Forbes India - Tech Conversations
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Samit Mitra at Smart Power India on the role mini-grids and renewable power could play in boosting small businesses
Our guest today is Samit Mitra, senior director of programme implementation at Smart Power India, a subsidiary of the Rockefeller Foundation. In this episode, Samit, who's an expert on mini electricity grids, talks about how such grids connected to renewable sources such as solar power could help local businesses in large parts of the country where the main grid power isn't reliable
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Shailesh Vickram Singh at Climate Angels on the need for 'SIDBI-like' LPs in climate tech in India
Our guest today is Shailesh Vickram Singh, founder of Massive Mobility, an EV charging infrastructure company, and founder of Climate Angles, a syndicated climate tech investment platform, backed by other entrepreneur-investors including Phanindra Sama and Vijay Shekhar Sharma. In this episode, Shailesh talks about the need for large institutional investors to enter India's climate tech funding scene, similar to what SIDBI did for the earlier generations of startups in this country
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Ariel Assaraf at Coralogix on the journey from almost shutting shop to a high-growth data observability venture
Our guest today is Ariel Assaraf, co-founder and CEO of Coralogix, an Israeli data observability startup that sets itself apart with its technology for analysing data in-stream rather than after it's been stored. In this episode, Ariel talks about takeaways from the early years of the company when they came close to shutting shop; changing roles from CPO to CEO, an innovative Indo-Israeli initiative, and a $142 million fundraise that was closed in just a month
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Madhumita Agrawal and Dinkar Agrawal at Oben EV on how India's EV ecosystem is beginning to mature
Our guests today are Madhumita Agrawal and Dinkar Agrawal, co-founders of Oben Electric Vehicles, whose first motorcycle Rorr was launched in March—with deliveries expected to start from July. In this episode, Madhumita, the CEO, and Dinkar, the COO, talk about how India's EV ecosystem is beginning to mature and why their next round of funding may not be too difficult even in the current downturn
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Vivek Mishra at FibroHeal on his mission to reduce India's import dependence for advanced 'wound care' dressings
Our guest today is Vivek Mishra, co-founder and CEO at FibroHeal, a startup working on sustainable biomaterials, based on silk proteins, for what is known as 'wound care' in hospitals and clinics. In today's episode, Mishra talks about expanding FibroHeal's operations with a new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru and his mission to help reduce India's import dependence for some of these products
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Mohan Krishnaraj at Infosys WongDoody India, on the growing importance of user experience design
Our guest today is Mohan Krishnaraj, the new chief experience officer in India at Infosys WongDoody, the company's in-house creative design unit that was expanded around the US-based creative agency WongDoody, that Infosys acquired in 2018. In this episode, Mohan talks about the growing importance of user experience design, that requires not just sophisticated design or tech, but also knowledge of cultures around the world
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Karthee Madasamy at MFV Partners on the global nature of deep tech and supporting it in India
Our guest today is Karthee Madasamy, founding partner at Mobile Foundation Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm focused solely on deep tech startups. In this episode, Karthee talks about why deep tech is inherently global. He also talks about his own career, going from a tech entrepreneur to a VC investor, through which he has backed investments in Indian tech startups from when the idea wasn't fashionable
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Srini Srinivasan at Aerospike on technology that can level the data management playing field for startups
Our guest today is Srini V Srinivasan, co-founder and CTO of Aerospike, a real-time data management technology company. In this episode, Srini talks about the idea that became Aerospike—a way of processing ever-larger volumes of data with less hardware, making it possible even for smaller companies and startups to tap the power of real-time data. He also talks about how the 12-year old Silicon Valley company, that has also had an Indian presence from fairly early on, has always found great talent in India
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Sanjay Swamy at Prime VP on the importance of staying focused on value creation as things get tougher ahead
Our guest today is Sanjay Swamy, managing partner at the VC firm Prime Venture Partners which has backed several well known Indian startups from an early stage. In this episode, Sanjay talks about how things will get tougher ahead for Indian startups, but also about how it's an opportunity for everyone to ignore the chimaera of the unicorn status and focus on real value creation by solving important problems for businesses and consumers alike
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.jpg?impolicy=website&width=360&height=270 "Anand Anandkumar at Bugworks on how India could become a powerhouse of biotech research")
Anand Anandkumar at Bugworks on how India could become a powerhouse of biotech research
Our guest today is Anand Anandkumar, CEO and MD of Bugworks Research, a clinical phase drug discovery company that is attempting to develop a new class of antibiotics to tackle what's called 'antimicrobial resistance,' arising out of infectious bugs evolving to become resistant to multiple drugs. In this episode, Anand talks about the many challenges of commercialising scientific breakthroughs from India. He also talks about the opportunity for this country to become a biotech powerhouse
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Ritesh Arora and Nakul Aggarwal at BrowserStack on the ambition to become the default cloud testing infrastructure
Our Guests today are Ritesh Arora and Nakul Aggarwal, co-founders of BrowserStack. In this episode, Ritesh and Nakul talk about doubling in size every 18-24 months, blasting past the $100 million revenue mark, and the ambition to make their platform the default place for everyone to test their applications on the cloud. They also talk about the need for better governance among startups that are flush with "insane" amounts of funding