The Startup Operator

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 

👉🏽 Agnikul Cosmos and Skyroot Aerospace's fundraises

👉🏽 PhonePe and Groww's acquisitions

👉🏽 Pinelabs and Ninjacart's Valuation and more

Highlights: 

00:00 Introduction

03:32 Mylab's self test covid test kit

07:00 Pinelabs' Valuation

08:29 Moglix achieves unicorn status

12:17 Wysa's fundraise

15:51 Agnikul Cosmos and Skyroot Aerospace's fundraises

21:35 Ninjacart's fundraise and valuation

25:40 Phonepe's acquisition of Indus OS

28:57 Groww's acquisition of IndiaBulls' Mutual Funds business

30:58 Vembu's wisdom

31:50 Upcoming episodes ​

Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends! 

Listen to our interviews and conversations with investors, operators, and founders on your favourite podcast platforms.

#startups #unicorns  #technology #roundup #podcast #new

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 

👉🏽 Agnikul Cosmos and Skyroot Aerospace's fundraises

👉🏽 PhonePe and Groww's acquisitions

👉🏽 Pinelabs and Ninjacart's Valuation and more

Highlights: 

00:00 Introduction

03:32 Mylab's self test covid test kit

07:00 Pinelabs' Valuation

08:29 Moglix achieves unicorn status

12:17 Wysa's fundraise

15:51 Agnikul Cosmos and Skyroot Aerospace's fundraises

21:35 Ninjacart's fundraise and valuation

25:40 Phonepe's acquisition of Indus OS

28:57 Groww's acquisition of IndiaBulls' Mutual Funds business

30:58 Vembu's wisdom

31:50 Upcoming episodes ​

Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends! 

Listen to our interviews and conversations with investors, operators, and founders on your favourite podcast platforms.

#startups #unicorns  #technology #roundup #podcast #new

Rishi Agrawal is the CEO of Avantis Regtech, a regulatory technology startup that offers a multi-tenant, SAAS solution on its web and mobile platforms, enabling a transparent, accountable and efficient risk and compliance management. Rishi spoke about Incentivising compliance, Making compliance data accessible through APIs and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa.

Highlights of this conversation:

00:00 Simplifying Compliance 

01:23 Building an application for Compliance

05:32 Key milestones in the Avantis journey

10:12 Principles for navigating compliance in India & Building good governance practices

14:50 How has the compliance process changed?

18:41 Incentivising compliance

21:46 Changes needed to improve Compliance in India

30:55 Keeping up with ever changing compliance laws

34:32 What differentiates Avantis from the rest

37:49 Scaling & productising compliance workflows

44:09 Making compliance data accessible through APIs

45:57 How services business has helped Avantis 

49:35 Building a culture of compliance

55:30 Advice to founders about compliance

59:52 Lessons from operating during Covid

1:02:14 Compliance structure required to enable a $5T Economy

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Connect with Rishi:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agrawal-rishi/

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/rishiagraw

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Connect with us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

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Rishi Agrawal is the CEO of Avantis Regtech, a regulatory technology startup that offers a multi-tenant, SAAS solution on its web and mobile platforms, enabling a transparent, accountable and efficient risk and compliance management. Rishi spoke about Incentivising compliance, Making compliance data accessible through APIs and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa.

Highlights of this conversation:

00:00 Simplifying Compliance 

01:23 Building an application for Compliance

05:32 Key milestones in the Avantis journey

10:12 Principles for navigating compliance in India & Building good governance practices

14:50 How has the compliance process changed?

18:41 Incentivising compliance

21:46 Changes needed to improve Compliance in India

30:55 Keeping up with ever changing compliance laws

34:32 What differentiates Avantis from the rest

37:49 Scaling & productising compliance workflows

44:09 Making compliance data accessible through APIs

45:57 How services business has helped Avantis 

49:35 Building a culture of compliance

55:30 Advice to founders about compliance

59:52 Lessons from operating during Covid

1:02:14 Compliance structure required to enable a $5T Economy

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Connect with Rishi:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agrawal-rishi/

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/rishiagraw

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Connect with us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

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Utrkarsh Roy(@utkarsh_roy) and Divyaansh Anuj(@divyaanshanuj) are the founders of Introbot(@introbotAI), a WhatsApp chabot providing instant help for verified Oxygen, Hospital Beds, Ambulance and other medical supplies to help fight the second wave of the pandemic. In this episode they spoke with Roshan Cariappa about Introbot's impact, how they verified the data of leads for supplies and the originally intended use case for Introbot and more.

NOTE: Below are the links for more information and contact for Introbot for anyone who may need it. 

Introbot Contacts:

WhatsApp ChatBot: https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=12345178991&text=COVID&app_absent=0

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/introbotai/about/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IntrobotAI

Here are a few keyhighlights from the episdoe:

00:00 Introduction

01:01 Fighting Covid with Introbot

03:30 Introbot's impact during the 2nd Wave

05:46 Verifying data of leads and sources

08:18 Introbot's original use case

12:52 Traction for business use cases

17:03 How to run a successful  community

21:50 Nuances of Building Conversational AI

27:03 Working with the WhatsApp platform

33:23 What the future holds for Introbot

38:31 Being an Indian founder in 2021

40:50 Lessons from operating during COVID

Connect with Utkarsh

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/utkarshroy/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/utkarsh_roy

Connect with Divyaansh:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyaansh/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/divyaanshanuj 

Connect with Us:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup

If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Utrkarsh Roy(@utkarsh_roy) and Divyaansh Anuj(@divyaanshanuj) are the founders of Introbot(@introbotAI), a WhatsApp chabot providing instant help for verified Oxygen, Hospital Beds, Ambulance and other medical supplies to help fight the second wave of the pandemic. In this episode they spoke with Roshan Cariappa about Introbot's impact, how they verified the data of leads for supplies and the originally intended use case for Introbot and more.

NOTE: Below are the links for more information and contact for Introbot for anyone who may need it. 

Introbot Contacts:

WhatsApp ChatBot: https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=12345178991&text=COVID&app_absent=0

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/introbotai/about/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IntrobotAI

Here are a few keyhighlights from the episdoe:

00:00 Introduction

01:01 Fighting Covid with Introbot

03:30 Introbot's impact during the 2nd Wave

05:46 Verifying data of leads and sources

08:18 Introbot's original use case

12:52 Traction for business use cases

17:03 How to run a successful  community

21:50 Nuances of Building Conversational AI

27:03 Working with the WhatsApp platform

33:23 What the future holds for Introbot

38:31 Being an Indian founder in 2021

40:50 Lessons from operating during COVID

Connect with Utkarsh

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/utkarshroy/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/utkarsh_roy

Connect with Divyaansh:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyaansh/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/divyaanshanuj 

Connect with Us:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup

If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

A process should be intuitively understandable, easily adoptable, and seamlessly scalable, if not those very processes can hurt your enterprise. In this byte, Roshan Cariappa explains how a process can be turned into a meme. 

If you liked this byte, let us know in the comments and share with your friends and family. 

Connect with Roshan: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cariappack/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoshanCariappa

Connect with us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

Aakriti is the Co-founder and COO at Wizikey,  a SaaS-based, data-driven communications suite for PR for startups. Prior to Co-founding Wizikey, she founded Boring Brands, a branding agency. In her early career she has held positions at Info Edge, Naukri.com and the like. In this interview Roshan and Aakriti talk about PR and branding for startups and more:

Highlights

Turning service into product

Founding a startup: 2009 v/s 2018

Data Driven PR 

Why startups should prioritise PR early

Steps to invest in PR

How can founders amplify Brand statement 

Aligning priorities across different teams

Democratizing reach for brands

Building for bharat

Nuances of being a COO

Opportunities in the Indian SaaS ecosystem

Pivoting from an agency to a product company

Connect with Aakriti:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aakritibhargava/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/aakriti

Connect with us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

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Aakriti is the Co-founder and COO at Wizikey,  a SaaS-based, data-driven communications suite for PR for startups. Prior to Co-founding Wizikey, she founded Boring Brands, a branding agency. In her early career she has held positions at Info Edge, Naukri.com and the like. In this interview Roshan and Aakriti talk about PR and branding for startups and more:

Highlights

Turning service into product

Founding a startup: 2009 v/s 2018

Data Driven PR 

Why startups should prioritise PR early

Steps to invest in PR

How can founders amplify Brand statement 

Aligning priorities across different teams

Democratizing reach for brands

Building for bharat

Nuances of being a COO

Opportunities in the Indian SaaS ecosystem

Pivoting from an agency to a product company

Connect with Aakriti:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aakritibhargava/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/aakriti

Connect with us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

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If you liked this conversation, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Ravi is a co-founder and CEO of Qapita, a digital equity management platform. Ravi is an angel investor in several startups. He has previously worked in investment banking and corporate development in Asia Pacific region for nearly 2 decades and has expertise in capital raising, corporate finance advisory, mergers & acquisitions, principal investments and the like. In this interview Ravi and Roshan spoke about managing captables and various stakeholders and more!

Founding story of Qapita

Common misconceptions about Termsheets

Key operational constraints and challenges in fundraising 

Managing various stakeholders on your captable

Best practices to issue ESOPs

Prioritising Finance as a function in Startups

How should founders view valuation?

Connect with Ravi:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raviravulaparthi/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ravi_Qapita

Connect with us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

If you liked this conversation, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!