Prime Venture Partners Podcast

Mohandas Pai, Chairman Aarin Capital and Manipal Global Education chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Mohandas Pai is a Padma Shri Awardee and former CFO and Board Member at Infosys. He is also the co-founder of Akshaya Patra, the world's largest midday meal program.  Mohan has served as the Chairman of the Board of SEBI, and is now a Board Member of the National Stock Exchange in India.He has helped start over 10 different funds in venture, growth, and public markets. He also leads a private equity fund - Aarin Capital - along with Manipal Group Chairman Ranjan Pai that invests in life sciences and education companies.Listen to the podcast to learn about:2:18- The digital ecosystem in India9:35- India as being large but a different opportunity15:16- The direction of doing business in India19:21- The role of both entrepreneurs from the smaller towns in India as well as the opportunities for all entrepreneurs in the metros23:45- The opportunities for the private sector and startup ecosystem to work with the governmentRead the complete transcript here.Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Taavet Hinrikus, Co-Founder Transferwise, chats with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Taavet has been building internet businesses since 1997. He has been Skype's director of strategy until 2008, joining the company as its first ever employee.And then he moved on and found his own venture Transferwise.Listen to the episode to learn about:2:05 - Why Estonia has been one of the pioneers in adoption of digital technologies 4:16 - Early days at Skype8:30 - How do you grow a team to 200 in 12 months13:04 - Birth story of TransferWise17:39 - How to not end up with technology debt19:53 - What is the magic formula to convince the right talent to join your team?21:11- Transparency as a core value 24:48 - Quick learning and adaptation to grow in a fast changing world.Read the complete transcript here.Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Ajay Hattangdi is the co-founder & Managing Partner at Alteria Capital.Ajay is one of the early pioneers of the Indian venture ecosystem and has worked with startups for over 20 years. He started the country’s first venture debt program in 2005. He is currently the co-founder and managing partner at Alteria Capital. Prior to co-founding Alteria Capital in 2017, Ajay was the founding CEO of SVB India Finance, India's first and largest provider of alternative financing solutions to venture backed companies. He led SVB India as CEO from 2007 through a buyout in 2015 following which, SVB India was renamed InnoVen Capital. Through the next phase of his work at InnoVen Capital, he was responsible for introducing venture debt in other markets in Asia, having set the strategy and supervised the Group’s expansion into South East Asia and ChinaListen to the podcast to learn about:1:31- Ajay's journey from Citibank to Alteria Capital2:38- What is venture debt?4:45 - Value proposition of Venture debt7:30 - Where can you use Venture debt8:30 - What is the right time for an entrepreneur to think about Venture debt12:00 - Assessing a company looking to raise Venture debt14: 34 - Best time for a company to raise Venture debt17:38 - What are the downsides of taking venture debt19:25 - How a venture debt firm evaluates23:40- What are the interest rates, equity warrants, duration27:11- Myths and misconceptions about venture debtRead the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Paddy Upton is a celebrated cricket coach, a mental performance coach and a business leader who coaches business leaders as well.Along with Gary Kirsten as Head Coach, Paddy Upton was appointed Mental Conditioning and Strategic Leadership Coach of the Indian National cricket team in 2008. Under Kirsten and Upton, the team attained the  ICC top test team ranking for their first time (2009), and went on to win the  ICC World Cup  in 2011. Between 2012-2018 Paddy has been Head Coach in 12 professional T20 cricket seasons, for five different teams across three tournaments, including the  Indian Premier League , Australian Big Bash League  and the Pakistan Super League . His accomplishments as Head Coach include leading the  Rajasthan Royals team from four years near the bottom of the IPL log to IPL Semi-finalists and Champions League finalists  in his first season (2013), including a record 13 straight home wins. Listen to the podcast to learn about:1:53- Journey to India’s World Cup win as a performance coach5:13-  How should one go about cultivating mental fitness and mental agility8:38- Figuring out what motivates and excites you14:37- Looking at the other end of spectrum, the fear part16:45- Focusing on the process, the input metrics18:20- Paddy on building a team19:59- Assessing the willingness to learn21:41- Picking people in leadership positions23:04- Characteristics of a great Captain25:31- How to make it collectively work as a teamRead the complete transcript here.Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Ankur Warikoo, Co-founder Nearbuy chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners.Ankur Warikoo is an  Internet entrepreneur, motivational speaker and an angel investor. He is the co-founder of  Nearbuy  (where he served as the CEO from 2015-2019). He was previously the CEO of  Groupon  India + APAC, MD of Rocket Internet  India, Co-founder at Accentium Web, and a management consultant at A.T. Kearney.He holds an MBA degree from The Indian School of Business, an MS Physics from  Michigan State University and a BS from Hindu College, Delhi University . Listen to the podcast to learn about:2:31- The importance of storytelling for everyone8:08-  Are people uncomfortable to share stories in the Indian startup ecosystem?12:45 - The right way to get feedback19:07- Building up your social media27:28- Developing skills and overcoming the initial inertia 31:12- Thoughts on doing things that look like a distraction to others32:54- Why everyone should have a failure resumeRead the complete transcript here.Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Kabeer Biswas, CEO Delivery Service Dunzo, chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Starting in 2014, with just WhatsApp, Kabeer Biswas has successfully taken Dunzo to another level. Kabeer is a graduate in Computer Engineering and has worked with companies like Airtel and Videocon. Time Stamps:1:49- Kabeer Biswas on starting Dunzo5:31- Kabeer Biswas on scaling up, key challenges and building the team14:23- Culture at Dunzo19:21- The effect of COVID at Dunzo24:34- Kabeer Biswas on what keeps him goingRead the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

On this episode, Sanjay Swamy in conversation with acclaimed neurosurgeon Dr. Satish RudrappaDr. Satish Rudrappa is one of the most eminent and distinguished Senior Neurosurgeons in India. He has done his M.B.B.S from Karnataka Medical College, Hubli in the year 1990. He completed M.Ch (Neurosurgery) at the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in the year 1995 where he was awarded gold medal for “Best Outgoing Student”.   This was followed by a Fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery from Detroit Medical Centre, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Thoracoscopic Spine training from Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA and a Fellowship of Microvascular Anastomosis at Henry Ford Hospital, USA.  At present he is the Director of Institute of Neurosciences, Senior Consultant Neurosurgery & Head - Department of Spine Surgery at SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL, BANGALOREListen to the episode to learn about:2:04- A day in the life of a neurosurgeon5:44- "Neurosurgery is kind of a meditation"16:15- Role of technology in medicine18:35- Technology that would improve the medical field21:00- Suggestion on technological advancements in the field 23:37- Dr. Satish Rudrappa on empathising with patients27:40- Dr. Satish Rudrappa on ISR(Individual Social Responsibility)32:34- Some closing thoughtsRead the complete transcript here Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

On this episode Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) in coversation with Arjun Sethi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/asethi/) and Jake Ellowitz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-ellowitz/) , partners at Tribe Capital (https://tribecap.co/)A Quantative Approach to Product Market Fit (https://tribecap.co/a-quantitative-approach-to-product-market-fit/)Listen to the episode to learn about:1:51 Arjun’s journey and formation of Tribe Capital8:30 Arjun on quantifying product market fit10:01 Jake’s thoughts on quantifying product market fit11:01 Understanding growth levers 14:59 Cohorts and Simpson Paradox16:39 Arjun on cohorts21:12 Every customer segment tells a different story24:36 Growth Accounting, CMGR and Quick Ratio30:03: How do you know that you are delivering value?Read the full transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/quantifying-product-market-fit-arjun-sethi-jake-ellowitz-partners-tribe-capital/)Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Ashish Gupta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashish-gupta-9632571/) , Serial Entrepreneur chats with Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .Ashish Gupta is a well-known and highly respected figure both in the Indian startup ecosystem and in Silicon Valley. He is a Kauffman Fellow, holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a BTech from IIT Kanpur where he received the President’s Gold medal and is on its list of 50 illustrious alumni. His first entrepreneurial venture, Junglee (a price-comparison platform) was acquired by Amazon in 1998 following which he founded Tavant Technologies in the year 2000. Known for being a prolific investor, Gupta has been an early investor in startups that went on to have very successful exits, such as Flipkart and MuSigma. Ashish is the co-founder of Helion Venture Partners and serves on several boards including Ezetap, Pubmatic, Simplilearn, SMSGupshup and Naukri. Some of his past investments include Qwikcilver (acquired by Pinelabs), Daksh (acquired by IBM), MakeMyTrip, Upwork, Perfios, and Redbus.Listen to the episode to learn about:3:07 Angel investments and VCs: myths vs. realities5:18 FOMO mentality in the private world6:23 Difference in Indian and US markets in terms of investing11:27 What makes a great company?16:23 What’s more important than team for a company’s success19:41 Importance of timing when it comes to trends22:57 Thoughts on exits 25:37 Thoughts on selling a company26:42 Why companies are choosing to stay private31:20 Tips for young entrepreneurs 33:07 Joining the Prime VP team Read the complete transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/serial-entrepreneur-prolific-investor-and-partner-emeritus-prime-vp-ashish-gupta-entrepreneurship-and-investing-india/)Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Vijay Arisetty (https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-vijay-kumar/) , Co-founder and CEO MyGate (https://mygate.com/) chats with Sanjay Swamy, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/theswamy/) Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .Vijay is an alumni of National Defense Academy (NDA) and Indian School of Business (ISB) with 15 years of experience. He served as a VP at Goldman Sachs for 4 years with expertise in Change Management, Regulatory Reforms and Sales Support Function for FICC Products. He was a fully operational helicopter pilot with Indian Air Force (10 Years). Played pivotal in managing disaster relief operations by Air, Land and Sea, Handling Security of Air Bases, VVIP Flying, Pilot Training and Military Flying Operations.Listen to the podcast to learn about:1:58 How MyGate started6:49 Challenges in the first year of launch11:14 More lessons and advice on product-market fit12:58 MyGate’s data security and privacy17:39 Benefits for MyGate users and customers22:03 Life in armed forces and the Shaurya chakra story29:28 Tips for entrepreneurs to deal with adversityRead the complete transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/vijay-arisetty-co-founder-ceo-mygate-building-category-creating-products/)Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback