Shunya One

Did you know? 85% of content in gaming is streaming. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Piyush Kumar, Founder and CEO of Rooter. Piyush talks about why gaming will never stop being popular and why gamers produce a lot of content around it. He also shares what Rooter is and how the idea for it came about. They further discuss why the number of people playing games is high in India and if it will grow in the coming years, why the gaming community angle is very strong and how it works. Among other things discussed were professional gaming becoming a thing, if streaming is an important part of upscaling for professionals, why gaming in India is a mobile gaming market, and why anyone launching games in India needs to think 'mobile first' in many categories; the nature of the platform Piyush has built, the technology that they are using, the vision and mission they laid down for Rooter, what's in it for the streamers and how they make money. Tune in for this and much more. Follow Rooter Linkedin & Twitter: https://twitter.com/RooterSports https://www.linkedin.com/company/hello-rooter/ Follow Piyush Kumar on Linkedin & Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/writetopiyush/ https://twitter.com/writetopiyush Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode. To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaone You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit talk to Rajat Shikhar, Co-Founder of DealShare. They talk about their journey, how e-commerce audiences have evolved over time. They discuss what the earlier product was like, the audience they were targeting at first and what difference they had identified between customers. Rajat talks about harnessing the local delivery system instead of building things on top of their product and having programs like 'Dealshare Dost Program'. Further they talk about what kind of innovations with technology like AI and machine learning they intended on doing with DealShare, and how they managed to break into the newer cities. Tune in for this and much more.Follow DealShare Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/dealshare-in/https://twitter.com/DealShareIndiaFollow Rajat Shikhar on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajatshikhar/https://twitter.com/rajat245?lang=enTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneTo can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are talking to Srivatsan Chari, Co Founder of 'Cleartax', now known as 'Clear'. They talk about what has changed this year in terms of filing income tax, the reason behind calling themselves Clear instead of Clear Tax and doing invoicing for businesses. Srivatsan tells us his entrepreneurial journey of how he met his other co-founders, what the idea was behind building a product like this, simplifying taxes for the market when the GST portal wasn't around and how they influenced the Indian Financial market that they operate in today. Further, they talk about what are the differences from a customer point of view and Enterprise point of view, what kind of support they have and what is the future ahead. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Clear Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/clearofficial/https://twitter.com/ClearfromCTFollow Srivatsan Chari on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/xrivatsan/https://twitter.com/xrivatsanTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Nitin Gupta, Founder and CEO of Uni Cards. Nitin talks about starting his entrepreneurial journey in 2008, starting with PayUMoney and then coming up with Uni. Nitin also talks about why having an IPO is necessary for business, why India has the best financial service businesses and how he decided on building a financial distribution business. Shiladitya and Amit ask Nitin about what excited him about credit cards in the first place, why the credit card will create a hundred billion dollar incremental market gap in coming years, and more. Nitin further explains what the Uni card is, how it works, the benefits customers can avail with it, how Uni profiles their customers and what Nitin is planning to build on top of the existing product. Tune in for this and so much more.Follow UNI Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/uni-cards/https://twitter.com/cards_uniFollow Nitin Gupta on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitinguptaprofile/https://twitter.com/nitinwhateverTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Giridhar Yasa, Chief Technology Officer of Lendingkart. Giridhar talks to us about why access to financial products for MSMEs is a challenge, what Lendingkart does, who they finance and how it was started. They further talk about how is the loan given to small businesses, what is the process like and how is data being collected. Shiladitya and Amit ask Giridhar about the advancement of API and GST and how they aid his model, and the ability to pull information today. Further they talk about what are the tech innovations been done by Lendingkart to keep that edge in the industry and what do the next 3-5 years look like for the company. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Lendingkart Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/lendingkart/https://twitter.com/LendingkartFollow Giridhar Yasa on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/appaji/https://twitter.com/appajiTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this special 150th episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Amrish Rau, CEO of Pine Labs. They talk about the early days of Amrish, what was the next big thing he saw was going to blow up and how he came up with the idea of Pine Labs. Amrish explains what the company is, what it does, having massive ambitions, why digital QR code is a thing of the future; and what is BNPL and why it is the coolest thing. Shiladitya and Amit ask Amrish about the biggest underlying reasons for fintech growing in India and if Pine labs will do something in the Crypto space. Tune in for this and much more on this informative chat.Follow Pine Labs Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/pinelabs/https://twitter.com/pinelabsFollow Amrish Rau on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrish-rau-4158339/https://twitter.com/amrishrauTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Nikhil Kumar, Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist of Setu. Shiladitya talk about meeting Nikhil some years back, How he and his other co founder jumped into building a product like Setu. Nikhil talks about how UPI coming into the market was an inspiration for all the Creators, why he thinks that we are still in our early days of the internet in India for financial services. Further, they talk about how different is it to work with banks and software applications, who they generate money from and how does Setus business model works. Tune in for this and much more on this informative chat.Follow Setu on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/setu-apis/https://twitter.com/Setu_APIFollow Nikhil Kumar on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilkumarks/https://twitter.com/nikhilkumarksTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit talk to the Co-Founder and CEO of Kutumb - Abhishek Kejriwal. They talk about meeting each other some years ago, how Abhishek met his other Co-founders and how he made the transition from Pratilipi to Kutumb. Abhishek also gives us a complete brief on what the custom is, what the product utility is like and what target audience they cater to. Further, they talk about the forum structure of Kutumb, how it functions, and whether it is similar to slack. They also discuss why Abhishek felt a product like this was needed in the market and what the first few feedbacks that he got from his community were. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Kutumb on Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/kutumbapp/Follow Abhishek Kejriwal on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-kejriwal/https://twitter.com/abhikejriTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit talk to Rohit Garg, Co-Founder & CEO of SmartCoin. They talk about the early life of Rohit, how did he go about building something like Smartcoin. Shiladitya ask Rohit about what is the product like, what was the initial version of smartcoin, what issues did he see in fintech that he could solve through tech, what are the kind of factors they use before deciding whether the loan goes out and for a blank slate guy, what do they get from the moment they download the app. Further, they talk about how they look after data security on the platform and why getting access to good financial providing service is very important. Tune in for this and much more. Follow SmartCoin on Linkedin and Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartcoin-financials/https://twitter.com/SmartCoinIndiaFollow Rohit Garg on Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohit-garg-23232415/Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know that 5% of India's GDP comes from Dairy Farming? That's about 25% of the total agricultural GDP. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit speak to Kirti Jangra, Co-Founder & COO of Animall Technologies. Amit confesses not having spoken to anybody who is so focused on the agricultural and rural Economy. Kirti talks about Animall being a pier to pier cattle trading platform, how the idea has transitioned and how Pashu Melas are held every year for buying and selling animals. Further, they talk about building a marketplace for animals, discuss what were user feedback and how it has changed the trajectory of the market by making this platform. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Animall Technologies on Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/animall-in/Follow Kirti Jangra on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirtijangra/https://twitter.com/KirtiAnimallTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To join the Shunya One slack channel, request for an invite here: http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.