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The Desi VC with Akash Bhat

The Desi VC, hosted by Akash Bhat, is an award-winning podcast featuring conversations with top investors & founders on trends, insights, and personal/success stories in the India-US startup ecosystem. Our purpose: As an immigrant in the US with deep roots in India, Akash explores the parallels & contrasts between Indian & US VC/tech landscapes. The podcast bridges knowledge gaps, fosters cross-cultural collaboration & celebrates 'desis' making a mark in the US.

E61: Arjun Vaidya (Venture Lead, Verlinvest India)

53 mins; January 22, 2022

E60: Shashank Khade (Director & Chief Equity Advisor, Entrust Family Office)

73 hours 36 mins; January 06, 2022

E59: Nitin Sharma (General Partner, Antler India)

95 hours 2 mins; November 20, 2021

E58: Deep Tech Investing in India (The Desi VC Summit Bonus)

51 mins; October 18, 2021

E57: Mohanjit Jolly (Co-Founder & Partner, Iron Pillar Fund)

69 hours 35 mins; October 18, 2021

E56: Amit Garg (Managing Partner, Tau Ventures)

67 hours 14 mins; October 14, 2021

Mohanjit Jolly (Co-Founder & Partner, Iron Pillar Fund) | Investing in startups on the 1-10 journey

1 min; September 28, 2021

E55: Sameer Nath (Managing Partner, Truescale Capital)

86 hours 41 mins; September 22, 2021

E54: [Legal Series] Archana Balasubramanian (Founding Partner, Agama Law Associates)

83 hours 7 mins; September 06, 2021

E53: [Legal Series] Ankita Singh (Founder, Sarvaank Associates)

142 hours 59 mins; September 04, 2021

E52: [Legal Series] Siddharth Mody (Partner, Desai & Diwanji)

97 hours 33 mins; August 19, 2021

E51: Anvesh Ramineni (Managing Director, MassMutual Ventures)

62 hours 10 mins; July 27, 2021

E50: Raja Ganapathy (Founding Partner, Spring Marketing Capital)

59 mins; July 21, 2021

E49: Vaibhav Domkundwar (CEO, Better Capital)

58 mins; July 13, 2021

E48: Pearl Agarwal (Founder & Managing Director, Eximius Ventures)

73 hours 32 mins; June 28, 2021

E47: Anjali Sosale (Partner, WaterBridge Ventures)

80 hours 59 mins; June 20, 2021

E46: Monica Mehta (EVP, Wadhwani NEN)

57 mins; April 18, 2021

E45: Salone Sehgal (General Partner, Lumikai Fund)

68 hours 40 mins; April 05, 2021

E44: Kunal Khattar (General Partner, AdvantEdge)

101 hours 37 mins; March 28, 2021

E43: Kiran Mysore (Principal, UTEC Japan)

81 hours 4 mins; March 15, 2021

E42: The Rise of Operator-VCs (Bonus: The Desi VC Summit Panel)

42 mins; March 09, 2021

E41: Bonus (The Desi VC Summit Keynote): Building A Mature VC Ecosystem Ft. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Avnish Bajaj, Prashanth Prakash & Subba Rao

58 mins; February 25, 2021

E40: Vinod Shankar (Partner, Java Capital)

87 hours 36 mins; February 16, 2021

E39: Pratik Poddar (Principal, Nexus Venture Partners)

66 hours 58 mins; February 08, 2021

E38: Adith Podhar (Managing Partner, Gemba Capital)

67 hours 51 mins; December 27, 2020

E37: Munish Randev (Founder & CEO, Cervin Family Office)

78 hours 38 mins; December 21, 2020

E36: Kris Gopalakrishnan (Ex-CEO Infosys & Chairman, Axilor Ventures)

70 hours 39 mins; December 13, 2020

E35: Rahul Chandra (Managing Partner, Arkam Ventures)

80 hours 19 mins; December 10, 2020

E34: Venk Krishnan (CEO, NuVentures)

67 hours 53 mins; November 24, 2020

E33: Rohit Goyal (Managing Partner, Windrose Capital)

73 hours 47 mins; November 12, 2020

E32: Srikanth Sundararajan (General Partner, VenturEast)

66 hours 21 mins; November 03, 2020

E31: Sasha Mirchandani (Managing Director & Founder, Kae Capital)

42 mins; October 18, 2020

E30: Utsav Somani (Partner, AngelList India and iSeed)

60 hours 52 mins; October 05, 2020

E29: Rutvik Doshi (General Partner, Inventus Capital India)

77 hours 27 mins; September 14, 2020

E28: Vinay Bansal (CEO, Inflection Point Ventures)

64 hours 11 mins; August 23, 2020

E27: Melissa Frakman (Founder & Managing Partner, EMVC)

49 mins; August 16, 2020

E26: Pankaj Jain (Angel Investor & Ex-Partner, 500 Startups)

117 hours 38 mins; August 02, 2020

E25: Ankur Warikoo (Angel Investor & Ex-CEO, Nearbuy)

65 hours 5 mins; July 27, 2020

E24: Shruti Gandhi (General Partner, Array VC)

40 mins; July 20, 2020

E23: Chinnu Senthilkumar (General Partner & CTO, Exfinity Venture Partners)

61 hours 44 mins; July 12, 2020

E22: Anup Jain (Managing Partner, Orios Venture Partners)

79 hours 6 mins; July 06, 2020

E21: Sushma Kaushik (Partner, Aavishkaar Capital)

53 mins; June 28, 2020

E20: Piyush Puri (Vice President, Brand Capital International – The Times Group)

47 mins; June 14, 2020

E19: Rohan Malhotra (Managing Partner, Good Capital)

51 mins; June 07, 2020

E18: Vinod Murali (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alteria Capital)

57 mins; May 31, 2020

E17: Alex Lazarow (Investment Director, Cathay Innovation)

46 mins; May 24, 2020

E16: Pankaj Makkar (Managing Director, Bertelsmann India Investments)

44 mins; May 17, 2020

E15: Ankita Vashistha (Founder & Managing Partner, Saha Fund)

48 mins; May 10, 2020

E14: Ishpreet Singh Gandhi (Founder & Managing Partner, Stride Ventures)

50 mins; May 03, 2020

E13: Ritu Verma (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Ankur Capital)

43 mins; April 26, 2020

E12: Bhaskar Majumdar (Founder & Managing Partner, Unicorn India Ventures)

54 mins; April 19, 2020

E11: Mark Kahn (Managing Partner, Omnivore)

51 mins; April 12, 2020

E10: Abhishek Prasad (Managing Partner, Cornerstone Venture Partners)

47 mins; April 05, 2020

E9: Sajith Pai (Director, Blume Ventures)

54 mins; March 29, 2020

E8: Rama Bethmangalkar (Director, Qualcomm Ventures)

53 mins; March 22, 2020

E7: Karan Mohla (Executive Director, Chiratae Ventures, formerly IDG Ventures)

67 hours 19 mins; March 15, 2020

E6: Dheeraj Jain (Managing Partner, Redcliffe Capital)

48 mins; March 08, 2020

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