Hello everyone! Welcome to the sixteenth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Aradhya, a Software Engineering student at the University of Western Ontario as well an incoming Software Engineering Intern at Google and Consulting Intern at McKinsey. Today we decided to discuss some startups that we are super excited about and talk about how they are set to disrupt their respective spaces!  

Here are links to the startups we talk about:  

Wingcopter - https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/24/wingcopter-raises-22-million-to-expand-to-the-u-s-and-launch-a-next-generation-drone/ 

X1 Card - https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/x1-card-raises-12-million-for-its-credit-card-with-limits-based-on-your-income/ 

iStox - https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/20/digital-securities-platform-istox-closes-50-million-series-a-to-make-private-equity-accessible-to-more-investors/ 

Ground News -  https://ground.news 

Mythical Games - https://mythical.games/ 

Neutral - https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/entrepreneurship/news/2020/11/neutral-measuring-the-costs-of-online-shopping/   

Clubhouse - https://www.joinclubhouse.com

Guest: Aradhya Bansal  

Instagram: @aradhya.ba  

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aradhya-b/

Listen on:  

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/thealmostdropouts 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y8pUgQRog4rjhWfRtrtCA?si=Ywi7T7L0TYGau1qdrBd-wg 

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-almost-dropouts/id1484701794 

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mM2UwMDgwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz 

Youtube: https://youtu.be/MA5eLMjPX3Q 

Hosted by: Daivik Goel  

Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/

Instagram: @daivikgoel