The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision may seem risky for the equity market, but Bridgewave promises to be groundbreaking. Bridgeweave aims to help everyone make better investment decisions by providing the best possible information and ideas in the most convenient way.

What you must not miss!

• Flagship products of Bridgeweave.
• Trends in wealth management.
• Understanding the crypto-market.

In India people wwere inclined to import performance wear brands. Zymrat is an innovation-led D2C performance wear brand with technology at its core with an extensive focus on superior raw materials. Tune in to know how this D2C platform became a game-changer for the activewear market in India!

What you must not miss!

• Finding the product-market fit.
• Initial hurdles.
• Anticipating consumer trends.

Courseplay is the scalable learning technology solution for enterprises to deliver delightful learning content, engage hard-working employees, automate tedious workflows, and accurately measure impact for employees using any device. Tune in to know how this B2B platform aims to meet changing industry demands as well as bolster personal growth!

What you must not miss!

• How did Courseplay start?
• Monetization strategy
• Business model

There was an upsurge in the video wave with brands exploring formats like social commerce, video commerce or live commerce to increase their customer base. Most brands are falling short in effectively engaging with their customers and Hyperstate with its flagship product Kappa is trying to fill this gap.

Hyperstate creates AI-driven pipelines and frameworks in the digital economy to enable instant scale, data capture and create actionable insights. They launched their SaaS product Kappa as an internal tool and it is India’s first no-code SaaS platform powering customer experience.

What you must not miss!

• Building the video chatbot.
• Technical challenges.
• Important for customer engagement
• Integration system of Kappa

The world of cryptocurrency is complex. Bhagaban started Defy with the aim to build a fair, efficient and transparent system that enables investors to take charge of their finances. Defy puts the user’s needs at the heart of the conversation. A crypto user can communicate with other users and learn along the way. Bhagaban speaks about the complexity that crypto investors face and how Defy solves it.

Key Takeaways:

• Scaling the business.
• Challenges faced in the crypto exchange business.
• User acquisition plan for Defy

The real challenge for the SME sector lies in day-to-day cash flow management. A large number of start-ups today have started providing financial services to SMEs, often functioning as an alternative to banks.

Numberz is a Fintech Saas start-up streamlining the day-to-day banking activities of SMEs. Aditya, an alumnus of the Indian School of Business, speaks about his vision of spotting the right opportunity in the Fintech sector.

Key takeaways:-

The care for chronic disease management addresses pain points at scale and has the potential to become a large business globally.

Akshay Datt speaks with Jogin Desai, Founder & CEO of Eyestem, a leading cell therapy company in India that aims to set a new benchmark for quality and affordability in this domain.

Dr. Desai has previously served as the CEO of Cenduit and has extensive experience in growing and nurturing businesses. He founded Eyestem in 2016 to develop cell therapy in order to address Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that causes vision loss.

Tune in to this episode to hear Dr Desai speak about how Eyestem plans to pioneer the development of the cell therapy industry.

Key Takeaways!

• Developing the product.
• Targeting incurable diseases.
•  Commercializing Eyestem.

In this edition of The Spotlight, Akshay Datt talks with Smriti Tomar, Founder and CEO, Stack Finance, a Bengaluru-based investing platform. 

An alumnus of NIT-Bhopal, Smriti worked as a data analyst specializing in the banking and financial sector, before venturing to Stack in 2020. Stack Finance is working to make investments more accessible and affordable to India's youth. Stack enables young and old to save for their future aspirations while educating them about investing sensibly.

Tune into this episode to hear Smriti speak about how Stack Finance offers personalized investment plans for retail investors based on their goals and risk-taking abilities.

Key Takeaways: 

• The start-up journey.
• Product evolution during YC incubation.
• Personalizing the product for users.
• User journey of Stack.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone to lead a new normal life where people have found various ways to entertain themselves. The online gaming industry is having exponential growth in India. It is necessary to have a safe and legal platform to entertain people. 

In this episode of The Spotlight, Akshay Datt speaks with Saurabh Gupta and Siddharth Swarnkar, Founders of Tamasha. live. Both of them are graduates from IIT Bombay with a desire for entrepreneurship.  

The idea arose from the fact that gaming communities lack a platform for playing, engaging, and earning. They use multiple platforms to interact with one another and make payments and there is no way to meet new people. Tamasha is a gaming platform with a unique blend of community, engagement, and transaction layers that work in tandem.

Tune in to this episode to hear Saurabh and Siddharth talk about how Tamasha. live makes it meaningful for creators to express themselves and for people across the country to communicate.

What you must not miss!

• Customer acquisition strategy.
• Fundraising journey.
• Ways for users to monetize.
• Implementing the College Ambassador programme.

“When health is absent ... wealth becomes useless”.

The pandemic made everyone understand this deep-rooted connection between health and wealth. Businesses were hit hard and employers realized the importance of employee health and insurance. 

In this edition of The Spotlight, Akshay Datt speaks with Sanchit Malik, Co-founder and CEO of Pazcare, a Bengaluru based InsurTech start-up that aims to restructure employee benefits management in India. 

In a previous stint in 2013, he co-founded Townscript which was later acquired by Bookmyshow. He then launched Pazcare in 2021 which enables small and midsize businesses to provide employee benefits seamlessly. They intend to break all the conventional norms of the insurance sector by bringing everything together on a digital platform.

Tune in to this episode to hear Sanchit speak about how Pazcare continues to provide, manage and upgrade employee benefits plans through an AI-driven platform. 

Key takeaways!

• Covid accelerated Pazcare’s growth...!
• Onboarding the first few customers.
• How is Pazcare different from other players in the industry?