The Desi VC with Akash Bhat
By Akash Bhat
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Episodes: 148
Description
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.
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E152: Near Bankruptcy to $250M ARR | Rohan Nayak (CEO, Pocket FM)
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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E151: Leaving VC to Build an AI Startup | Brij Bhasin (Rebright VC / Snow Mountain AI)
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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E150 - "Build Companies Not Products" | Pramod Gosavi (Blumberg Capital)
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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E149 - From Amazon Engineer to IPO: The HyreCar Story | Anshu Bansal
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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E148 - The Ultimate Founder-Led-Marketing Playbook | Aquibur Rahman (CEO, Mailmodo)
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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E147 - Tips for B2B Enterprise Founders | Yousuf Khan (Ridge Ventures)
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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E146 - Inside a $1.1B Deep Tech, Cross-Border Fund 🚀 | Sriram Viswanathan (Founding Managing Partner, Celesta Capital)
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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E145 - Built & Sold 2 Companies & Now Manages $350M AUM Fintech Fund | Sheel Mohnot
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Trailer: We're now on video!
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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E144: Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl (Founder & Managing Partner, Eternal Capital)
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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E143: Dhirendra Mahyavanshi (Co-founder & CEO, Turtlemint)
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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E142: Archana Jahagirdar (Managing Partner, Rukam Capital)
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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E141: Anshuman Singh (Co-Founder of Scaler)
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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E140: Sagar Kochhar (Co-founder & CEO, Eatsure, Rebel Foods)
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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E139: Karthik Prabhakar (Managing Partner, PeerCapital)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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E138: Aditya Nambiar (Co-founder, Fennel AI)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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E137: Mayuresh Raut (Managing Partner, Seafund)
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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E136: Swati Bhargava (Co-founder, CashKaro.com)
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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E135: Anish Achuthan (Co-founder & CEO, Open Financial Technologies)
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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E134: Edul Patel (Co-founder & CEO, Mudrex)
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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E133: Navin Honagudi (Managing Partner, Elev8 Venture Partners)
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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E132: Sanket Shah (Co-founder & CEO, invideo)
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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E131: Ashok Hariharan (CEO, IDfy)
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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E130: Rajiv Srivatsa (Partner, Antler India)
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May 03, 2024 |
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E129: Shwetank Verma (Co-founder & Managing Partner, Leo Capital)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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E128: Prayank Swaroop (Partner, Accel)
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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E127: Priya Saiprasad (General Partner, Touring Capital)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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E126: Rohit Bansal (Co-founder, Snapdeal)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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E125: Shubham Goel (Co-founder & Co-CEO, Affinity)
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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E124: Sumeet Mehta (Co-founder & CEO, LEAD)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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E123: Sankar Bora (Co-founder & COO, Dealshare)
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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E122: Aloke Bajpai (Co-founder & CEO, ixigo)
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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E121: Rajat Tandon (President, IVCA)
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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E120: Rohit Sood (Partner, Bertelsmann India Investments)
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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E119: Saurabh Saxena (Co-founder, Vedantu & Power Club)
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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E118: Nandini Mansinghka (CEO, Mumbai Angels)
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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E117: Dr. Pankaj Jethwani (EVP, W Health Ventures)
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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E116: Saurabh Pandey (Co-founder & CEO, EloElo)
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May 26, 2023 |
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E115: Karan Desai (Managing Partner, Interface Ventures)
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May 23, 2023 |
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E114: Yohei Nakajima (General Partner, Untapped Capital)
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May 14, 2023 |
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E113: Prateek Agarwal (Investments Lead, First Cheque)
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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E112: Nitin Jain (Co-founder & CBO, OfBusiness)
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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E111: Beerud Sheth (Co-founder & CEO, Gupshup)
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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E110: Abhishek Goyal (Co-founder, Tracxn)
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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E109: Sanam Rawal (Partner, Metamorph)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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E108: Jen Abel (Co-founder, JJELLYFISH)
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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E107: Rahul Chowdhury (Managing Partner, N+1 Capital)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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E106: Tarun Sharma (Managing Partner, MegaDelta Capital)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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E105: Kanika Mayar (Partner, Vertex Ventures - SEA&I)
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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E104: Aprameya Radhakrishna (Co-founder & CEO, Koo)
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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E103: Shyam Menon (Founding Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund)
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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E102: Tushar Vashisht (CEO, HealthifyMe)
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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E101: Upasana Taku (Co-founder & COO, MobiKwik)
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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E100: Bipin Shah (Partner, Titan Capital)
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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E99: Yash Jain (Founder & General Partner, Sparrow Capital)
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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E98: Milap Jadeja (Managing Partner, Openbook VC)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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E97: Shalini Chhabra (Managing Partner, 3i Partners)
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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E96: Mohit Gulati (Managing Partner & CIO, ITI Growth Opportunities Fund)
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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E95: Abhishek Nag (Partner, Lightspeed India Partners)
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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E94: Rahul Chowdhri (Managing Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners)
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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E93: Chirag Gupta (Managing Partner, 8X Ventures)
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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E92: Gautam Patel (Founder & Managing Partner, Z3Partners)
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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E91: Gaurav Hinduja (Co-founder & MD, axio)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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E90: Srikanth Iyer (Co-founder & CEO, HomeLane)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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E89: Chanakya Hridaya (Co-founder, BlackBuck)
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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E88: Ketan Patel (CEO, Mswipe Technologies)
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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E87: Mukesh Kalra (CEO, ET Money)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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E86: Ankit Kedia (Founding Partner, Capital-A)
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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E85: Manish Taneja (Co-founder & CEO, Purplle)
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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E84: Parag Dhol (General Partner, Athera Venture Partners)
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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E83: Arun Chulani (Emerging Markets Analyst, First Water)
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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E82: Chaitanya Ramalingegowda (Co-founder, Wakefit)
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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E81: RK Rangan (Chairman, BLinC Invest)
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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E80: Sandeep Patil (Partner, QED Investors)
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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E79: Abhishek Goenka (RPSG Capital Ventures)
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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E78: Madhu Shalini Iyer (Partner, Rocketship VC)
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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E77: Viral Jani (EVP & India Country Head, Times Bridge)
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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E76: Mohit Kumar (Co-founder & CEO, Ultrahuman)
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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E75: Vinay Singh (Partner, Fireside Ventures)
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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E74: Ankur Bansal (Executive Director, BlackSoil Capital)
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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E73: Sunil Goyal (Founder & Managing Director, YourNest)
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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E72: Sunit Gajbhiye (Co-founder, Financepeer) | Fundraising overview for founders
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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E71: Swati Khanna (VP of Human Capital, Sequoia India)
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May 26, 2022 |
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E70: Varun Alagh (CEO, MamaEarth)
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May 16, 2022 |
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E69: Radhesh Kanumury (Managing Partner, Suvan Ventures)
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May 10, 2022 |
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E68: Pranav Marwah (Director of Investments, Marwah Family Office)
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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E67: Ravi Saxena (Managing Director & CEO, Wonderchef)
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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E66: Prashant Pitti (Co-founder & Director, EaseMyTrip)
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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E65: Arjun Rao (Partner, Speciale Invest)
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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E64: Jitesh Luthra (Community at Bridge & ex-Blume Ventures)
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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E63: Anjali Bansal (Founder & General Partner, Avaana Capital)
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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E62: Misbah Naqvi (General Partner, i2i Ventures)
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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E61: Arjun Vaidya (Venture Lead, Verlinvest India)
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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E60: Shashank Khade (Director & Chief Equity Advisor, Entrust Family Office)
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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E59: Nitin Sharma (General Partner, Antler India)
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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E58: Deep Tech Investing in India (The Desi VC Summit Bonus)
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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E57: Mohanjit Jolly (Co-Founder & Partner, Iron Pillar Fund)
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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E56: Amit Garg (Managing Partner, Tau Ventures)
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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E55: Sameer Nath (Managing Partner, Truescale Capital)
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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E54: [Legal Series] Archana Balasubramanian (Founding Partner, Agama Law Associates)
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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E53: [Legal Series] Ankita Singh (Founder, Sarvaank Associates)
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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E52: [Legal Series] Siddharth Mody (Partner, Desai & Diwanji)
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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E51: Anvesh Ramineni (Managing Director, MassMutual Ventures)
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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E50: Raja Ganapathy (Founding Partner, Spring Marketing Capital)
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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E49: Vaibhav Domkundwar (CEO, Better Capital)
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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E48: Pearl Agarwal (Founder & Managing Director, Eximius Ventures)
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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E47: Anjali Sosale (Partner, WaterBridge Ventures)
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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E46: Monica Mehta (EVP, Wadhwani NEN)
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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E45: Salone Sehgal (General Partner, Lumikai Fund)
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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E44: Kunal Khattar (General Partner, AdvantEdge)
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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E43: Kiran Mysore (Principal, UTEC Japan)
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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E42: The Rise of Operator-VCs (Bonus: The Desi VC Summit Panel)
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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E41: Bonus (The Desi VC Summit Keynote): Building A Mature VC Ecosystem Ft. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Avnish Bajaj, Prashanth Prakash & Subba Rao
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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E40: Vinod Shankar (Partner, Java Capital)
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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E39: Pratik Poddar (Principal, Nexus Venture Partners)
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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E38: Adith Podhar (Managing Partner, Gemba Capital)
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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E37: Munish Randev (Founder & CEO, Cervin Family Office)
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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E36: Kris Gopalakrishnan (Ex-CEO Infosys & Chairman, Axilor Ventures)
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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E35: Rahul Chandra (Managing Partner, Arkam Ventures)
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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E34: Venk Krishnan (CEO, NuVentures)
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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E33: Rohit Goyal (Managing Partner, Windrose Capital)
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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E32: Srikanth Sundararajan (General Partner, VenturEast)
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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E31: Sasha Mirchandani (Managing Director & Founder, Kae Capital)
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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E30: Utsav Somani (Partner, AngelList India and iSeed)
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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E29: Rutvik Doshi (General Partner, Inventus Capital India)
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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E28: Vinay Bansal (CEO, Inflection Point Ventures)
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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E27: Melissa Frakman (Founder & Managing Partner, EMVC)
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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E26: Pankaj Jain (Angel Investor & Ex-Partner, 500 Startups)
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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E25: Ankur Warikoo (Angel Investor & Ex-CEO, Nearbuy)
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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E24: Shruti Gandhi (General Partner, Array VC)
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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E23: Chinnu Senthilkumar (General Partner & CTO, Exfinity Venture Partners)
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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E22: Anup Jain (Managing Partner, Orios Venture Partners)
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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E21: Sushma Kaushik (Partner, Aavishkaar Capital)
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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E20: Piyush Puri (Vice President, Brand Capital International – The Times Group)
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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E19: Rohan Malhotra (Managing Partner, Good Capital)
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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E18: Vinod Murali (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alteria Capital)
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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E17: Alex Lazarow (Investment Director, Cathay Innovation)
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May 25, 2020 |
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E16: Pankaj Makkar (Managing Director, Bertelsmann India Investments)
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May 18, 2020 |
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E15: Ankita Vashistha (Founder & Managing Partner, Saha Fund)
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May 11, 2020 |
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E14: Ishpreet Singh Gandhi (Founder & Managing Partner, Stride Ventures)
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May 04, 2020 |
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E13: Ritu Verma (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Ankur Capital)
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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E12: Bhaskar Majumdar (Founder & Managing Partner, Unicorn India Ventures)
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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E11: Mark Kahn (Managing Partner, Omnivore)
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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E10: Abhishek Prasad (Managing Partner, Cornerstone Venture Partners)
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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E9: Sajith Pai (Director, Blume Ventures)
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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E8: Rama Bethmangalkar (Director, Qualcomm Ventures)
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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E7: Karan Mohla (Executive Director, Chiratae Ventures, formerly IDG Ventures)
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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E6: Dheeraj Jain (Managing Partner, Redcliffe Capital)
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Mar 09, 2020 |