AJVC Unfiltered 31: Is this India's Crypto Movement?

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  AJVC Unfiltered 38: Can Chargebee Charge the Global RevOps Revolution?

  2021-11-28

  13:59

  Last fortnight Chargebee appointed its Chief Financial Officer, a few months after turning unicorn in an incredible year for Indian SaaS For more details: https://ajuniorvc.com/chargebee-saas-unicorn-india-startup-revenue-zuora-chennai-case-study/
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  Ep44: Reimagining banking for millennials ft. Jupiter

  2021-11-21

  33:10

  When Pandemic struck in 2020, the banking industry was ready for disruption- the act of physical visits to bank or ATMs had to be done away with - which gave a golden opportunity to a new form of Banking to emerge- known as Neo Banking. Jitendra Gupta- our guest for today -is the one of the most known faces in the Fintech space – he is also the co-founder of Jupiter- a mobile first neo banking platform targeted at millennials. In todays podcast we discuss the Jitendra's journey so far- and get insights on how he managed to bring Jupiter from Ideation to reality. For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/
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  AJVC Unfiltered 37: Will Paytm’s Rollercoaster hit IPO Gold?

  2021-11-14

  28:33

  Last fortnight, Paytm opened India’s biggest IPO. Join us for a behind-the-scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece - Will Paytm’s Rollercoaster hit IPO Gold? Link to article - https://ajuniorvc.com/paytm-ipo-fintech-rollercoaster-mall-wallet-business-unicorn-startup-india/
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  Ep43: Making Blockchain Simple ft. Matic Network

  2021-11-07

  29:27

  Jaynti was born and brought up in a small town in Ahmedabad. He studied at a local college, where students’ ambition was limited to getting a job at TCS. Jaynti too followed a similar path and took a job at an Indian corporate. A friend introduced him to YC’s Hacker News - a website focusing on technology and budding startups. Desiring to work with great people, he tried cold mailing people at top US startups - even offering to work for free, but didn’t receive any response. He worked at a couple of startups, and learnt more about the zero to one building journey. He was always working on multiple side projects, waiting for something that really clicks. Jaynti came across bitcoin and was drawn to the endless possibilities the technology offered. Diving deeper into blockchains, he discovered the limitations of existing tech. Ethereum had made it possible for anyone to make apps on blockchain, but as the network grew transacting on ETH became increasingly slow and expensive - with cost of 1 transaction rising even higher than $80. To solve the problem of scaling blockchains, Jaynti created Matic - a layer 2 solution that augments Ethereum and drives its scalability. Using Matic brings the transaction cost to less than 1 INR, while also making it 20 times faster. Today, Matic’s worth more than $10B and is used by companies worldwide for applications including NFTs, DeFi For more details - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/
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  AJVC Unfiltered 36: Who will win Media’s Game of Thrones?

  2021-11-05

  22:13

  Last fortnight, Zee and Invesco continued their major tussle, hot on the heels of Disney+Hotstar breaking records with the IPL and Facebook rebranding itself to Meta.   Join us for a behind-the-scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece - Who will win Media’s Game of Thrones.   For more details - https://ajuniorvc.com/media-google-zee-invesco-ott-netflix-winner-tech-startups-inshorts-dailyhunt/ More info on: https://ajuniorvc.com/
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  Ep42: Digitizing Household services ft. Urban Company

  2021-10-24

  44:14

  Raghav went to study in the US not knowing what to expect. Living there was an entirely new experience for him. Even simple things like purchasing groceries had some technology involved for increased convenience. He worked in the Bay Area as a software engineer at emerging startups including Yelp & Twitter. After 2 years, he realized the world outside SF was full of opportunities, with many problems yet to be solved, and decided to come back to India. Having witnessed the era of emerging marketplaces like Airbnb, Uber transforming the US service sector, Raghav wanted to do something similar. He started his first business in the ride-hailing space which didn’t work out. After a few months, he met Abhiraj & Varun at dinner through a common friend. The 3 of them discussed startup ideas late into the night and arrived at creating a marketplace for gig workers. Thus, Urban Company was born. Being in a highly competitive space with 60+ startups at one point in time, UC eventually emerged as the leader owing to its focus on quality user experience and mission to empower the workforce. Today, UC has 32000+ trained professionals and has served over 5M happy customers. For more visit: ajuniorvc.com/podcast
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  AJVC Unfiltered 35: Can Freshworks Freshen India SaaS Globally?

  2021-10-17

  20:30

  Last fortnight, India added 500 more “Tech Crorepatis” as Freshdesk Inc IPOed at a valuation of  $13 billion making it the first Indian SaaS company to get listed on Nasdaq. For more details - https://ajuniorvc.com/freshworks-india-saas-zoho-unicorn-ipo-story-history-girish/
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  Ep41: Food: the Internet’s Last Frontier ft. Rebel Foods

  2021-10-10

  44:08

  Jaydeep grew up in a Bengali household that loved food. While working in Pune, he missed the Kathi rolls he loved growing up and decided to start a restaurant as a side project. The two launched Faasos, a restaurant serving rolls, and outsourced its operations. Jaydeep then went to pursue his MBA at INSEAD and landed a job at McKinsey London. After 5 years, he returned to India and had to choose between joining the firm’s rapidly growing India office or growing Faasos. Faasos started from a single restaurant in Pune and eventually expanded to 10 across Mumbai and Bangalore. It offered doorstep delivery, a novel concept back in the day! In spite of the customer love, Faasos struggled to make unit economics work due to the high cost of real estate - a common problem for Indian restaurants. A shift in strategy was driven by a customer survey insight - 74% of customers had never visited a Faasos restaurant! This epiphany led them to adopt a 'delivery only' model and cut down costs. Rebel Foods eventually pioneered the concept of 'cloud kitchens' - a single physical kitchen serving as multiple brands. Today, Rebel Foods is the leading internet restaurant company globally with 15+ brands and 3500+ restaurants across 10 countries. For more details visit: ajuniorvc.com/podcast
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  AJVC Unfiltered 34: Inside BillDesk’s 20 Year Build For Its Next Innings

  2021-10-03

  10:42

  Last fortnight, Billdesk was acquired by Prosus’ PayU for $4.7Bn, making the combined provider the largest online player, and the acquisition the largest after Flipkart. For more details - https://ajuniorvc.com/billdesk-fintech-prosus-payu-acquisition-unicorn-razorpay-history/ More info on: https://ajuniorvc.com/
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  Ep40: Building from a garage ft. Ather Energy

  2021-09-26

  39:15

  Tarun took the aspirational middle-class education route. Being a good student in high school, he prepared for Engineering Entrance and got a decent rank to get into IIT. Growing up, he had no exposure to how businesses worked.  This changed when out of curiosity he joined his institute’s entrepreneurship cell and gradually developed an interest in building products. But it was not something he imagined he would do in the near future. A few months later, he got in touch with his batchmate Swapnil who shared a similar experience. In college, the two would often have long discussions around sustainable energy and had worked on many projects together. Brainstorming business ideas and analyzing the worst-case scenario, the two developed the conviction to quit their jobs and build something they were passionate about. Tarun had been fascinated by the Electric vehicle space and figured as the sector grows there would be a dire need for good charging infrastructure. Thus, Ather Energy was born. Inside a student hostel in Madras, far away from the Indian startup hub, by 2 graduates who had no knowledge of Electronics. For more details visit: ajuniorvc.com/podcast