Vinny Pujji is the Managing Partner at Left Lane Capital. Left Lane Capital is a global venture capital firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology companies. Notable investments include GoStudent, Jackpocket, Bilt Rewards and many more Before Left Lane Vinny was at Insight Partners - where he led insights investments in India 00:00 - Top moments 01:32 - Intro 03:16 - How did you get into the world of investing and What is the founding story of Left Lane Capital? 07:56 - Founders were telling you, "hey, there's something that you're doing. Not many people are doing out there" What is that really specifically?" 10:31 - How did you arrive at that portfolio construction and thesis? 12:53 - Do you think being a global firm gives you an edge? If so how does it give you an edge? 15:53 - What's been the hardest thing for you in terms of building the fund? 19:26 - Do you remember, an inflection point in your investing career that just changed your trajectory as an investor? 22:54 - How has your relationship to investing in India started? How has it evolved over time? 26:41 - How did the investment oppourtunity of AstroTalk come about? 29:59 - What's been the biggest learnings for you through working with the founders in India? 32:52 - What needs to be true for founders in India to get funded by Vinnie and the team at Left Lane Capital? 34:28 - What's been making you smile lately? 35:07 - What's your relationship with health? 37:18 - How's tennis, going for you? 38:27 - What was like your most favorite thing about India? 39:26 - Who are you outside of work? 🔗 CONNECT WITH Vinny Pujji 👥 Linkedin -   / vpujji   🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/vpujji?lang=en 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/ 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ... 🐦 Twitter -   / shivassangwan   🐦 Twitter -   / 1947rise   👥 Linkedin -   / shiva-sin.  .

Aditya Agarwal is the Partner at South Park Commons. SPC is a community of technologists and builders dedicated to helping each other explore, learn, and get from -1 to 0. Prior to SPC Aditya was the CTO of Dropbox and he was one of Facebook’s first engineers. 00:00 - Top moments 01:22 - Intro 02:41 - What is the founding story of South Park Commons? 13:26 - What is the thesis and the portfolio construction of the fund? 15:12 - What type of check sizes are these and what is the portfolio construction like? 16:30 -What are some examples of companies that have gone from -1 to 0 under SPC? 19:09 - What are some examples of companies that got incubated or took a bigger route? 23:03 - What has been the hardest thing about building SPC? 25:17 - What are your learnings from backing these top founders? What are some similar patterns? 28:45 - What is your relationship with India? What are your learnings from working with Indian founders? 31:36 - How can Indian companies apply for SPC? 32:35 - Are you looking to spend more time in India and what is your view on India? 35:44 - What's been making you smile these days? 36:22 - What's your relationship with health? 39:27 - What is that one hack, that you cannot live your life without? 40:01 - What's on your techno playlist these days 🔗 CONNECT WITH Aditya Agarwal 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/adityaag 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/ 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ... 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/shivassangwan 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/1947Rise 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiva-sin...

Nitin is the co-founder of Ofbusiness, a $6 billion dollar company and Pratham is the founder of Masters Union - A leading technology-focused b-school led by veteran leaders, offering an industry immersive PGP. 00:00 - Top moments 01:28 - Introduction 02:27 - How are you both sleeping these days? 06:38 - How is Nitin able to persist through everything and do it? 10:00 - What's the secret behind Pratham's energy and persistence? 16:13 - What is Nitin's framework to make it big in life? 20:47- What is Pratham's framework to make it big in life? 23:01- How does Nitin manage the relationship with his support systems while building the company? 26:00 - How does Pratham manage the relationship with his support systems while building the company? 29:33 - What's been making you smile lately, Nitin? 31:35 - What's been making you smile lately, Pratham? 33:05 - Your thoughts on the importance of support systems in life? 34:34 -To what extent Money should define us? 36:14 - The Importance of Work-Life Balance: Should we trade of personal life for work life? 39:27-How do people who work with/under you find break from work? 44:07 - How to tackle overworking and burnout? 46:26 - What are your food habits? 50:38 - If your company were a superhero what superpowers would it have? And who would be your arch nemisis? 56:45 - do you battle not having a sense of belonging? 58:45 - How to take breaks and manage them? 🔗 CONNECT WITH Nitin Jain 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitin-jain-17b82310/?originalSubdomain=in 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/njain351 🔗 CONNECT WITH Pratham Mittal 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/prathammittal/?originalSubdomain=in 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/prathammittal?lang=en 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/ 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ... 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/shivassangwan 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/1947Rise 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiva-sin...

Andreas Klinger is a former CTO of Product Hunt, CoinList, Head of Remote at AngelList, and CTO at On Deck He is also an investor via Remote First Capital. He has backed some amazing companies like Remote, Mainstreet, Clubhouse and more. Here are the topic we covered during our conversation 00:00 - Top moments 00:49 - Introduction 02:07 - What was the founding story of Remote First Capital? 05:18 - Did you have any mentors who helped you go about it? 06:11 - What's the portfolio construction like? And how did you arrive to that portfolio construction? 10:35 -What's your thesis around your global investing approach? 11:49 - What are 1-3 things that work well when raising capital from LPs? What are 1 or 2 things you did wrong while fund raising? 14:04 -Who was your first believer in Remote First Capital? 15:04 - What was the story behind Remote.com? 18:46 -What is that one thing that you know now, you wish you knew earlier? 22:22 -What is the hardest thing about building a fund? 27:45 -What was your reason for doing a trip to India and what has the experience been like? 30:09 -What has been the top take aways from this? What did you find intresting? 33:37-What do people get wrong about India? 36:00 -How can someone building from India reach out to you? 38:58 -What's been making you smile lately? 40:26 -Is there a hack you can't live without? 41:17 -If money was not needed anymore, what would you work on? 44:28 -Who are you outside of work? 🔗 CONNECT WITH Andreas Klinger 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasklinger 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/andreasklinger 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/ 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ... 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/shivassangwan 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/1947Rise 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiva-sin...

Sahil Lavingia is an entrepreneur, known as the founder and CEO of Gumroad, an investor, painter, and writer. Through SHL Capital he Invests $10 million a year into early-stage technology startups, mostly via $100K-$250K checks. 00:00 - Top moments 00:42 - intro 01:54- What was the founding story of SHL Capital? 05:40 - What's the portfolio construction like for SHL capital? 08:09 - Are there examples in your portfolio of weird investments that turned out to be very good? 14:15- Any investors in particular who have really helped you become a better investor? 19:27 - Have you seen a pattern across your successful investments? 24:03- What was your reason of visiting India and how was the trip like? 29:18- You recently tweeted saying, you know, "if you want to be a billionaire, move to India" Where did that come from? 40:05- I'm a founder looking to, you know, reach out to Sahil and kind of get a sense, would I be even fit to Sahil? What would that scenario look like? 44:06 - What's been making you smile lately, Sahil? 45:06 - What's your typical day like? 48:16- Is there a hack you can't live without? 50:58- Thank you 🔗 CONNECT WITH Sahil Lavingia 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahillavingia/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/shl?lang=en 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/ 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ... 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/shivassangwan 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/1947Rise 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiva-sin...

Akshay Chaturvedi is the founder and CEO of Leverage Edu, a fast-growing study abroad platform startup that provides personalized mentorship and guidance for higher education and careers. He is also a prolific angel investor. Timestamps: 00:00: Top Moments 00:34: Intro with Akshay 02:25: Leverage Edu Overview 04:22: First External Investor 06:25: Akshay's Angel Investing Journey 08:15: Impact on Growth as Founder 12:26: Identifying Investment Opportunities 15:51: Angel Investing Learnings 18:58: Advising on Cap Table Construction 22:22: Advice for Operator Angels 27:04: Akshay's Typical Day 29:47: Health's Impact on Akshay 32:42: Akshay's Outside Interests 34:02: Dream Dinner Guests 37:10: No Limits to Dreaming

Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner and Founder of Precursor Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in the first institutional round of financing for the most promising software and hardware companies. He is one of the pioneers of pre-seed investing. He is also an advisor and mentor to a number of emerging managers. Timestamps: 00:00 Top Moments 00:31 Intro to pod with Charles Hudson 02:21 Angel investing and Precursor Ventures' founding story 05:28 Evolution of fund strategy over the years 07:29 Convincing LPs on a diversified portfolio 09:52 Non-consensus of non-consensus being right 12:35 Fundraising journey and learnings from fund one 15:35 Fundraising from scratch, picking a number, and handling rejections 18:53 Hardest part in building Precursor and in building a venture 21:42 Growth as a fund manager and mentors' impact 24:17 Solo GP Happy Hours initiative 25:55 Advice for emerging fund managers and characteristics of successful investors 27:17 Charles's outside-of-work obsessions 27:58 Typical day for Charles 28:32 Sleep, health, and well-being 28:54 Dream project with time and resources 29:56 Charles's affinity for Indian cuisine 29:39 Charles's reputation among friends outside of work 30:17 Dinner guests, dead or alive, and why

Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and writer. He is the co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries. TVP has raised three funds so far and proved its model by investing in major winners like FanDuel, Lemonade, Coinbase, Ro and more. Timeline : 00:00 Introduction 02:07 Founding story of Tusk Ventures 05:39 Evolution of portfolio construction from Fund 1 to Fund 3 07:51 Assisting companies like Uber, FanDuel, Coinbase and advice on navigating regulations, particularly in India 12:05 Moments of reflection and questioning during the journey 13:48 Does being in a small niche limit opportunities? 15:15 Mistakes in fundraising for the first fund and changes leading to the success of subsequent funds 17:15 Challenges in building a venture fund 19:00 Insights behind writing a recent book, its thesis, and the intended audience 22:01 Thoughts on the biggest global regulatory issue concerning AI 25:33 Perspective on TikTok 26:55 A glimpse into a typical day 29:08 Knowing Bradley beyond work 29:06 Bradley's greatest passion outside of work 30:23 Strategies for maintaining mental, physical, and emotional fitness 32:15 If money and attention are not needed anymore, what would he work on?

Masha Bucher is the Founder of Day One Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that’s pioneering a new model in VC by spearheading communications for its portfolio companies. The fund has backed backed 8 unicorns and one portfolio company went public They have invested in companies like Remote, Worldcoin, You.com, Simulate, Superhuman, Truebill (acq), Arcadia, DoNotPay, Atoms, Yumi, DuckDuckGo & others Before that, Masha was an angel investor and PR studio founder working with companies like Houzz, HotelTonight, Toptal & more. Timeline: 00:00 : Top Moments 00:31 : Intro to pod with Masha 01:53 : Founding story of Day One Ventures 04:25 : How does it differentiate itself from other funds 07:32 : Portfolio construction 10:28 : How has she improved as an investor over the years 13:04 : Role of luck in investing 15:00 : Patterns in successful companies 17:55 : Notable moments, significant mistakes 20:26 : Lessons from Fund one for Fund two 22:57 : Strategies for securing LPs 27:04 : A typical day in Masha's life 28:34 : Masha beyond professional identity

Arjun Nair is the Co-Founder and President of Great Learning. Great Learning is India's leading provider for online professional & higher education. In 2021, BYJU’S Acquired Great Learning for $600 Million. Great Learnings was bootstrapped. Timeline: 00:00: Top Moments 00:38: Intro to pod 02:00: Early life and shaping moments 09:56: Return to India and founding Great Learning 16:03: Evolution of online learning and its future 22:44: Key issues in Indian education and solutions 28:55: Advice for diasporas for seizing opportunities in India 33:29: A glimpse into a typical day 35:52: Yoga practice 38:30: Alternative passions without constraints 40:34: Exploring the person beyond the professional persona