The Startup Operator
Episodes
EP 161 - Building a D2C Brand - Malika Sadani (Founder & CEO, The Moms Co.) | Beauty & Personal Care | Scaling to Acquisition
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Malika is the founder and CEO of The Moms Co., a natural beauty and personal care D2C brand. In this episode she spoke about validating the problem, e...
Roundup #60: Hero Motocorp's new EV Brand, Accel's 7th Fund for India, New SaaS Fund & other deals!
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #60 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Accel launches 7th fund for...
EP 160 : Making EVs Mainstream - Shreyas Shibulal (Founder & CEO, Micelio)
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shreyas is the founder of Micelio, a statup that aims to power innovation and drive long-term, sustainable change in the clean mobility space. In this...
EP 159 : Building Enterprise SaaS - Kanti Prabha (Co-founder, SirionLabs)
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kanti Prabha is co-founder of SirionLabs, a startup that offers Customer Lifecycle management in SaaS for enterprise customers. In this episode she sp...
Roundup #59: India's ban on Chinese apps, Zomato incorporates NBFC, 2 New Unicorns & other deals!
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #59 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. India's ban on Chinese apps...
EP 158 : Building Internet for Bharat - Jani Pasha (Co-founder & CEO, Lokal)
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jani is co-founder and CEO of Lokal, a hyperlocal community app for the non english speaking population. In this episode he spoke about the founding s...
Roundup #58: Nepal Adopts UPI, Unicorns are haemorrhaging money & other deals!
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #58 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Nasscom Strategic Review Re...
EP 157 : India SaaS Story - Manav Garg (CEO & Founder, Eka) | Fundraising | Hiring | Going from 0 - 1
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Manav is the founder and CEO of Eka Software solutions founded in 2004. More recently, he has authored "The India SaaS Story", a Book for SaaS Founder...
EP 156 : Building Netflix for Bharat - Vinay Singhal (Co-founder & CEO, Stage)
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vinay is the co-founder & CEO of Stage, a premium OTT platform for the Indian consumers that is focussed on delivering content in each local dialect r...
Roundup #57: Three new unicorns, Navi heads for an IPO, Automotive PLI scheme & more!
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #57 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Three new unicorns this wee...
EP 155 : Building for Bharat | Farid Ahsan (Co-founder & COO, ShareChat & Moj) | Consumer Internet
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farid is a co-founder and COO of one of India's largest homegrown social media apps, ShareChat & it's sister app Moj. In this episode he spoke about w...
EP 154 : Building in the Metaverse - Varun Choudhary (Co-founder, Fan Anywhere) | Operating in a new category
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Varun is a serial entrepreneur and is the Co-founder of FanAnywhere, a platform for utility based NFTs & Fan Tokens for celebrities and their fans. In...
EP 153 : Bootstrapping to a $600M acquisition - Arjun Nair (Co-founder, Great Learning) | Edtech | Changing Consumer Mindset
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Arjun is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of Great Learning. He started and bootstrapped Great Learning to a $600M acquisition by Byju's last ...
EP 152 : Building a Core Science Startup - Ezhil Subbian (Founder & CEO, String Bio) | Lab to Market | Commercializing Innovation
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ezhil is the founder and CEO of String Bio a core science startup that is enabling sustainable solutions in several sectors. In this episode she spoke...
Roundup #56: Swiggy turns decacorn, Bear season in public market, New unicorns & more!
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #56 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Public markets turns bearis...
EP 151 : Bootstrapping to Acquisition - Aman Goel (Co-founder, Cogno AI) | SaaS | Conversational AI
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aman is the co-founder of Cogno AI, an AI powered cloud communication platform. Aman started Cogno right out college and recently got acquired by Exot...
EP 150 : 10X Revenue in 1 YEAR?😯 - Anirudh Singla (Founder & CEO, Pepper)
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anirudh Singla is the founder and CEO of Pepper, a managed marketplace for various types of content. In this episode he spoke about the nuances of sca...
Roundup #55: Rise, Fall & resurrection of Exotel, Are Private markets overvalued? IPOs & more!
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #55 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Are private markets overval...
EP 149 : Delivering 2,00,000 shipments every day! 🤯 Vishesh Khurana (Co-founder, Shiprocket) | Logistics | Ecommerce | D2C
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vishesh is the co-founder of Shiprocket. Prior to this he co-founded Kartrocket and Kraftly and later pivoted to Shiprocket. In this episode he spoke ...
EP 148 : He built India's fastest growing SaaS startup | Rashid Khan (Co-founder & CPO, Yellow) | Conversational AI | SaaS
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rashid Khan is the co-founder and chief product officer at yellow.ai, a conversational platform that sits on top of existing systems. In this episode ...
Roundup #54: Jan 16 National Startup Day: PM, 2022 Continues Unicorn Trend, Fundraises & more!
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #54 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. PM's announcement of Januar...
EP 147 : Building a Health Food Brand - Jyotsna (Jo) Pattabiraman (Founder & CEO, Growfit) | Operating a Cloud Kitchen | Productizing the Food Business
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jyotsna is founder and CEO of Grow Fit, a health food brand that helps people get fit through their diets. In this episode she spoke about how they na...
Roundup #53: First week of 2022 produces 2 unicorns, Edtech regulation bill, Acquisitions & more!
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #53 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. First week of 2022 produces...
Roundup #52: 2021 : Best year for Indian Startups?, Byju's $48Bn SPAC valuation & more!
26 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #52 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Was 2021 the best year for ...
EP 146 : Building a Clean Label Food Brand - Sreejith Moolayil (Co-founder & COO - True Elements) | D2C - Direct to Consumer Business
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sreejith is the co-founder and COO of True Elements, a clean label food brand that makes a select range of Snacks and Supplements. In this episode he ...
EP 145 : Building in the EV Space - Pankaj Dubey (Co-founder, Power Global) | New Markets | Deep Tech | Zero to One
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pankaj is the Co-founder of Power Global, a startup delivering EV solutions for two and three-wheeled vehicles, all supported by Power Global's smart ...
EP 143 : Building a SaaS Business - Avlesh Singh (Co-founder & CEO, WebEngage)
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Avlesh Singh is the co-founder and CEO of WebEngage, a decade old SaaS platform that powers user retention. In this episode Avlesh spoke about the mul...
EP 144 : Sell Anything Online - Suumit Shah (Founder & CEO - Dukaan) | Ecommerce | Build for Bharat
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Suumit is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several startups. He is the founder and CEO of Dukaan, a platform that democratizes e-commerce. In thi...
Roundup #51: India's 1st dedicated blockchain fund, Growing EV industry, Acquisitions & more!
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #51 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. India's 1st dedicated block...
EP 142 : Investing in India SaaS - Alok Goyal (Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners) | Early Stage Investing | Fundraising | Startup Building
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alok is finance professional turned investor and is a partner at Stellaris Venture Partners. He mostly invests in SaaS startups in the Indian ecosyste...
EP 141 : Enabling Cross-border Finance - Raghunandan G (Founder, Zolve) | Fintech | Neo Bank | Building a Global Brand
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Raghunandan is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several startups like TaxiForSure and Serendipity Infolabs and more. He is currently the founder ...
Roundup #50: Record Startup Funding in 2021, FAME II Revisions, Acquisitions & more!
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #50 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Record Startup Funding in 2...
EP 140 : Building for the new age investor - Ujjwal Ankur (CEO, Tickertape) | Fintech | Partnerships | Compliance
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ujjwal is a serial entrepreneur and has founded startups like WealthPack, Privy and Tickertape. He spoke about what he is doing differently this time,...
EP 139 : Marrying Profits with Purpose - Shikha Shah (Founder, AltMat) | Managing Manufacturing & Supply Chains | Pioneering Sustainability
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shikha is the founder and CEO of AltMat a company that converts agricultural waste into sustainable natural textiles. In this interview she spoke abou...
Roundup #49: Blockbuster IPOs: Nykaa, PayTM, Zomato: Startup to investor, Acquisitions & more!
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #49 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Nykaa and PayTM's mega IPOs...
EP 138 : Solving Last Mile Mobility - Vivekananda Hallekere (CEO & Co-founder, Bounce) | Scaling & Optimizing Logistics | Building Electric Vehicles
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vivekananda is a Chartered Accountant turned entrepreneur with Bounce, a smart last mile mobility company. He spoke about the nuances of solving the t...
Roundup #48 : UPI sets yet another record, EV competition heats up, Record high festive sales & more!
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #48 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. UPI crosses $100Bn transact...
EP 137 : Building the University of the Future - Abhimanyu Saxena (Co-founder, Scaler Academy) | Improving Skills & Employability | Enabling Engineering Recruitment
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abhimanyu Saxena is a software engineer turned founder. He has co-founded InterviewBit and Scaler Academy. In this episode he spoke about how colleges...
EP 136 : Investing Simplified - Vineet Patawari (Co-founder & CEO, Elearnmarkets & Stockedge) | Edtech | Markets
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vineet is a serial entrepreneur with a background in finance and has founded several startups in the finance space. He is currently the co-founder and...
Roundup #47: Paytm set for India's biggest IPO, India 2nd in unicorn race, Acquisitions & more!
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #47 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. SEBI's nod to Paytm for IPO...
EP 135 : Improving Employee Wellness - Mayank Kale (Co-Founder & CEO, Loop Health) | Building in Insurtech | Zero to One
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mayank Kale is the co-founder and CEO of loop health, a medical and health insurance provider. In this episode he spoke about partnering with the incu...
EP 134 : Streamlining Farm to Fashion - Mayank Tiwari (Founder & CEO, Reshamandi) | Sericulture | Optimizing Production & Distribution in a complex ecosystem
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mayank Tiwari is the CEO of Reshamandi, a Silk supply chain management and marketplace. Prior to founding Reshamandi, Mayank held various positions in...
Roundup #46: Crypto economy in India, Health insurance for every Indian, Unicorns of the week & more!
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #46 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Policies & Government Push ...
EP 133 : Go-To-Market Masterclass - Varun Ravichandran (Head of GTM, Vymo) | Enterprise SaaS | Verticalization | Scaling
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Varun started started his career as an engineer and later pivoted towards a more business/marketing oriented role and has worked at various firms in v...
EP 132 : Transforming Hemp Production - Jahan Peston Jamas (Co-founder, Boheco) | Building a Category | Educating Consumers | Working with Policymakers
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jahan is the co-founder of Bombay Hemp Company (Boheco), an industrial and medical hemp production company. In this episode he spoke about dealing wit...
Roundup #45: This week's Unicorns, Government's new policies, Fundraises and more!
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #45 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Drone policy, Indian Space ...
EP 131 : Pioneering Rural Fintech - Dilip Modi (Founder, Spice Money) | Financial Inclusion | Solving for the Last Mile | Building for Bharat
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dilip is a serial entrepreneur and has founded multiple companies. He is the founder and CEO of Spicemoney, a fintech firm that is revolutionising the...
EP 130 : Building Super Games - Roby John (Co-founder & CEO, SuperGaming) | Acquisition, Retention, & Monetization | Build for the World
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roby founded JuneGaming, a mobile gaming startup in 2008, after spending 12 years at multiple product startups as a developer and product manager. Wit...
Roundup #44: Vedantu turns Unicorn, Meesho doubles its valuation, Starlink India's new CEO and more!
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #44 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Vedantu turning unicorn 2....
EP 129 : Wealth Advisory for Everyone - Asheesh Chanda (Founder & CEO, Kristal AI) | Personalization through Fintech
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Asheesh Chanda is a fund and portfolio manager turned tech entrepreneur with Kristal.AI, a Digital-First Private Wealth platform that provides both Re...
EP 128 : Building the World's largest Fitness Community - Sonal Singh (Co-founder, Fittr) | Zero CAC | Community-led commerce | Healthcare Startup
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sonal Singh is a co-founder of Fittr, a healthcare and fitness community startup. In this episode she spoke about turning a community into a company, ...
Roundup #43 : Freshworks lists on NASDAQ, Flobiz starts scaling their NEO bank and more!
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #43 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. Freshworks IPO 2. Fittr Se...
EP 127 : Building Commercial Drones - Vipul Singh (Co-founder & CEO, Aarav Unmanned Systems) | Operating in a Nascent Market | Frontier Tech | Make in India
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vipul is the co-founder and CEO of Aarav Unmanned Systems, a Drone design and manufacturing company. In this episode Vipul spoke about developing IP i...
EP 126 : Streamlining B2B Commerce - Vasant Sridhar ( Co-founder & CSO, OfBusiness) | Enabling SMEs | Marketplace & Financing | Manufacturing in India
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vasant Sridhar is a Co-founder and Chief Sales Officer at OfBusiness, an SME financing platform. Prior to co-founding OfBusiness, Vasant was the found...
Roundup #42 : Skyroot signs MoU with ISRO, MPL & Apna turn Unicorns, Byju's Acquires Tynker & more!
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #42 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 1. MPL turns unicorn with 150M...
EP 125 : Marketing For Startups - Gayatri Yadav (CMO, Sequoia Capital) | Brand Building | Differentiation & Disruption
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gayatri Yadav is a marketing veteran with nearly 3 decades of experience in brand management and marketing at companies like Procter & Gamble, Star TV...
Roundup #41: Byju's Acquires Gradeup, Notion acquires Automate.io, Amagi raises $100M and more!
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #41 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Sarthak Ahuja joining Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha to discuss - 1. Amagi...
EP 124 : Building Fintech 2.0 - Nitin Gupta (Founder & CEO, Uni) | Reimagining credit | Serial Entrepreneur | Investor
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nitin is a serial entrepreneur and an Angel Investor. He has founded multiple startups like Khojguru Infotech, PayU India and now Uni. In this episode...
EP 123 : B2B Sales Masterclass - Jen Abel ( Co-founder, JJELLYFISH) | Zero to One | US GTM | Founder-led Sales | SaaS
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Abel is a B2B entrepreneur and is the co-founder of JJELLYFISH. She has been featured as a Cohost and speaker engaged by brands including Conde Na...
Roundup #40: Zerodha's Mutual Funds approval, Prosus acquires BillDesk and more!
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #40 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Jivraj Sachar joining Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha to discuss - 1. Accou...
EP 122 : Consumerization of Healthcare - Mohit Kumar (Founder & CEO, Ultrahuman) | Building a Global Brand | Healthtech
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mohit is the founder and CEO of Ultrahuman, a healthtech platform. He is a second time founder and had previously found Roadrunnr, a logistics and sup...
EP 121 : Startup to Acquisition - Rohith Bhat (Founder, Robosoft & 99Games) | Apple Development | Gaming | Based in Tier II
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rohith Bhat is the founder of Robosoft technologies and is the founder and CEO of 99Games. He built Robosoft Technologies from a tier 2 city in India ...
Roundup #39 : Freshworks files for IPO, Delhivery acquires Spoton and more!
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #39 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 1. Freshworks files for IPO 2. Prime Vent...
EP 120 : Transforming Indian Manufacturing - Amrit Acharya (Co-founder & CEO, Zetwerk) | Working with SMEs | Unicorn & Profitable
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amrit is the co-founder and CEO of Zetwerk, a B2B marketplace focused on make-to-order custom manufacturing. In this episode Amrit spoke about transfo...
EP 119 : Building a B school for Startups - Raj Kunkolienkar (Co-founder & Chief Vibe Officer, Stoa School) Cohort Based Learning | Audience Building | Edtech
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Raj is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several startups. He is currently the co-founder and the chief vibe officer at Stoa School, a business sc...
Roundup #38 : India's most valuable SaaS - Postman, Behind the scenes of Food Delivery Business, Zetwerk turns Unicorn and more!
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #38 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Special guest Digjay Patel joins Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha to discuss - 1. Fundrais...
EP 118 : Delivering Consumer Tech DNA to banks - Ankur Joshi ( Founder & CEO, Nuclei)
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ankur is a serial entrepreneur and has founded startups in multiple fields. He is the founder and CEO of Nuclei, a fintech startup. In this episode he...
EP 117 : Powering Venture Capital through Data & Tech - Abhishek Goyal (Co-founder, Tracxn) | Fundraising | Founders | Scaling
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abhishek Goyal is the co-founder of Tracxn, a startup enabling faster and easier deployment of Venture Capital to startups through their platform. He ...
Roundup #37 : Hiring Frenzy in India, Robosoft Acquisition, CoinDCX & Eruditus turn unicorns & more!
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to #37 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Special guest Jayadevan PK joins Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha to discuss - 👉🏽 Ro...
EP 116 : Principles of Growth - Deepak Abbot (Co-founder, indiagold) | Product | Marketing | 0 - 300mn users scale | Solving credit access in India
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deepak Abbot is the Co-founder of indiagold, a gold based lending platform that aims to solve credit access in India. Deepak has been a product manage...
EP 115 : Co Creating Products, Brands, & Businesses - Suresh Narasimha (Co-founder, CoCreate) | Zero to One | Venture Studio | Microfunds
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Suresh is the co-founder of CoCreate ventures, a microfund for preseed investments. He also participates in building products in the companies. In thi...
Roundup #36 : Nykaa readies IPO, UPI sets new records, Mindtickle turns unicorn and more!
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a passionate listener of our podcast, then please do share your feedback with us - https://tinyurl.com/sopfeed (takes 5 mins or less). Help ...
EP 114 : Building for Indian Retail - Kumar Vembu (CEO, GoFrugal) | Digital Transformation | Scaling SaaS
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kumar Vembu is a product manager and a serial entrepreneur and has founded multiple startups over the past 3 decades. He founded GoFrugal in 2004 to p...
EP 113 : Building for Real Estate - Ajay Kumar (Co-founder & CEO, TheHouseMonk) | Vertical SaaS | Zero to One | Growth
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ajay Kumar is a serial entrepreneur. He founded Cozee Homes and sold it a brokerage firm and then went on to found TheHouseMonk, a service that provid...
Roundup #35 : Droom and OfBusiness turn unicorns, Unacademy's new acquisition and more!
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a passionate listener of our podcast, then please do share your feedback with us - https://tinyurl.com/sopfeed (takes 5 mins or less). Help ...
EP 112 : Building Products for Scale - Kaushik Subramanian (Product Leader) | Product Principles for B2B & B2C | Hiring Product Talent
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kaushik is a product leader and has worked at some of the world's largest tech companies. He is also an investor/advisor at several firms. In this epi...
EP 111 : Enabling Enterprises with Data - Suresh Shankar (Founder & CEO, Crayon Data) | Selling to large enterprises | Being a 2x founder
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Suresh is a two time founder, podcaster and more. He first founded RedPill solutions in 2000 and then Crayon Data, a big data and AI company. He also ...
Roundup #34 : Byju's Acquisition spree, Blackbuck's new unicorn status and more!
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 👉🏽 Byju's acquisition spree 👉...
EP 110 : Nagaraj Mylandla (Chairman & MD, FSS - Financial Software & Systems) | Evolution of Payments | Working with Banks | Growing through Partnerships | Building for Tomorrow
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nagraj is a banker turned entrepreneur, he created FSS in 1991, envisaging a phenomenal growth of the payments industry in India. FSS is a one stop en...
EP 109 : Snehil Khanor (CEO, Truly Madly) | Building in the Dating Market | Sustainable Growth | Acquisition, Retention & Monetization & more
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Snehil Khanor is a serial tech entrepreneur who has founded startups from early in his career and is currently the Co-Founder & CEO of TrulyMadly....
Roundup #33 : Zomato and Paytm's IPOs, Ola Electric's scooter launch and more!
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 👉🏽 Zomato and Paytm's IPOs 👉...
EP 108 : Building Creator Tools | Sanket Shah (CEO, InVideo)
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sanket is the CEO of InVideo, an online content creation tool. Sanket shah is also a serial entrepreneur and has co-founded other startups like MassBl...
EP 107 : Early Stage Financing | Adith Podhar, (Founding Partner, GEMBA Capital)
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adith is the founding partner at Gemba Capital and has made seed investments in several startups. In this episode Adith and Roshan talk about the Dos...
Roundup #32 : Chiratae Venture's Early stage fund, Pinelabs' Aggressive expansion and more!
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 👉🏽 Chiratae's Acceleration of e...
EP 106 : Disrupting the Packaging Industry | Aniket Deb (Co-Founder & CEO, Bizongo)
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aniket is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bizongo, a company dealing with the Packaging industry. Prior to founding Bizongo, he was business intelligence ma...
EP 105 : Building and Monetizing Communities | Tamanna & Tarun Dhamija (Co-Founders, Convosight)
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tamanna and Tarun are both Serial entrepreneurs coming from a background in Finance. They first co-founded Baby Destination, a community of 1.3Mn moth...
Roundup #31: Grofers turns Unicorn, Fundraises in the past week and more!
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 👉🏽 Grofers turning unicorn 👉...
EP 104 : Disrupting Insurance | Abhishek Poddar & Saurabh Arora (Co-Founders, Plum)
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abhishek and Saurabh are the co-founders of Plum, an insurtech startup aiming to transform the healthcare experience. Prior to founding Plum, Abhishek...
EP 103 : Scaling the Engineering Function | Ajey Gore ( Operating Partner - Technology, Sequoia India )
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ajey is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded several startups over the course of his 25 year career and is currently an operating partner at Sequo...
EP 102 : Mentorship for Everyone | Nellie Wartoft (CEO, Tigerhall)
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nellie is the founder and CEO of Tigerhall, a mentor media platform for people to learn from the best in their selected fields. In this episode she sp...
EP 101 : Covid Citizens, NowFloats and more! | Jasminder Singh Gulati (Co-Founder, NowFloats)
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jasminder is the co-founder of NowFloats. Along with a number of founders from the ecosystem he created Covid Citizens to provide real time verified d...
Roundup #30: Pharmeasy & Sharechat ESOP buybacks, Fundraises in the past week and more!
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 👉🏽 Browserstack turning unicorn...
EP 100 : Enterprise SaaS Masterclass | Yamini Bhat (Co-Founder & CEO, Vymo)
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yamini is the co-founder and CEO of Vymo. Prior to founding Vymo, Yamini was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company. She spoke about picking the ...
EP 99 : Solving for Credit Access | Ramakrishna NK & Smita Satish (Co-Founders, Director & CEO, Rang De)
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ram and Smita are the Co-Founders, Director and CEO of Rang De, a Peer-2-Peer lending platform. They started Rang De to solve the problem of low credi...
Roundup #29: Tata Digital's Acquisitions, Fundraises in the past week and more!
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 👉🏽 Tata Digital's Acquisitions ...
EP 98 : Building a Deep Tech Startup | Ashwini Asokan (Founder & CEO, Mad Street Den)
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ashwini is the founder and CEO of Mad Street Den, a Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence Company building the AI architecture of the future. She ...
EP 97 : The Maker's Mindset | Kaus Manjita (Co-Founder & CEO, Mason)
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kaus is the CEO of Mason, a company with multiple products like Kubric helping remove limits for creators and Mason helping SMBs customize their E-c...
Roundup #28: Urban Company achieves Unicorn status, Fundraises in the past week and more!
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 👉🏽 Urban Company Achieves unico...
EP 96 : Idea to Product to Company | Murali Vivekanandan (Founder & Chairman, Ideas2IT)
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Murali is a serial entrepreneur and has co-founded Radaptive and PipeCandy and has also founded Ideas2IT, an IT company that turns ideas into products...
EP 95 : Building a Hub for Data Teams | Prukalpa Sankar (Co-founder, Atlan)
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Prukalpa Sankar is the Co-founder of Atlan a hub for various data teams to socialise and collaborate on their work. Prior to co-founding Atlan Prukalp...