Hosted by Akash Bhat · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 155 episodes
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The Desi VC, hosted by Akash Bhat, is an award-winning podcast featuring conversations with top investors & founders on trends, insights, and personal/success stories in the India-US startup ecosystem.Our purpose:As an immigrant in the US with deep roots in India, Akash explores the parallels & contrasts between Indian & US VC/tech landscapes. The podcast bridges knowledge gaps, fosters cross-cultural collaboration & celebrates 'desis' making a mark in the US.
Akash Bhat hosts The Desi VC with Akash Bhat, a business show with 155 episodes published.
For years, a single drug sat behind a patent wall – expensive, scarce and out of reach for most of the world. And then, almost overnight, that wall collapsed. A patent expired. Dozens of Indian pharma companies moved in.
For decades, a small group of people decided which companies would shape the future. A pitch deck. A 30-minute meeting. A partner nodding across the table. And somewhere behind closed doors, a decision that could turn a
For 56 years, one car defined power in India. A white car. A red beacon. A uniformed driver. And somewhere in the back seat, a politician, a bureaucrat, a minister - someone who mattered. That car was the Hindustan Ambas
In January 2008, eight envelopes were opened in a Mumbai hotel ballroom. Each contained a bid for a cricket team in a league that hadn't played a single match. The most expensive team was Mumbai Indians ($111.9M) and the
In 2016, Russian hackers broke into John Podesta’s Gmail during the US election. That single breach exposed how vulnerable email really is – and it directly inspired a billion-dollar cybersecurity startup. At the time, e
Kevin Carter is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global, a San Francisco based investment management and research firm focused on providing investors access to the fast growing Emerging and Frontier Markets
Arun Penmetsa is a Partner at Storm Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on Enterprise software companies. He invests primarily in SaaS, Security, and Digital Health startups. Before joining Storm, Arun
Rohan Nayak is the Co-founder & CEO of Pocket FM , a company redefining audio storytelling for the world. While we’ve recently been publishing video episodes, this one’s a throwback to pure audio. Rohan had to travel une
Brij Bhasin is a longtime investor turned founder and the co-founder & CEO of Snow Mountain AI , a company focused on automating business processes in finance, compliance, and legal through AI. Before founding Snow Mount
Pramod is a Senior Principal at Blumberg Capital , an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in leading Seed and Series A rounds. The firm is based in Tel Aviv (Israel) and San Francisco. Before joining Blumberg C
Anshu Bansal is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He co-founded Hyrecar , a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that allows anyone to rent their cars to Uber and Lyft drivers safely and reliably. In today’s
Aquibur Rahman is the Co-founder and CEO of Mailmodo , an interactive email marketing software that helps marketers create app-like experiences in email by adding forms, shopping cart, calendar, NPS and other widgets. It
Yousuf Khan is a Partner at Ridge Ventures , a seed and Series A stage venture fund investing in enterprise and B2B startups. With a deep understanding of startup growth and scaling challenges, Yousuf not only drives Rid
We had the privilege of hosting Sriram Viswanathan , Founding Managing Partner of Celesta Capital . Based in San Francisco, Celesta Capital is a global, multi-stage venture capital firm managing $1.1 billion in assets. T
In this episode, we sit down with Sheel Mohnot , co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV), a San Francisco-based $350M AUM fund that leads pre-seed and seed rounds in fintech companies globally, typically wri
After 150 audio-only episodes on Spotify & Apple Podcasts, The Desi VC is finally stepping into the world of video ! The first video episode drops on January 1st. Join host Akash Bhat every fortnight as he interviews: To
Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl is the Founder & Managing Partner at Eternal Capital , a 120-crore fund investing in transformative startups across technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors in India. He is the former COO of Bharat
Dhirendra Mahyavanshi is the Co-Founder of Turtlemint , an online insurance platform backed by Nexus Venture Partners, Peak XV, Jungle Ventures, GGV Capital, Blume Ventures among others. The company is on a mission to ma
Archana Jahagirdar is the founder and managing partner of Rukam Capital , to find out. Set up in 2019, the Delhi-based venture capital firm invests in early-stage consumer products and services companies with significant
Anshuman Singh is the Co-founder of Scaler , an edtech company designed to upskill college graduates and young software engineers in advanced computer science topics. The company has raised $55M from Lightrock, Peak
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The Desi VC with Akash Bhat is hosted by Akash Bhat. The show is categorised under business (investing) and has published 155 episodes.
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