1947 Rise

Co-Founder & President of CarDekho. CarDekho is India's No. 1 Auto Tech Platform. Umang is also an active angel investor. Show Notes 01:09 Intro to 1947 Operators pod with Umang Kumar 02:20 What drove Umang to Angel Investing and his first angel investment 03:38 How does Umang evaluate founders 06:48 Questions asked by Umang to get insights into the founders 09:49 Industries of Interest of Umang and the bandwidth of cheque sizes he writes. 12:30 Stories of Big wins of Umang. 15:20 Stories from misses of Umang 17:21 Learnings from the misses Umang had. 18:22 Some more reasons that motivate Umang to back founders. 21:34 Framework of investing for new angel investors. 25:52 How to construct cap tables for first-time founders. 30:55 How much of his success does Umang owe to luck. 33:13 A founder that Umang admires. 34:21 Who is Umang outside of work.

Hemant is partner at Lightspeed India and also happens to be a poet who excels at math. Before joining Lightspeed, Hemant worked at a16z, Google and AMD. Show Notes (00:41) Intro to the episode with Hemant Mohapatra (02:24) Hemant’s early life in India (03:46) Why did Hemant decide to move back to India and his framework (10:40) How Hemant’s perspective about India has changed in the past 4 years (23:45) How are Indian founders different from the founders in US (26:16) Something that Hemant has recently changed his mind on (26:48) Something Hemant has been obsessed about recently (29:35) Heroes of Hemant’s life (32:28) Values and framework utilized by Hemant in his journey. (36:39) Practices that help keep the mind clear (38:07) Favourite authors of Hemant (42:00) Who is he outside of work

Karan Mohla is Currently Partner and Head of India and SEA for early-stage investments at B Capital Group. Previously he was a Partner at Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures India) and his investments included FirstCry, HealthifyMe, CropIn, Xpressbees, and Bounce among others. Show Notes 00:46 Intro To Karan Mohla 01:43 Early life journey in India and moving back to India after being in the US 10:48 Key learnings of Karan Mohla from his investing experience 18:58 Karan’s views on India’s startup ecosystem now and way forward. 23:57 What’s the sweet spot for Karan and B Capital when investing in startups 28:21 Something Karan would want the Indian ecosystem to have. 34:01 Something Karan is super obsessed about. 40:10 What do Karan’s friends know him for.

Mati Giglio is the co-founder of Even. One subscription to cover all your healthcare needs They are backed by some of the world's leading investors including Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund. Mati is also an active operator angel investor. Show Notes 01:11 Intro to the episode with Mati 02:31 What drove Mati into angel investing. 05:19 First few believers in Even and operator angels that helped with the company building 09:53 Stories of some investments by Mati and learnings from the misses 14:18 What is Mati’s pitch to founders 19:43 Mati's process of hiring. 24:29 Advice from Mati to operators that are looking to start angel investing 27:02 Thoughts on India 30:55 What would Mati work on if money and attention are not needed anymore. 32:50 Who is Mati outside of her work.

Rohit MA is the Co-Founder and Director of Cloudnine group of Hospitals - India’s leading maternity, women, and child care service hospitals. Cloudnine has recently filed for public listing. To increase his impact, he is starting a new journey with PeerCapital. PeerCapital is an early-stage tech-first multi-sector venture capital fund. Show Notes 01:12 Intro to the podcast with Rohit MA 02:45 What drove Rohit into angel investing and what was his first angel investment 09:19 First believer in Rohit MA and Cloudnine 12:15 Founding story of PeerCapital and its thesis 19:04 How does Rohit Evaluate founders. 24:56 Rohit’s suggestions to Operator Angels on how to get started with Angel Investing. 30:47 Investments and misses of Rohit. And the learnings from the misses 37:22 Something that Rohit knows now that he wishes he knew earlier. 37:48 Importance of building the right team. 41:01 Who is Rohit outside of his work.

Madhu is the co-founder of M2P. M2P builds a stronger infrastructure for the financial world. They are backed by one of the best investors globally. The likes of BeeNext, Insight Partners, Tiger Global to name a few Show Notes 01:12 Intro to Madhusudanan R co-founder of M2P 02:15 What drove Madhu to Angel Investing and what was his first Angel Investment 04:33 Who was the first believer in Madhu and M2P 06:00 How operators angels can fundamentally move the needle for you 09:05 How Madhu evaluates founders 12:17 Madhu’s investments; hits and misses, and his learnings from that. 14:30 How has angel investing made Madhu a better founder himself 18:37 Founding Story of M2P and its future prospects. 24:14 India will be the Fintech factory of the world 28:07 If money and attention are not needed anymore what would Madhu work on. 30:25 What is Madhu’s relationship with success. 32:11 Who is Madhu outside of work.

Shashank Kumar is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Razorpay. Razorpay is India’s first full-stack financial solutions company. They are backed by one of the best investors globally and are currently valued at $7.5B. Show Notes 00:39 Intro to Shashank Kumar and Razorpay 03:28 Shashank’s story of growing up in India 08:40 Shashank’s experience in the US 13:25 What led to the foundation of Razorpay 19:12 The story that led to the idea of Razorpay 22:07 Shashank’s conversation with his father regarding moving back to India 26:02 How family life in the US is different from that in India 27:57 The first Angel Investor for Razorpay 31:57 Shashank unfolds how the Fintech ecosystem has evolved and its future. 35:59 If money and attention were not needed anymore what would Shashank work on 37:31 What do Shashank’s friends know him for

JD Kanani is the Co-Founder of Polygon. A global, sustainable web3 infrastructure on Ethereum. Polygon is one of the most valued web 3 projects globally. Show Notes 01:06 Intro to JD Kanani and Polygon Technology 02:33 JD’s First Angel Investment 04:48 How does JD pick deals and evaluate founders while investing. 12:07 What JD thinks of Twitter. 14:00 JD’s First angel investor. 17:08 Policies JD would like to see implemented for Web3 in India. 20:38 What JD is super obsessed about lately. 27:20 If Money and attention are not needed anymore what would JD work on 30:20 What JD’s friends know him for, who is he outside of work

Aakrit Vaish Aakrit Vaish is the Co-Founder & CEO of Haptik. Haptik is a part of the Reliance Jio family now. Aakrit is also a prolific operator investor. He has backed companies like Unacademy, Pepper Content, India gold, and 70+ more. Show Notes What drove him into angel Investing and what was his first investment (2:12) His advice to operator investors on how to go about angel investing (6:00) How does Aakrit evaluate founders (11:25) Outside of capital what motivates him to invest in other founders and operators (21:20) Learnings from investing (25:40) Superpower he sees in his investing partner Miten Sampat (33:35)

Rahul Khanna is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Trifecta Capital. Trifecta capital is where great companies meet great odds. Trifecta Capital’s maiden fund was India’s first Venture Debt Fund. Today Trifecta Capital manages one of the largest venture debt funds in India and it also runs a pre-IPO/ growth stage venture capital fund. Rahul has backed companies like Urban Company, Rivigo, BharatPe and Infra.market to name a few. Show Notes Rahul’s journey from growing up in India to moving to the US, and then moving back to India (1:54) The founding story of Trifecta Capital (12:00) The vision he holds for Trifecta Capital (17:00) Three guiding principles at Trifecta capital (21:30) What is something that he knows now he wishes he had known earlier (23:50) How does he make tough decisions (28:10) A change he would like to see in the ecosystem (33:50) What is he obsessed about both professionally and personally lately (36:50) His fitness schedule and eating patterns (40:30) If money and attention are not needed anymore what would he work on (42:00)