The Desi VC: Indian Venture Capital | Angel Investors | Startups | VC
By Akash Bhat
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The Desi VC is a weekly podcast hosted by Akash Bhat, devoted to interviewing angel investors and venture capitalists investing in tech startups in India across all sectors and of all check sizes.
Tune in to hear India's leading investors discuss current trends in venture capital and touch upon topics such as fund-raising, valuation, pricing, business models, exit scenarios, sustainable investing among others.
About the host: Akash Bhat works on the investment team at Scrum Ventures, a San Francisco based sector agnostic VC firm investing in Seed and Series A startups. Follow him on Twitter - @bhatvakash or visit https://www.thedesivc.com
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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 |