
<p>In this episode of the ACLR8 podcast, we host one of India's most iconic startup investors: Rajesh Sawhney. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rajesh has invested in 165 companies over the last 15 years and sits on the board of...


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Hosted by Karan Jindal · business · EN-GB
At ACLR8, our goal is to build the best early stage accelerator program in the world, helping founders from Bharat build large, generational and iconic companies. Founder Academy is our exclusive podcast featuring the top startup founders, investors and operators in the country. Our goal is to help build the best resource for any early stage founder to learn from and connect with the best folks from India's startup ecosystem.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAt ACLR8, our goal is to build the best early stage accelerator program in the world, helping founders from Bharat build large, generational and iconic companies. Founder Academy is our exclusive podcast featuring the top startup founders, investors and operators in the country.
ACLR8 Founder Academy is hosted by Karan Jindal. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 15: Meet the founder of founders! This man invested in 165 startups. Ft. Rajesh Sawhney, Founder, GSF" (3 March 2025, 72 minutes), "Episode 14: The Indiamart story! Building a ₹14000 crore listed tech company. Ft. Brijesh Agrawal" (4 February 2025, 62 minutes), and "Episode 13: The Dressfolk Story! Building an Ethnic Wear Brand from India to the World! Ft. Nitin Mehrotra" (1 February 2025, 67 minutes).
ACLR8 Founder Academy publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 69 minutes across 15 episodes.
Booking probability for ACLR8 Founder Academy is 17%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. ACLR8 Founder Academy requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. ACLR8 Founder Academy's contact route on record: public web form.
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Karan Jindal hosts ACLR8 Founder Academy, a business podcast with 15 episodes published.
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<p>In this episode of the ACLR8 podcast, we host one of India's most iconic startup investors: Rajesh Sawhney. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rajesh has invested in 165 companies over the last 15 years and sits on the board of...

Episode #14
<p>🚀 Coming from a small town in India to build an INR 14K crore company.🚀 Being the first Indian B2B marketplace to list publicly.🚀 Building profitably and building the technology backbone for 70M SMB’s in...

<p>Shot a super episode with Nitin Mehrotra, Founder & CEO, DressFolk on his journey of building India's most loved ethnic wear brand. We talked about:- Nitin's growing up journey and how his family background inspired...

<p>Learn content, marketing & advertising from Ayush Wadhwa ( @AyushWadhwa ) the founder of one of India's best media companies, Owled Media ( @owledmedia9296 ) At just 26, in a short span of time, Ayush has...

Episode #11
<p>98x oversubscribed! This was the crazy demand for the ixigo stock at their recent IPO. But what many don't know is the 17 year old journey of grit, determination, never giving up in the face of innumerable challenges...

<p>If your goal is to build India's largest consumer D2C brand then this is the episode for you. 🚀 In this episode, our guest, Jatan Bawa takes us through his journey of building Perfora. 🔥</p> <p><br></p> <p>Perfora...

Episode #10
<p>What does ₹15 crore worth of free publicity do to the scale and trajectory of a D2C brand? 🚀</p> <p><br></p> <p>Hosted the awesome @simrankhara2 at the ACLR8 Founder Academy podcast and talked about her vision of...

Episode #12
<p>Building one of India’s largest Beauty & Personal Care D2C Brand. 🚀 </p> <p><br></p> <p>Hosted the amazing Malika Datt Sadani, Co-Founder, The Moms Co, at the ACLR8 studio and discussed what it takes to build a...

<p>Building a large business, while reviving a cultural legacy, and providing social impact.❤️ Raising funding from some of India’s top investors, getting an all Shark Deal at Shark Tank India and all of this while just...

Episode #6
<p>Today’s guest at the founder academy, is someone who has been a founder and investor. </p> <p><br></p> <p>As a founder, Arjun founded Dr. Vadiya’s. Scaled it to one of the fastest growing Ayurveda D2C brands in the...

<p>Had an amazing conversation with Akshay Ghulati, Co-Founder & CBO, Shiprocket, at the ACLR8 studio! ❤️🙌 Shiprocket is building the OS for D2C brands to launch , scale and grow their business in India and go global...

<p>From growing up in Ambala to building a company with annualized sales of INR 4000 crores! 🚀 Meet the woman who co-founded one of India’s largest e-commerce companies. 🙌 Raising money from Ratan Tata, going through...

<p>Building an INR 500cr D2C consumer appliances brand for Bharat! 🇮🇳🚀</p> <p><br></p> <p>Had an amazing conversation with Bharat Kalia, Co-Founder, Lifelong Online, on his journey of building one of the most...

<p>Financial Inclusion for 100cr Indians with Ankit Agrawal, Founder & CEO, InsuranceDekho 🇮🇳🚀</p> <p>Insurance Dekho is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in India solving for “Bima, Bharosa, Berozgari...

<p>Raise fast, raise effectively and raise from the best! Learn the secrets of fundraising from one of India's best early stage investors, Apurva Chamaria. Apurva heads Startup & VC at Google India, and has invested in...
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Co-Founder & Group Chairman, Ixigo, ixigo
Co-Founder, Dr. Vaidya's
DressFolk
Owled Media
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