SaaS Sessions

In this episode, I hosted Shailesh Ghorpade, Managing Partner & CIO at Exfinity Venture Partners, to discuss his thoughts on the State of SaaS in India. 

Shailesh played leadership roles at companies like Birla Global Finance, Tata Finance, Infosys, and more. He’s currently the founding managing partner and CIO at Exfinity Venture Partners.

Exfinity is a tech fund backing enterprise B2B companies in the India and India-US corridor. Their portfolio includes companies like Moengage, Mad Street Den, Locus, and more.

We also discussed the challenges in India's SaaS ecosystem and how Shailesh and his team are helping to overcome these challenges.

All this and more with Shailesh in this episode.

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In this episode, we hosted Deepesh Agarwal, co-founder & CEO of MoveInSync.

MoveInSync provides a transport management platform that is used to move people or goods efficiently.

We discussed how Deepesh started up 12 years ago in 2009 and scaled the company in India. 

Deepesh talked about the challenges that COVID brought for the company and how they turned it into an exciting opportunity.

All this and more with Deepesh in this episode.

Connect with Deepesh on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepesh-agarwal-68a32/

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Hey everyone, welcome to the latest season of the SaaS Sessions podcast. Firstly, a very happy new year to you! The podcast had a great run in 2020 and we hit 10,000 listeners! I want to thank you for always tuning in, I couldn't have done it without you. We have amazing guests and intriguing topics lined up for 2021. 

If you have any guest or topics suggestions, do reach out to me on LinkedIn or Twitter or via Email.

Also, if you've heard of Clubhouse, I'm going to start a few live conversations with our guests on the platform. So keep an eye out. If you're looking for an invite to Clubhouse, let me know. 

Lastly, if you have any feedback, negative or positive, although I love negative feedback, please feel free to reach out to me.

Smrithi is a product leader passionate about marrying great user experiences with technology to deliver business value.

With over a decade of experience, Smrithi has spent her past 7 years with Freshworks in their product function, working on products like Freshdesk, Freshchat, and Freshcaller, Freshconnect.

In this episode, we discussed how do you go about deciding what new products to build? What are the building blocks needed to make these a success? How do you measure the success of new products? When is it right for companies to start exploring multiple products?

All this and more with Smrithi on this episode.

Connect with Smrithi on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/smrithiparameswar/

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In this episode, we hosted Shubhi Agarwal, Co-founder of Locobuzz to talk about the story of Locobuzz.

Locobuzz is an Enterprise SaaS platform for Digital Customer Care, Engagement, Experience Automation & Analytics for B2C companies and Governments.

She talks about the challenges she faced in building and scaling up Locobuzz as a bootstrapped company. And how they are selling to large enterprises in India.

Connect with Shubhi on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubhi/

Check out Locobuzz - https://locobuzz.com/

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In this episode, we hosted Saravana Kumar, CEO at Kovai.co

Saravana is an Entrepreneur, Investor, and Technical enthusiast.

Kovai is a premier enterprise software company offering multiple products at scale both in the Enterprise arena and in the B2B SaaS space.

Here’s a story of Kovai's businesses in numbers

• They have raised 0 outside funding
• They have grown 150% YoY in the last 3 years
• They have grown their team from 10 to 130+ people
• They reached $8.5m+ in Q2 2020

Connect with Saravana on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/saravanamv/

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In this episode, we hosted Pranjalee Lahri, AVP Marketing at UpsideLMS to talk about neuro-marketing.

Pranjalee has over 13 years of experience and spent the last decade at UpsideLMS. 

Pranjalee explains what is neuro-marketing, and why brands are using this technique to capture their audience.

She also talks about her experience and best practices to follow while implementing this strategy.

Connect with Pranjalee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranjaleelahri/

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In this episode, we hosted Kuppulakshmi Krishnamoorthy (Kuppu), Product Evangelist at Zoho, to discuss how storytelling can make larger impacts in a B2B SaaS.

We discussed building, selling, and scaling up with stories. Kuppu explains how storytelling impacts different stages of the funnel.

Kuppu also runs Zoho for startups program, where storytelling is crucial as Zoho is a leader who has to pave the success path for many startups worldwide.

All this and more with exciting insights on storytelling with Kuppu in this episode.

Connect with Kuppu on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kuppukrish/

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In this episode, we hosted Vartika Verma, VP of Global Marketing at Yellow Messenger. It's a conversational AI platform that helps enterprises automate their core business functions - Sales, Marketing, ITSM, Customer Support, Procurement, and more.

With over 14 years of experience, she’s previously worked with companies like Payoneer, Hike Messenger, DirectI, and more.

We talked about the current state of customer service in India and how can you supercharge it with AI Chatbots?

She also shares how different brands are using AI chatbots for customer service differently.

Are AI bots replacing humans or aiding humans at their job? Listen to what Vartika has to say in this episode.

Connect with Vartika on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vartikaverma/

Check our Yellow Messenger - https://yellowmessenger.com/

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