Investor's Cut

Archana Priyadarshini is an experienced investor with a track record of performance in the venture capital and private equity markets. Portfolio management, risk management, accounting, business growth, and entrepreneurship are all fields where she excels. She is a strong entrepreneur with a Bachelor of Engineering degree from IIT Kanpur in Chemical Engineering. Currently, she is the General Partner at PointOne Capital.

In this Episode she talks about what all factors make a firm VC Investable.

Mr. Ankur Shrivastava is the founding partner at Globevestor. Experienced as a fund manager, having written 60 checks in 35 startups, main 14 rounds amongst these and with 2 exits. End-to-end know-how in deal flow generation, deal screening & funding thesis, managing portfolio & creating exits, board roles & governance, all-round challenge development, and LP fundraising & relations. Backers encompass Tim Draper, Bill Draper & Boost VC.

Seed-stage investor in about 35 startups, such as Zoomcar, Springboard, Flintobox, Digi-Prex, Doxper and Sunsama. Involved with the Boards of Flintobox, Growisto, Forbidden Foods and Toolbox. Investments span a range of sectors, such as Edtech, Healthtech, SaaS, Fintech, Consumer & Cleantech. Portfolio corporations have raised over $260M in follow-on funding from Sequoia, Accel, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Foundation Capital, Kalaari, 500 Startups, MSDF, Ford, Nokia, Lightbox, etc. and are collectively valued at over $800M as of Q3 2020.

In this episode he gives insights on the team building in the startup and also how to attain and retain the right customers for your startup. 

Mr. Neeraj Das has experience in multiple start-up styled fast paced entrepreneurial ventures. He is the co-founder and product architect at Smart ants. He has also been associated with institutes of national and international repute such as NID,NICC and ELIA.
In this episode Neeraj talks about what should be the primary focus and correct strategy in the early days after starting an Entrepreneurship venture. 

Listen in this podcast Radhika talk about the various prospects that the founders need to have in mind to approach the correct Investor or VC firm. She also comments upon the nature of relationship between the Founder and the VC.

Radhika Agarwal has a dual undergraduate degree in Economics from University of California, Berkeley. Being a specialist of finance and worked as an consultant, she has performed valuations of growth stage tech companies. She currently works with Blume Ventures in making investments in tech companies and supporting the firm's portfolio in in  HRtech, Edtech, eCommerce, and Healthcare.

Mr. Anoop Menon in this episode talk about what an Investor focuses on while evaluating a startup and what different approaches they might follow while doing so.

Mr. Anoop is an IIM Indore Alumni and is also the founder of the IIM Indore Alumni Angel Fund. He is currently a Principal Director at Accenture Ventures and has been associated with Asianet News Network and Jupiter Capital in various capacities in the past.

Gaurav holds a MBA from IIM Calcutta and BE in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

He has has 6+ long stretches of involvement across Strategy, Operations, Business Development, PnL Management and Category and Vendor Management. His last two stretches have been with beginning phase new companies where he was important for the administration group and has worked across capacities to assemble and scale the business from grounds up. He is currently the Vice President of Prime Venture Partners.

In this episode shares insights on how to build a long and strong relationship with your early customers.

Ms. Apoorva is a Principal at Stride Ventures and an IIM Shillong Alumnus. She has been associated with HSBC, Xander Finance, Deloitte and TCS, in the past. She has distinguish skills in analyzing companies, making detailed financial models and credit memorandums with understanding of Companies Act/Regulatory aspects in structuring and transaction documentation. She loves to work with people from diverse background and believes in collective development. Also an effective communicator across all levels of management, both internally and externally.

In this podcast she talks about how to bring a balance between equity giving up against Investments in a Startup.

Mr. Hetal Sonpal is a dynamic and accomplished business leader with 20+ years of career track of delivering and sustaining revenue and profit growth in the IT industry. He has been associated with leading Global MNCs, namely Intel, LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Wipro.
He has held senior roles in Strategic Alliances, Sales, Strategy and Marketing, achieved business growth as well as a turnaround in global, regional, multi-cultural and rapid change environments. Experience of expanding business, building new business from scratch, growing revenue and margin, managing large multi-location consulting engagement teams.

In this Episode he shares what led him to choose his Entrepreneurial journey and what led him to choose the right path for him.

Priyanka has been part of the startup ecosystem almost throughout her career. She started out as an entrepreneur, then worked with another startup as Sales Director and has also been a VC. She brought focus to developing a seed stage ecosystem at IvyCap Ventures, and started the Angel fund initiative. Today, she works closely with startups. Her interest is early stage tech investments.

In this episode she shares insights about the what all aspects Investors take care of while funding a Startup.

Ninad Karpe Sir has been working as a director at CA technologies, BNP Paribas asset management India private limited and also has been chairperson at CII - Western Region and also of Maharashtra state council. He has been a Director of many other companies like Aptech, Slonkit, EDC ltd and many more. Currently, he is associated with many start ups and has been working as a partner at one of the VC firms 100X.VC who invest in early stage startups.

In this episode Mr. Ninad shares his journey as a Venture capitalist and also bestows us with some significant points in the Institutional Venture Funding.

Mahavir Pratap Sharma sir is currently the chairman TiE Global Board of Trustees. He is the Co-founder and Chairman of Rajasthan Angel Innovator Network(RAIN), an integral part of an angel investor network of Rajasthan. Mahavir sir has been a Founder/co-founder of many other organizations like Oscar Expo designs, Hari Om Decor, Jaipur Kaleen Park Limited, and more. He is a serial entrepreneur and a part of umpteen businesses and social organizations, and exudes passion in angel investing, leadership and mentoring. He is a lead mentor and director on many startups globally.

In this Episode he imparts wisdom on the Entrepreneurial journey and how to attain the perfect use of the funding a startup receives.