194: How Unsecured Lending Became More Viable in India | Vikram Vaidyanathan | Anish Patil
If you’re a founder working to solve for an underserved market in unsecured lending, this episode is required listening! Vikram Vaidyanathan and Anish Patil trade trendlines in unsecured credit landscape, and highlight four key insights that underpin the Z47 thesis for this sector. 👥Solving for Under-served Market Potential Borrowers with low, but stable incomes and good credit culture have be...
20m Aug 13, 2024
20m
194: The Future of E-commerce is Kwik & Bright! | Chirag Taneja | Avnish Bajaj | Rajat Agarwal
HOW IS THE INDIAN E-COMMERCE TRANSFORMING? With the adoption of quick commerce, the launch of the latest GenAI technology, and the increasing purchasing power of GenZ, the Indian e-commerce industry is poised for transformation. In this episode of Matrix Moments, we analyse it further with Chirag Taneja, founder of GoKwik, a rapidly expanding e-commerce enablement startup, our founder Avnish ...
43m Jul 13, 2024
43m
194: Meet the Founders of Neysa Networks | Sharad Sanghi | Anindya Das | Avnish Bajaj | Pranay Desai
The Indian Internet Pioneer Starting Up AGAIN in AI Sharad Sanghi is a pioneer of internet in India: from the early days of VSNL to rapid cloud adoption, when it comes to internet infrastructure, he’s seen it all. He founded among India’s earliest IT infra startups, NetMagic in 1998. In 2012, the IT Services company was acquired by NTT, where Sharad also served as CEO. Sharad Sanghi was an ear...
40m Jul 05, 2024
40m
194: Meet the Founder of SiftHub | Manisha Raisinghani | Pranay Desai
“Not just wealth… I think experience is all about compounding” Says Manisha Raisinghani, founder of SiftHub. After her stint as the CTPO at LogiNext, Manisha Raisinghani spent some time looking for the right problem to solve before starting up again. In her search, she found a sales enablement problem that could be solved through AI: enterprise sales teams have over 100 touch-points to tap int...
26m Jun 27, 2024
26m
193: The Park+ Playbook for Early Stage Hires
HOW DID PARK+ ACE 🛞HIRING FOR AN EARLY-STAGE STARTUP Founded in 2019, Park+ drove through various challenges and introduced a plethora of services to find its footing today. However, it always had one clearly defined goal - to make car ownership easy and hassle-free. Park+ Founder and CEO Amit Lakhotia takes us through his interesting ways of building the team at Park+ in this episode of Matri...
25m Jun 24, 2024
25m
193: Meet the Founders of GreyLabs AI
IS GreyLabsAI PLAYING THE AI GAME BEFORE TIME? The founders of a leading speech analytics platform for financial institutions, GreyLabsAI, Aman Goel and Harshita Srivastava, take us through the journey of identifying their market, building the product, and distributing it over the past few years. Setting up an AI business in India might seem a bit earlier than recommended, but is it? This epi...
45m Jun 20, 2024
45m
192: The Middle Journey of Fintech
WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF FINTECH IN INDIA? The Indian Fintech ecosystem is entering its middle journey. With $100bn+ in market cap already created by these businesses, the twin engines of Compounding and market penetration project potential for large-scale growth. Anand Khetan and Vikram Vaidyanathan dissect the past, present, and future of the finance industry in this episode of Matrix Moments. ...
26m Jun 17, 2024
26m
191: How to Go Phygital for Growth: Myths vs Reality
How should founders think about using offline channels for growth? Is phygital a real option or just a mirage? Rajinder Balaraman and Vikram Vaidyanathan double-click on the myths around phygital, bust them and share learnings for founders thinking of going phygital. 👉MYTH #1 Phygital has a higher CAC - It depends basis category, users and ticket size - Dezerv who employs a phygital model has ...
25m Jun 13, 2024
25m
191: Where to incorporate SaaS Startups: US or India?
PICKING THE PERFECT SaaS LAUNCHPAD - US or INDIA? For SaaS founders, the incorporation decision hinges on factors like business outlook, end goals, and access to capital markets. The US has often been the default choice for incorporation, but this is changing in recent years - India is increasingly considered a viable choice to start a SaaS company. So what should founders do? Watch this epis...
31m Jun 05, 2024
31m
190: The Founder's Handbook - Internal vs External Funding Rounds
THE FOUNDER’S PLAYBOOK: INTERNAL FUNDING ROUNDS Internal or pre-emptive funding rounds are a major topic on founders' minds. Internal rounds refer to financing events where a company's existing investors, rather than external new investors, provide additional capital. They can signify confidence from current investors in the company's potential and can help maintain momentum without the comple...
30m Jun 03, 2024
30m
189: How Domain Alphas master success?
Domain Alphas are founders whose edge lies in their domain knowledge, and their market-tested experience of solving problems for customers. Watch Rajinder Balaram & Vikram Vaidyanathan share their views on Domain Alpha founders, and trade great examples of how Domain Alpha founders build great businesses. 1. Getting to PMF Faster: How the experience of building the ICICI cards business helped ...
21m May 31, 2024
21m
188: How OTO Sold 1,00,000 Two-Wheelers online?
Sumit Chhazed is a serial entrepreneur, who figured out his first startup as soon as he graduated from IIT Bombay. OTO is the fourth company that he has founded, employing a business model that combined commerce and finance to disrupt the two-wheeler purchase landscape in India. OTO has already sold over 1lakh two-wheelers through their online marketplace and apps. On this episode of Matrix Mo...
40m May 23, 2024
40m
187: The Whole Truth about Brand Communities
The Whole Truth Foods founder Shashank Mehta is a rare breed of a CEO who is also a creator. 🌟 A lifelong student of the content & community game, Shashank’s content journey started as a stand-up coming on YouTube, long before he became the face of The Whole Truth. On this episode of Matrix Moments, Shashank goes deep on content & community, sharing with candour in a deep chat with Vikram Vaid...
48m May 16, 2024
48m
186: The Whole Truth about Company Culture
If you're a founder seeking advice on how to build great teams, this episode of Matrix Moments is for you. Vikram Vaidyanathan hosts The Whole Truth Foods Founder & CEO, Shashank Mehta and they share their wisdom around building great company cultures. 🌟  Shashank sent The Whole Truth Foods' culture document, titled Why We Exist, before he met Vikram Vaidyanathan for the first time. The docume...
42m May 09, 2024
42m
185: 0:03 / 23:04 • Introduction How INDMoney's Ashish Kashyap Builds Successful Teams AGAIN & AGAIN | People First with Rupali
Ashish Kashyap needs no introduction. The first country head for Google in India, before he turned entrepreneur, Ashish is a serial founder. He's founded and scaled marquee Indian internet startups RedBus, PayU, GoIbibo, before starting his most recent FinTech venture, the super app, INDMoney. Ashish was a guest on Matrix Moments People First with Rupali, where shared startup and team-building...
23m May 02, 2024
23m
184: Building the Organisation from Ground 0 with Revant Bhate
Revant Bhate on #PeopleFirst (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/peoplefirst) by Matrix Moments! Passionate about building a people-centric culture, Revant takes on dual roles at Mosaic Wellness as both CEO and CHRO. In a conversation with Rupali Sharma on our latest episode, Revant delves into the intricacies of building his startup from scratch, emphasising the pivotal role of human capital. Ke...
30m Apr 02, 2024
30m
183: Investing in Digital India - Trends for 2024
On the latest episode of Matrix Moments, catch Aakash Kumar, Sudipto Sannigrahi, Pranay Desai, and Anish Patil of Matrix Partners India as they discuss the India consumption and growth story, insights on investing in Digital India and their predictions for 2024. This episode covers: 🚀 India's $10 Trillion Vision: Anticipating India's trajectory, there's a strong belief that India will grow in...
39m Jan 05, 2024
39m
182: Leading the B2B frontier: People fueling profitability
Join Asish Mohapatra, Co-founder and CEO of OfBusiness, and Rupali Sharma on the latest episode of "People First" by Matrix Moments. Explore OfBusiness's remarkable journey and unravel the intricacies of building a resilient organization. This episode covers: 🌐 Innovation Hub: OfBusiness leads the way in innovation, with the team embodying a fusion of values and innovation, working collective...
29m Dec 29, 2023
29m
181: Matrix Moments: Investing in Human Capital; The VC Perspective
The driving forces propelling the Indian startup ecosystem forward all share a common thread—they are all People. Founders, investors, employees—all united working towards growth and success. At Matrix, we believe in putting our founders first, and now, we want to shine a spotlight on the talent and teams that move these visionaries forward. In the very first episode of "People First" by Matri...
32m Nov 20, 2023
32m
180: Matrix Moments: Code to Commerce - The Mobile Gaming Evolution
On the latest episode of Matrix Moments, Ashish Aggarwal, Co-Founder, AppBroda and Vivek Ramachandran, Matrix Partners India discuss the world of mobile apps and the growing segments in the gaming landscape in India. This episode covers - 📈 Growth Potential: Discover why India's gaming industry is on the brink of an inflection point in the next 18 months. 🌐 Developer Talents: Learn about Ind...
50m Oct 04, 2023
50m
179: Matrix Moments: Simplifying employee support with AI - Atomicwork
Atomicwork leverages the power of AI to seamlessly bring together employees, IT systems, and HR operations. On the latest episode of Founder Moments, Vijay Rayapati, CEO and Co-Founder of Atomicwork, along with Vikram Vaidyanathan and Pranay Desai, discuss his phenomenal founder journey. This episode covers - 🚀 The Minjar Journey: Vijay shares insights from his entrepreneurial experience with...
1hr 24m Sep 14, 2023
1hr 24m
179: Matrix Moments: Maximizing Return on Investment - The Key to Stable Money
Amidst the lack of innovation & transparency in traditional fixed return assets, which constitute approximately 70% of Indian household savings (with around 45% in FDs), a significant opportunity arises to bridge the gap. On our latest episode of Matrix Moments, Saurabh Jain and Harish Reddy, join Anand Khetan to discuss their foray into wealth fintech with Stable Money, India's first of its k...
50m Sep 12, 2023
50m
178: Matrix Moments: Investing in India's B2B Potential
In the latest episode of Matrix Moments, Sudipto Sannigrahi, and Anurag Srivastava, delve deeper into the existing B2B landscape and cover why Matrix Partners continues to be bullish on the segment and the fundamentals that make a good B2B business This episode covers: 1. Is B2B still an attractive segment to build in 2. Fundamentals of a good B2B business 3. Sustainable, defensible moats in a...
30m Sep 05, 2023
30m
177: Matrix Moments: Insights From Second Time SaaS Founders - Part 2
On the latest episode of Matrix Moments, we feature seasoned entrepreneurs including Arvind Parthiban, CEO & Co-Founder at SuperOps.ai; Rishi Kulkarni, Managing Director at LegalZoom; Vijay Rayapati, Co-founder and CEO of AtomicWork; along with Pranay Desai. These founders share valuable insights from their second innings building SaaS companies. This episode covers - Strategically aligning go...
43m Sep 01, 2023
43m
175: Insights from second time SaaS founders - Part 1
The Indian SaaS ecosystem has demonstrated greater resilience than its global counterparts. Revenues crossed $7 billion, formation of new SaaS companies expanded three-fold, and India now corners 2% of the global SaaS market, as per a report by SaasBoomi and McKinsey. On this episode of Matrix Moments, Arvind Parthiban, CEO & Co-Founder at SuperOps.ai; Rishi Kulkarni, Managing Director at Lega...
30m Aug 31, 2023
30m
176: Matrix Moments: Gaming Reloaded - What is next?
On our latest episode of Founder Moments with Salone Sehgal, Founding Partner at Lumikai Fund, and Aakash Kumar, we shine a spotlight on why India stands at the cusp of revolutionizing gaming. This episode covers: 👥 Shifting Demographics 📈 India's Gaming Potential 🖥 Emergence of Indian Talent 🎮 Convergence of Gaming and Social Media & much more!
35m Aug 25, 2023
35m
174: Digital Industrialists with Avnish Bajaj and Rajinder Balaraman
After building a large profitable digital company, what do such infinity founders do next?! Become “Digital Industrialists!” Up next on Matrix Moments, we discuss a counter narrative concept – that its okay for infinity founders to start multiple businesses as long as it is about value creation for all stakeholders and not value capture. As big a violation of first principles of company buildi...
29m Aug 18, 2023
29m
173: Matrix Moments: India's First Lifestyle App For The Elderly, GenWise
GenWise, founded by Geentanshu, Nehul, and Rajat, is driven by a collective vision to develop a lifestyle app that empowers the elderly and bridges the digital gap between generations. GenWise leverages innovative features such as a personal digital assistant, streamlined digital passbook, medication reminders, scam education, and engaging social tools. They employ cutting-edge technology, inc...
28m Aug 07, 2023
28m
172: Matrix Moments: The AI revolution in Media & Social - Part One
The tailwinds in the Media Social and Gaming space are building up to a perfect storm. At a high level Media, Social and Gaming seems to be converging especially for GenZ. Marry this with the fact that AI is going to disrupt Media Social and Gaming by significantly altering the Quality/Quantity isoquant as well as allowing for personalization at scale. High velocity of content will also lead to...
32m Aug 04, 2023
32m
172: Matrix Moments: Anil Goteti, Founder of Scapia on building a travel fintech company
Scapia has made a remarkable entry into the market with the launch of its co-branded credit card in collaboration with Federal Bank. The response has been overwhelming, with massive growth in customer sign-ups. Tailor-made for travel lovers, the card turns a customer's everyday expenses into exciting travel rewards. And the perks are unparalleled! From zero-forex markup to unlimited domestic lo...
40m Aug 02, 2023
40m
171: Why now, for the India Semiconductor opportunity? Seed to Silicon part 1
To unlock India's immense potential in the semiconductor industry, Sudipto and Nivedith deep dive into the possibilities that lie ahead on our latest episode of Reflections. 1. The Complex Semiconductor Supply Chain: Dive deep into the intricacies of the semiconductor supply chain and its pivotal role in shaping the industry. 2. India's Role in the Global Semiconductor Value Chain: Explore In...
28m Jul 31, 2023
28m
170: Unravelling Fintech Infra and Banktech Opportunities
On our latest episode of Reflections, join us as we unravel opportunities in Fintech infrastructure and Banktech. We will explore the changing landscape of BaaS and delve into how it has revolutionized the delivery and accessibility of financial services. The episode covers: 🚀 BaaS 2.0: BaaS 2.0 represents the evolution and maturation of the concept since its initial inception. BaaS 2.0 offers...
38m Jul 07, 2023
38m
169: The GenAI Revolution in Fintech
In our latest episode of Reflections, we explore the use cases of generative AI in fintech with Aakash Kumar, Anish Patil, and Anand Khetan. Hear them as they discuss AI's disruptive impact, emerging patterns in technology development, future trends, as well as risks and opportunities in financial services. Tune in!
41m Jun 23, 2023
41m
168: Murf Unplugged: Winning in GenAI
In this latest episode, Ankur Edkie and Sneha Roy pull back the curtain on how they have built a rapidly growing business. Tune in.
46m Jun 16, 2023
46m
167: Ready, Steady, Zupee! Elevating Gaming in India
In this exciting new episode of Matrix Moments, Tarun Davda, MD, Matrix Partners India, is in conversation with Dilsher Malhi, the founder of the booming gaming platform, Zupee. Dilsher delves into the trends in the gaming industry, human psychology, and the advent of AI in the gaming space. Join the conversation as they talk about Dilsher’s journey and what he learned along the way.
1hr 2m Jun 07, 2023
1hr 2m
166: What’s Next for Matrix over the Next Techade
In our latest episode of Matrix Moments, we uncover what's next for Matrix Partners India in the next Techade, with the closing of our fourth fund.
34m May 25, 2023
34m
165: Matrix Moments: Indian ConsumerTech - Coming back to life
"The best product wins, right, and the best product means the founder who has the closest insight to the consumer, who spent time on the backend researching it, truly passionate about it I think can really create large opportunities." shares our VP, Chandrasekhar Venugopal, on our latest episode of Matrix Moments titled " Indian ConsumerTech - Coming back to Life." Joining him are our Founder a...
31m May 23, 2023
31m
164: Matrix Moments: To IPO or to not IPO?!
To go IPO or not to go IPO is a dilemma that companies face as they consider raising capital and providing liquidity. Despite the potential benefits, some choose to remain private to avoid the challenges and limitations of being publicly traded. The objective of this podcast is to spark a discussion to share our perspectives. We have framed both the positives and some of the issues to think thr...
37m May 10, 2023
37m
164: Demystifying GenAI: A Founder's Primer with Vijay Rayapati
In our latest episode of Founder Moments, listen in from Vijay Rayapati, Co-founder and CEO at Atomicwork, on why every founder should be thinking of GenAI, how AI can be leveraged within organisations and his predictions for the future.
25m May 04, 2023
25m
163: Infinity Entrepreneurs
Watch our Founder and MD, Avnish Bajaj, in conversation with our MD, Rajinder Balaraman, on what it takes to be an infinity entrepreneur.
30m Feb 22, 2023
30m
162: The top 4 B2B verticals founders should invest in
"A lot of raw materials today are untouched across all the value chains and functionality that we spoke about. Choose out a new raw material, choose out a new value chain, or choose out financing to learn the market structure a lot better," said Asish Mohapatra, Co-founder and CEO, OfBusiness, as one of the four B2B verticals founders should invest in. Watch him in conversation with Sudipto San...
6m Feb 05, 2023
6m
161: Environment, Valuations and Starting Up in 2023
“The West or the US specifically has always been built on a 222 kind of model, it’s 2 percent growth, 2 percent inflation, 2 percent interest rates, and India has always been more 777, 7 percent growth, 7 percent interest rate, 7 percent inflation, give or take in India maybe a little bit more but it’s not a shock to the Indian economy and you can see it around you because people are spending, ...
33m Feb 01, 2023
33m
160: 2022 Recap & Forecast 2023
2022 was a year of unprecedented change and disruption, with the world having to adjust to a new normal. As we look back at the past year, it is important to take stock of what happened and reflect on what we have learned. At the same time, it is also important to look ahead and anticipate what the coming year may bring, Tune – in.
48m Jan 21, 2023
48m
159: Jump-starting crypto: road ahead to building applications in web3
In this episode, Aakash, Principal at Matrix Partners India, talks to Shanav, VP of investments at Jump Crypto, about what builders in the crypto space can look forward to and other interesting trend lines for 2023. Tune in to know more
29m Jan 07, 2023
29m
158: Founder Market Fit
In today's episode, Avnish Bajaj and Rajinder Balaraman, discuss Founder Market Fit and how it differs from the concept of building within a domain. Tune in to know more.
29m Nov 10, 2022
29m
157: Institutional Staking in the post merge era
In today's episode, Aakash, Principle at Matrix Partners India, talks to Andrew Vranjes, GM, APAC at Blockdaemon, about the future of Staking, selling, and building a business in enterprise in the domain of Web3. Tune in to know more.
26m Oct 27, 2022
26m
156: Building scalable vertical social communities
In today's episode, Ayush Chamaria, Associate VP, along with Vipul Allawadhi, Co-Founder, Kutumb and Prashant Sachan, Founder and CEO, AppsForBharat, deep dive into vertical social communities
57m Sep 15, 2022
57m
155: Learnings from experienced founders
Anurag Sinha, co-founder & CEO of OneCard shares advice on the key choices he made while building OneCard - important decisions related to choice of domain, market risk, profit pools, GTM, followership and much more.
8m Sep 13, 2022
8m
154: Tokens of Wisdom
Blockchain, Web3, crypto what is so fundamentally transforming about these technologies and where do we see value creation emerging over the next few years in this space? Tune in to hear Matrix's POV on this and more.
37m Sep 06, 2022
37m
153: Cash’ing in on crypto
In this episode, we dive deep into Aakash Kumar's (Principal at Matrix) journey of crypto investments - he talks to Rajinder Balaraman (MD at Matrix) about why he's been an early believer of the space, his thoughts on the rise (& fall) of the market & more. Tune in.
24m Sep 01, 2022
24m