Radically Yours by Radhika

From interning with the former Chief Justice of India to meeting Mark Zuckerberg to becoming the co-founder of a unicorn.

Here's how Naiyya Saggi founded BabyChakra and went onto co-found The Good Glamm Group, which is now valued at $1.2 bn!!

Naiyya is the founder and CEO of BabyChakra and the co-founder of Myglamm and the Good Glamm Group. She is a graduate of the Harvard Business School (MBA 2012) where she was a Fulbright and J.N.Tata scholar. She even received her BA LLB (Hons.) from National Law School, India.

Prior to Babychakra, Naiyya was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and at The Bridgespan Group (in Boston) where she worked extensively on her areas of passion which is maternal & child health education.

In this conversation with Naiyya, she speaks about how she initially called people at home for interviews & how her neighbour wrongly suspected her & thought of calling the police!!

The beautiful part is that, the neighbour lady then became a part of BabyChakra's team and helped it grow.

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Hello and Welcome to the fist episode of our series WIPE that aims to WIPE OUT THE NORM!

We conversed with a Senior Partner at Capria Ventures, a fund network managing assets worth $1 billion+!! Meet our guest Susana Garcia-Robles.

About the speaker:

Susana is a recognized expert on development finance innovation, an investor in seed and VC funds, and a builder of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

In 2020, she left the Inter-American Development Bank where she was Chief Investment Officer and Gender Initiatives Coordinator.

Today, in addition to her role with Capria, she is also Executive Advisor to the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA).

An avid supporter of ecosystems, she is a co-founder of the Argentinean VC/ PE association/ (ARCAP) and the Colombian VC/PE association/ (Colcapital). She serves on the Advisory Boards of the Brazilian VC/PE association/ (ABVCAP) and others.

In 2012 she co-founded WeXchange, the first pitch-competition and platform of encounter for LAC women entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors. In 2019 she co-founded Welnvest Latam, a network of women investors. She continues mentoring and coaching entrepreneurs and early stage fund managers.

Susana earned a Master's Degree in International Economic Policy from Columbia University and a Master's in Philosophy and Education from the Catholic University of Argentina.

Watch the full interview Here as she speaks to us on a host of topics ranging from lesser women representation in her industry, active efforts she takes to support women founders, how should founders pitch, how does she evaluate startups, and much more.

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W.I.P.E by Radically Yours, aims to wipe out the NORM which states that only men can lead. We address the modern-day unconscious gender bias through the stories of women in investing and entrepreneurship.