowdhury (Managing Partner, N+1 Capital)
88 hours 1 min; March 20, 2023
E106: Tarun Sharma (Managing Partner, MegaDelta Capital)
61 hours 1 min; March 06, 2023
E105: Kanika Mayar (Partner, Vertex Ventures - SEA&I)
56 mins; February 24, 2023
E104: Aprameya Radhakrishna (Co-founder & CEO, Koo)
55 mins; February 19, 2023
E103: Shyam Menon (Founding Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund)
77 hours 49 mins; February 14, 2023
E102: Tushar Vashisht (CEO, HealthifyMe)
51 mins; February 04, 2023
E101: Upasana Taku (Co-founder & COO, MobiKwik)
57 mins; January 29, 2023
E100: Bipin Shah (Partner, Titan Capital)
67 hours 37 mins; January 22, 2023
E99: Yash Jain (Founder & General Partner, Sparrow Capital)
77 hours 4 mins; January 15, 2023
E98: Milap Jadeja (Managing Partner, Openbook VC)
70 hours 3 mins; January 09, 2023
E97: Shalini Chhabra (Managing Partner, 3i Partners)
86 hours 36 mins; January 04, 2023
E96: Mohit Gulati (Managing Partner & CIO, ITI Growth Opportunities Fund)
74 hours 36 mins; December 22, 2022
Bipin Shah (Partner, Titan Capital) | Revolutionizing Early-Stage Investing in India
82 hours 32 mins; December 02, 2022
E95: Abhishek Nag (Partner, Lightspeed India Partners)
61 hours 27 mins; November 13, 2022
E94: Rahul Chowdhri (Managing Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners)
60 hours 24 mins; November 06, 2022
E93: Chirag Gupta (Managing Partner, 8X Ventures)
60 hours 58 mins; November 01, 2022
E92: Gautam Patel (Founder & Managing Partner, Z3Partners)
81 hours 15 mins; October 28, 2022
E91: Gaurav Hinduja (Co-founder & MD, axio)
52 mins; October 23, 2022
E90: Srikanth Iyer (Co-founder & CEO, HomeLane)
70 hours 25 mins; October 20, 2022
E89: Chanakya Hridaya (Co-founder, BlackBuck)
75 hours 10 mins; October 07, 2022
E88: Ketan Patel (CEO, Mswipe Technologies)
60 hours 53 mins; October 01, 2022
E87: Mukesh Kalra (CEO, ET Money)
70 hours 54 mins; September 26, 2022
E86: Ankit Kedia (Founding Partner, Capital-A)
53 mins; September 19, 2022
E85: Manish Taneja (Co-founder & CEO, Purplle)
70 hours 8 mins; September 11, 2022
E84: Parag Dhol (General Partner, Athera Venture Partners)
69 hours 3 mins; September 08, 2022
E83: Arun Chulani (Emerging Markets Analyst, First Water)
54 mins; September 03, 2022
E82: Chaitanya Ramalingegowda (Co-founder, Wakefit)
54 mins; August 28, 2022
E81: RK Rangan (Chairman, BLinC Invest)
66 hours 0 mins; August 22, 2022
E80: Sandeep Patil (Partner, QED Investors)
57 mins; August 07, 2022
E79: Abhishek Goenka (RPSG Capital Ventures)
59 mins; August 04, 2022
E78: Madhu Shalini Iyer (Partner, Rocketship VC)
64 hours 50 mins; July 31, 2022
E77: Viral Jani (EVP & India Country Head, Times Bridge)
61 hours 24 mins; July 29, 2022
E76: Mohit Kumar (Co-founder & CEO, Ultrahuman)
79 hours 48 mins; July 18, 2022
E75: Vinay Singh (Partner, Fireside Ventures)
56 mins; July 06, 2022
E74: Ankur Bansal (Executive Director, BlackSoil Capital)
70 hours 4 mins; June 27, 2022
E73: Sunil Goyal (Founder & Managing Director, YourNest)
52 mins; June 08, 2022
E72: Sunit Gajbhiye (Co-founder, Financepeer) | Fundraising overview for founders
35 mins; June 06, 2022
E71: Swati Khanna (VP of Human Capital, Sequoia India)
70 hours 8 mins; May 26, 2022
E70: Varun Alagh (CEO, MamaEarth)
38 mins; May 15, 2022
E69: Radhesh Kanumury (Managing Partner, Suvan Ventures)
63 hours 25 mins; May 09, 2022
E68: Pranav Marwah (Director of Investments, Marwah Family Office)
59 mins; April 29, 2022
E67: Ravi Saxena (Managing Director & CEO, Wonderchef)
74 hours 25 mins; April 10, 2022
E66: Prashant Pitti (Co-founder & Director, EaseMyTrip)
71 hours 36 mins; March 31, 2022
E65: Arjun Rao (Partner, Speciale Invest)
83 hours 7 mins; March 18, 2022
E64: Jitesh Luthra (Community at Bridge & ex-Blume Ventures)
72 hours 3 mins; February 22, 2022
E63: Anjali Bansal (Founder & General Partner, Avaana Capital)
62 hours 22 mins; February 15, 2022
E62: Misbah Naqvi (General Partner, i2i Ventures)
58 mins; January 29, 2022
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