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Sameer Brij Verma is the Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners, where he opened & leads their Bangalore office. At NVP, he has led investments in Postman, Unacademy, Infra.market, Hasura, Animall, Ultrahuman and about 70 others. SHOW NOTES Sameer’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:15) The founding story of Nexus Venture Partners and the evolution of the Indian tech ecosystem (15:00) The best part about his job and the hardest part (26:00) What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction (31:00) If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would he work on (35:00) Who is he outside of work (37:00)

Anshum Bhambri is the co-founder and CEO of FanCraze. FanCraze is creating the metaverse for cricket. It recently got funded by the likes of Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India, Cristiano Ronaldo’s fund, and others. SHOW NOTES Anshum’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:15) What’s FanCraze and what’s the grand vision that he holds for FanCraze (11:20) Unpacking NFTs for a 10-year-old (20:30) What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction (26:00) Who is he outside of work (29:00)

Aniket Jindal is the founder of Biconmy. Its mission is to make blockchain transactions simple.  Prior to Biconomy, Aniket was an early employee at Binance.  Aniket is also nurturing the Indian tech ecosystem by backing the web3 founders. SHOW NOTES Aniket’s journey from growing up in India to moving to China and then moving back to India (1:10) The origins of Biconomy (5:15) What’s Biconomy and what’s the grand vision that he holds for Biconomy (9:30) Overview of web3 in India, the origins, where are we today and where are we headed to  (11:30) What needs to be true for India to lead the innovation in web3 (16:25) What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction (19:30) If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would he work on (23:50) Who is he outside of work (25:30)

Abhilash Inumella Abhilash is the Co-founder of Questbook. Prior to founding Questbook he worked as a Software Engineer at Facebook in the US, later founded Samosa Labs after moving back to India (sold to MPL) SHOW NOTES Abhilash’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:10) The origins of Samosa Labs (4:00) What’s Questbook and what’s the grand vision that he holds for Questbook (9:45) Overview of web3 in India, the origins, where are we today and where are we headed to  (13:10) What needs to be true for India to lead the innovation in web3 (16:25) Skills and experiences he brought back with him to India that ended up becoming valuable (18:40) What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction (20:10) If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would he work on (22:50) Who is he outside of work (24:10) A book that changed his life (25:20)

Salone Sehgal is the Founder and GP of Lumikai Fund. Lumikai Fund is India’s first gaming and interactive entertainment venture fund. SHOW NOTES Salone's journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The origins of Lumikai Fund and the vision she holds for the fund (6:00) What’s the best part about her job (11:20) The hardest part about her job  (16:40) Skills and experiences she brought back with her to India that ended up becoming valuable (19:00) What frameworks does she use when things are not going in the right direction (21:25) What is Salone’s life like outside of work (24:10) If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would she work on (25:10) What do her friends know her for (26:10)

Arjun Vaidya is a D2C founder & investor. He built Dr. Vaidya’s to India’s largest Ayurveda brand online. Dr. Vaidya’s was recently acquired by RP Sanjiv Goenka Group – making it one of India’s first D2C exits. He now leads venture investing for Verlinvest in India SHOW NOTES Arjun’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after moving back to India and repackaging of Dr. Vaidya’s (6:30) What made him join Verlinvest and the vision he holds (14:26) What’s the best part about his job (17:40) The hardest part about his job  (18:20) What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction (19:12) What is he most excited about outside of work (20:28) If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would he work on (21:50) What do his friends know him for (23:10)

Nishchay AG is the Co-founder and CEO of Jar. A daily gold-savings app that saves spare change & auto-invests for you. Jar currently has 5M users and is backed by Tiger Global and others. SHOW NOTE: Nischay’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after moving back to India and were there self-doubts at the beginning (2:30) What made him join Bounce (8:00) The origins of Jar (15:00) The magical outcome he holds for Jar (17:52) Favorite part about his job (19:30) The hardest part about his job (19:51) His advice to those who are planning to move back to India (24:00) What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction (29:30) What drives him (31:00) What do his friends know him for (35:00)

Vaibhav Domkundwar is the CEO and founder of Better Capital. Better Capital is one of the best Pre-seed / seed-stage funds in India. Portfolio companies include Slice, Open, Teachmint Rupeek, Khatabook, and many more. The combined value of the portfolio companies is $5B+ SHOW NOTES Vaibhav’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after moving back to India and were there self-doubts at the beginning (4:50) The origins of Better Capital (7:00) The evolution of angel investing in India over the past decade (11:00) The things that he struggles with (17:00) What’s the best part about his job (22:00) His advice to those who are planning to move back to India (25:00) What drives him (30:00)

Nitin Sharma is the General Partner, Co-founder, Antler India. Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow. SHOW NOTES Nitin’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:25) The journey after moving back to India (First Principles and Antler India) (7:20) The vision that Nitin holds for Antler India (14:30) The evolution of the Indian tech ecosystem from 2013 to 2022 (19:00) Skills that he picked up from his experience in the US that ended up becoming valuable in India (25:45) His advice to those who are thinking about moving back to India (33:00) What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction (37:00) If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would he work on (40:00)

Monish Darda is the Co-founder and CTO of Icertis. Currently valued at $2.8B, Icertis is the contract intelligence company that pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with contract lifecycle management. SHOW NOTES Monish's journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) The journey after moving back to India (7:30) The journey of building Icertis and multiple companies before Icertis (15:15) His advice to those who are thinking about moving back to India (22:30) Skills that he picked up from his experience in the US that ended up becoming valuable in India (28:00) What does he struggle with (34:00) What frameworks does he use when things are not going in the right direction (37:00) If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would he work on (40:00) What do his friends know him for (42:00)