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The VCpreneur: Startups | Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Fundraising

Digjay Patel

The VCpreneur podcast provides a unique perspective of the startup world, through the lens of Venture Capitalists (VCs) and Entrepreneurs. The podcast features successful VCs and Entrepreneu...

Episodes

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EP#69 Arpit Maheshwari – Investment philosophy at Stellaris, balancing mindshare when investing in different sectors and managing relationships with startups that are unable to achieve venture scale

In this episode, Arpit Maheshwari , Principal @ Stellaris Venture Partners , joins our host Digjay , to talk about his background and path l...

00:40:43Apr 9, 2023

EP#68 Vishesh Khurana – Building Shiprocket to enable e-commerce in India, the scale up journey and approach to inorganic growth

In this episode, Vishesh Khurana , Co-Founder @ Shiprocket , joins our host Digjay , to talk about his background and path leading up to Shi...

00:43:52Mar 26, 2023

EP#67 Anjali Bansal – Investing in climate and sustainability, the importance of having a strong board and building longevity as an investor

In this episode, Anjali Bansal , Founding Partner @ Avaana Capital , joins our host Digjay , to talk about her path leading up to Avaana Cap...

00:43:36Jan 22, 2023

EP#66 Vishesh Rajaram – Opportunities & challenges in climate-tech and unpacking the iterative process to master deep-tech investing

In this episode, Vishesh Rajaram , Founder & Managing Partner @ Speciale Invest , joins our host Digjay , to talk about Speciale Invest’s jo...

00:42:47Dec 18, 2022

EP#65 Aditya Kulkarni – Building Stoa: India’s alternative to a traditional MBA, leveraging early-stage investors and scaling a profitable edtech business

In this episode, Aditya Kulkarni (Co-founder & CEO, Stoa), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his past experience as an edtech entreprene...

00:51:50Nov 27, 2022

EP#64 Somesh Dash – Growth investing at IVP, earning the trust of marquee founders and the value of mentorship in venture

In this episode, Somesh Dash (General Partner, IVP), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to IVP, IVP’s stellar track r...

00:58:12Oct 30, 2022

EP#63 Mark Kahn – Investing in startups building for the rural economy, identifying founders that scale and staying relevant as a venture investor

In this episode, Mark Kahn (Managing Partner, Omnivore), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to Omnivore, Omnivore’s i...

00:44:38Oct 16, 2022

EP#62 Pearl Agarwal – Building Eximius Ventures, the Web3 opportunity & parallels between a founder and a first time fund manager

In this episode, Pearl Agarwal (Founder & Managing Director, Eximius Ventures ), joins our host Digjay , to talk about her path leading up t...

00:48:22Sep 18, 2022

EP#61 Pankaj Makkar – The bull case for India, mental models to identify stellar startups and Bertelsmann’s India investment playbook

In this episode, Pankaj Makkar (Managing Director, Bertelsmann India Investments), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up...

00:46:01Aug 28, 2022

EP#60 Madhu Shalini Iyer – Leveraging data science to invest in startups and the global investment perspective at Rocketship VC

In this episode, Madhu Shalini Iyer (Partner, Rocketship VC), joins our host Digjay , to talk about her path leading up to Rocketship VC, ge...

00:54:31Aug 7, 2022

EP#59 Jatin Desai – Backing outlier founders and investing in deep-tech/IP creating startups

In this episode, Jatin Desai (Managing Partner, Inflexor Ventures), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to Inflexor Ve...

00:42:42Jul 17, 2022

EP#58 Smita Deorah – Democratizing quality education in India, the growth playbook at LEAD & selecting the right investors for your startup

In this episode, Smita Deorah (Co-Founder & Co-CEO, LEAD), joins our host Digjay , to talk about her path leading up to LEAD, the genesis ph...

01:02:55Jun 19, 2022

EP#57 Ben Mathias – Investing in growth stage startups, value add beyond Series A and why founders should focus on building capital efficient businesses

In this episode, Ben Mathias (Managing Partner, Vertex Ventures), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to Vertex Ventur...

00:43:21May 29, 2022

EP#56 Mayank Banerjee – Building Even Healthcare, choosing the right co-founders and understanding the investor perspective when fundraising as a founder

In this episode, Mayank Banerjee (Co-Founder & CEO, Even Healthcare), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to Even, cho...

00:33:37May 8, 2022

EP#55 Sanjay Nath – The journey from a fund manager to a firm manager, the platform approach of supporting founders and building an enduring VC brand

In this episode, Sanjay Nath (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Blume Ventures), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to B...

00:45:25Apr 3, 2022

EP#54 Mihir Gupta – Building Teachmint, leveraging inorganic growth to scale up and lessons from fundraising

In this episode, Mihir Gupta (Co-Founder & CEO, Teachmint), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to Teachmint, survivin...

00:43:14Mar 13, 2022

EP#53 Shiv Sharma – Building Stocktwits in India, pioneering social finance & cracking a new market with an established product

In this episode, Shiv Sharma (VP International, Stocktwits), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to Stocktwits, the re...

00:37:30Feb 27, 2022

EP#52 Jyotsna Krishnan – Building conviction as a ‘founding investor’, Elevar’s unique investing DNA and backing entrepreneurs that build for the underserved markets

In this episode, Jyotsna Krishnan (Managing Partner, Elevar Equity), joins our host Digjay , to talk about her path leading up to Elevar Equ...

00:41:17Feb 13, 2022

EP#51 Rohan Verma – Building Breathe Well-Being, re-inventing chronic care with a community-first approach and nailing the timing of your fundraise

In this episode, Rohan Verma (Co-Founder & CEO, Breathe Well-being), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to entreprene...

00:46:03Jan 23, 2022

EP#50 Amit Gupta – Playing the long game and building category creating startups like InMobi & Yulu

In this episode, Amit Gupta (Co-Founder & CEO, Yulu), joins our host Digjay , to talk about his path leading up to entrepreneurship, the swi...

00:44:31Dec 19, 2021