We’re excited to have Abhik Ghosh, Anushka Mahanti and Varun Deo, co-founders of Trampoline, with our host Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, to kickstart Season 4 of That One Idea!

Trampoline is B2B cross-border home decor platform, delivering a full-stack experience across the value chain – from curation, design, sourcing, consolidation and quality control to logistics.

Trampoline raised $5M in seed funding from us at WaterBridge Ventures and Z47 (fka Matrix Partners India) earlier this year, to disintermediate and streamline the procurement value chain for retailers in UK and Europe.

Prior to starting up, Abhik spent 8+ years at Amazon and Wayfair, leading their UK & EU home decor business. Varun has 7+ years of experience across Wayfair, (Head of the UK Decor business), and Amazon, (launched Amazon’s speciality retail stores in the UK). Anushka has 8+ years of experience across Amazon UK, where she worked as the head of brand and marketing at Freevee, and Arla Foods (a $12B Danish FMCG major), where she headed product launches globally.

Key Moments in the episode:

(00:00): Welcoming Abhik, Anushka and Varun, co-founders of Trampoline to S04 E01 of That One Idea podcast

(00:15): Anushka’s eclectic Parsi/Odiya upbringing across Bangladesh, Cambodia and India

(06:00): 2X Bharat Vapsi Varun’s childhood centred around his love for Chemistry

(09:02): Abhik’s childhood growing up in a Navy family

(11:04): 2X founder Abhik’s experiences at GE, Philips, INSEAD, Amazon & Wayfair

(14:01): Anushka's switch to Amazon's ad-supported streaming

(15:57): Varun finally letting go of chemistry, for Amazon Luxembourg

(19:00): Amazon - the common thread tying Abhik, Anushka and Varun

(22:24): Learning to find customer love for Home & Decor at Wayfair

(25:00): Trampoline - the name inspired by a cafe in London rehabilitating Syrian refugees

(30:55): Anushka driving Trampoline's penchant and passion for design

(33:55): Trampoline in a nutshell

(39:00): Learnings from the first few months

(41:46): Building up the team during the first 100 days post $5M seed funding

(46:31): Audacious plans for 2025

Relevant Links:

WaterBridge Ventures: https://www.waterbridge.vc/

Trampoline: https://trampolinestore.uk/

Linkedin Profiles:

Abhik Ghosh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhik-ghosh-a722459/

Anushka Mahanti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anushka-mahanti-64669213/

Varun Deo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-deo-21a29317/

Anjali Sosale: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pinkamma/

WaterBridge Ventures: www.linkedin.com/company/waterbridgeventures

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