Join us as we talk to Manish Jethani, the Founder of Hevodata about their story.   Manish Jethani hails from a small town in India called Shahdol. He finished his graduation from IIT Roorkee and ventured straight into entrepreneurship. Prior to starting Hevodata Manish also founded SpoonJoy which was later acquired by Grofers (now Blinkit). In addition to being an entrepreneur, Jethani has also worked in product management for companies such as Grofers and FashionandYou.com.    About Hevodata: Hevo is an end-to-end data pipeline platform that enables businesses to easily pull data from all their sources to the warehouse, run transformations for analytics, and deliver operational intelligence to business tools.   For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/

Founders Unfiltered Ep-64:   Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.   Join us as we talk to Ankit Prasad, the Co-Founder and CEO of Booble AI about their story.   Ankit Prasad is a lifelong entrepreneur, the founder of a tech startup, an advisor and mentor to other tech companies and government bodies, an angel investor, and a public speaker. The Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 List recognised him. Besides this, he is also recognised in the "Fortune 40 Under 40" list, "BW 40 Under 40" list, "50 Fabulous Innovative Leaders" list, and as a TEDx Youth Speaker.   Rahul Prasad is the Co-Founder and CTO of Booble AI. He pursued his computer science engineering degree at SMU. He has also been recognised by Fortune India on their 40 under 40 List of 2021 and Entrepreneur India on their Tech25 2021.   About Booble AI: Bobble AI is the world's first Conversation Media Platform. It is transforming the interactions of over 50 million people and counting with expressive and personalised content like stickers, GIFs, and emojis; deep localization with over 100 languages; AI-based contextual recommendations; speech-to-text, and much more! Bobble Indic Keyboard, the company's flagship product, enables real-time content creation and customization using cutting-edge AI technology. The world's best keyboard, in terms of ratings, engagement, and retention.  For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/

Founders Unfiltered Ep-63:   Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.   Join us as we talk to Trivikraman Thampy, the Co-Founder & CEO of Games24x7, about their story.   Vikram (Trivikraman) Thampy is an Aerospace Engineer turned economist turned amateur poker player turned gaming entrepreneur. He pursued his B.tech at IIT Bombay and received his PhD in Economics from New York University. Later, he founded Play Games 24x7 in 2008.   Founded by New York University-trained economists Bhavin Pandya and Trivikraman Thampy in 2006, Games24x7 is an India-headquartered online gaming company with a portfolio that spans skill games (RummyCircle and My11Circle) and casual games (Ultimate Games). Backed by marquee investors like Tiger Global and The Raine Group, the company specialises in using behavioural science, technology, and artificial intelligence to provide awesome gaming experiences across all its platforms. The diverse, talented, and passionate Games24x7 team is spread across three continents with offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Kiev, Philadelphia, and Miami.   For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/

Join us as we talk to Abhishek Goyal and Neha Singh, the Co-Founders of Tracxn about their story.   Neha Singh pursued her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in technology from IIT Bombay. Later, in 2014, she completed her MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. She also served as an Associate with the BCG Group and an Investment Analyst with Sequoia Capital.   Abhishek Goyal completed his Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur. In the IIT JEE Exam, he received an All India Rank of 60. Later, he served as a software engineer for organisations including Amazon, Yahoo, Andale, and Resume Pro.   About Tracxn: Tracxn is one of the world’s largest platforms for tracking 1.4 million entities through 1,800 feeds categorised across industries, sectors, sub-sectors, geographies, affiliations, and networks globally. It is powered by a unique blend of technical prowess and human analysts that filters through billions of data points to create one of the most useful data intelligence platforms. Tracxn has over 850 customer accounts worldwide, spread over 50 nations, and is backed by investors like Accel Partners and Sequoia. The Tracxn platform is also utilized by several governments, accelerators, incubators, and universities to track innovative businesses and industries. Tracxn has been featured in the Forbes Top 100 Global Analytics Startup List (2015), and Fortune 40 Under 40 (2018). For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/

Founders Unfiltered Ep-61:   Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.   Join us as we talk to Sagar Khatri, the Co-Founder and CEO of Multiplier Technologies about their story.   Sagar Khatri is the Co-Founder and CEO of Multiplier. He is an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay graduate. Later, he worked as an investment banker for Nomura and served as Hmlet's VP of Growth and Expansion. He oversaw the 40 million dollar Series B funding, expansion into Australia and Japan, and a joint venture with MEC in Japan.   About Multiplier Technologies: Multiplier, a top global hiring platform, is simple for businesses to hire teams abroad. It enables businesses to handle employee benefits, tax payments, and employment contracts and comply with these requirements. It generates revenue through subscription-based business models. In March 2022, the company raised $60M in Series B fundraising. For more details- https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/

Founders Unfiltered Ep-60:  Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.   Join us as we talk to Abhishek Nayak, the Co-Founder & CEO of APPSMITH about their story.   Abhishek Nayak is the co-founder and CEO of Appsmith. After earning his degree from BITS Pilani in 2010, he went on to co-found businesses like Gharpay, Wise Mobile Technology, and Bicycle AI. He also served as director of product for Ezetap Mobile Solutions. About APPSMITH: It is the first open-source low-code tool that helps developers build dashboards and admin panels very quickly. It's a platform that helps businesses build any custom internal application within hours. The business was established in the middle of 2019, and its open-source software has been downloaded more than 5 million times by users at more than 1,000 businesses in more than 100 countries.   For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/

Last fortnight, MilkyMist announced it was looking to raise 800 Cr in financing, after reporting close to 1,000 Cr in revenue For more details - https://ajuniorvc.com/milky-mist-case-study-cream-cheese-startup-india-fundraising-dairy-amul/ For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/

Last fortnight, the ED began investigating crypto exchanges in connection with instant lending apps, soon after, the RBI banned PPI instruments from loading via credit lines. In this week's episode of A Junior VC behind the scenes, talk about the history of lending in India which some day is as old as humans. For more details - https://ajuniorvc.com/lending-loan-fintech-credit-navi-startup-india-unicorn/ For more content on startups visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/

Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.   Join us as we talk to Deepit Purkayastha, the Co-founder of Inshorts about their story. Deepit is a computer science and engineering graduate from IIT Kharagpur, where he started building Inshorts in his final year of college along with his co-founders from IIT Delhi. He previously worked as an intern with Goldman Sachs during his college days.   About Inshorts: Read the latest news with Inshorts in less than 60 words related to business, sports, Bollywood and technology in India and worldwide in English and Hindi.   For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/

Founders Unfiltered Ep-58:   Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.   Join us as we talk to Rohan Nayak, the Co-Founder of Pocket FM about their story. Rohan completed his high school at DPS, RK Puram in 2010 and graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 2014. He later worked for several companies, including Credit Suisse, Cube26, and Paytm.  About Pocket FM: Pocket FM is a personalised vernacular audio streaming service, built with a vision to redefine the OTT space with an audio-first approach. It was launched in September, 2018. Pocket FM is a Series C stage company and has raised US $93.6 million in five rounds and is backed by some marquee investors like Lightspeed, Times Internet, Tanglin Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital, Naver and others.   For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/ About the Hosts : Aviral Bhatnagar is a VC at Venture Highway and is the Founder of A Junior VC. He started the A Junior VC Newsletter in 2018 after observing whitespace in conversations in the Indian Venture ecosystem. He completed his B. Tech from IIT Bombay and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.    Mazin Biviji is a Product Owner at Agoda and a founding member of A Junior VC. He previously worked at Deloitte as a Senior Consultant. He completed his MSE and BSE from the University of Michigan and his MBA from INSEAD.     Join us at https://ajuniorvc.com/community/ to be a part of an exclusive community and grab the opportunity to question and hear our guests live every Sunday. AJVC: https://ajuniorvc.com/