Indian Silicon Valley by Jivraj Singh Sachar

₹100 Crore+ in 3 Years | The Nuuk Story

5.7K views · 4d ago · 1:14:07

You own 15 to 25 small appliances. Nothing interesting has happened to them in decades. Shalabh Gupta is betting that’s about to change. This is a masterclass for anyone building a consumer product brand in India. Guest: Shalabh Gupta, Co-Founder, Nuuk

Topics: What led you to start Nuuk? · What would you do differently the second time? · What does great design mean? · Can design sensibility be tested? · What was your first design breakthrough? · How do you build product word-of-mouth?

5,000 Bottles Sold in 10 Days. Inside ₹100 Crore Perfume Brand | Akash, Secret Alchemist

27K views · 1w ago · 1:47:40

When Secret Alchemist started during Covid, Akash wasn’t even part of it. His wife started the aromatherapy brand while he was busy building PharmEasy. In 2024, Samantha, who had been using their products for a month, DM’d them to say they were building a great brand. A quick chat turned into a three-hour coffee, and she came on board as co-founder.

Topics: How Secret Alchemist Started During COVID · Samantha’s DM: From Customer to Co-Founder · Pivoting From Aromatherapy to Clean Perfume · Launch Day: 5,000 Bottles Sold in 10 Days · Why Clean Perfume Blew Up · What Goes Into a Clean Perfume

He Is Fixing India’s Hair Loss Problem | Anand Dureja, Evoke

19K views · 3w ago · 58:50

Most people dealing with hair loss feel alone. Embarrassed. Like they’re the only one. Anand Dureja felt that too, and built an entire company so nobody else has to go through it alone. Anand Dureja has one of the most impressive CVs in India — IIT Delhi, Harvard Business School, McKinsey, OYO, Urban Company. He could have done anything. He chose to build a hair loss clinic. Not because it was glamorous.

Topics: Why Evoke Was Built to Solve Hair Loss · Understanding the Hair Loss Customer · The Emotional Side of Hair Loss · How to Run a Hair Transplant Clinic · Building a Healthcare Business From Scratch · How Evoke Hires & Trains Talent

India's Most Profitable Unicorn Nobody Talks About | Vasant, OfBusiness On ISV

20K views · 1mo ago · 1:03:44

₹22,000 Crore revenue. ₹603 Crore profit. Profitable from day one. And most people have never heard of them. This is India's biggest secret startup. Vasant Sridhar is the Co-Founder & CSO of OfBusiness, India's largest B2B commerce and SME financing platform. While every startup in India was chasing D2C brands, consumer apps and quick commerce, OfBusiness quietly built the invisible operating layer that powers India's entire manufacturing ecosystem.

Topics: What problem does OfBusiness solve? · What moves the needle for customers? · How does the supply side work? · How do you choose sectors and geographies? · What do people misunderstand about B2B? · How did you develop customer empathy?

The Milkbasket Founder Is Back - With a $15M Bet Against Quick Commerce | Anant Goel, Handpickd

9.5K views · 1mo ago · 1:13:28

Your spices were ground 3 months ago. Your milk lasts 15 days. And nobody told you. Anant Goel found out — and built an entire company to fix it. He didn't. While Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy Instamart raced to 10-minute delivery, Anant asked a completely different question — what if the problem with Indian grocery isn't speed? What if it's freshness? What if the spice you're cooking with today was ground three months ago?

Topics: Meet Anant Goel & The Handpickd Story · Why Quick Commerce Gets Freshness Wrong · The Time Compression Theory · How Indian Consumers Actually Buy Fresh · Why Handpickd Sells Fewer Products Than Everyone Else · Building a Supply Chain With No Inventory

The Man Behind India's Most Exclusive Club - 4 Cities, ₹500 Crore Vision | Vivek Narain

13K views · 1mo ago · 1:04:59

Guest: Vivek Narain

Vivek Narain spent decades in the hospitality industry — working across some of the world's finest luxury hotels and understanding what truly premium experiences feel like. Then he asked a question nobody in India was asking — why doesn't India have a world-class private members club? Not a gym. Not a co-working space. A real, curated community of India's most interesting people — founders, artists, investors, creators — all under one roof.

Topics: The Idea Behind The Quorum · Building India's First Private Members Club · How The Quorum Curates Its Members · Why Money Alone Can't Get You In · Surviving COVID & Coming Back Stronger · Expanding to 4 Cities & ₹500 Crore Vision

His Father's Hospital Bill Changed India's Insurance Industry Forever | Ankit Agarwal

29K views · 2mo ago · 40:41

Guest: Ankit Agarwal

His father was in the hospital for 10 days. When it was time to go home, the insurance company said — sorry, this isn't covered. That moment changed everything. Ankit Agarwal grew up across Bihar, Assam, Calcutta and Darjeeling — a true Indian, as he calls himself. Before InsuranceDekho, he was selling goods from Thailand in Calcutta, doing event management, and figuring out life one hustle at a time. Then in 2012, his father fell seriously ill.

He Built India's Leading Beauty Electronics Brand | Himanshu Adlakha, Winston

11K views · 2mo ago · 1:15:28

Philips has billions. Syska has decades. He had neither and still built a brand they can't ignore. Himanshu Adlakha grew up in Faridabad, surrounded by his family's electronics distribution business serving giants like LG and Philips. He understood the industry from the inside and saw something nobody else did. India's beauty electronics market was dominated entirely by international brands building products for Western women.

Topics: How Winston Started · Building the Supply Chain · Launching Winston's First Product · The Product-First Growth Strategy · Finding the Gap in Beauty Electronics · Building the Winston Brand

Pickrr to Fastrr by Shiprocket || The Untold Story of Gaurav Mangla || ISV Podcast

33K views · 2mo ago · 57:45

He ran out of money 3 times. Almost shut down. Then built one of India's biggest logistics empires. This is the story nobody told you. Gaurav Mangla grew up in Faridabad, cracked IIT, and chose the path nobody expected: a cushy corporate job, but a startup with zero backing, zero industry knowledge, and zero guarantee of success. What followed was years of failed pivots, early acquisitions that didn't work, and running out of money more than once.

Topics: From Faridabad to IIT – Gaurav's Early Journey · Quitting His Job & Starting Shiprocket · The Early Hustle: Raising Funds · Why He Merged With Shiprocket · Angel Investing & Building Wealth · Building Profit by Shiprocket

The Skincare Brand Dermatologists Trust More Than Celebrities | Shaily Mehrotra, Fixderma

16K views · 3mo ago · 1:09:15

She built a ₹1,500 Crore skincare brand without celebrity endorsements, viral marketing, or overnight success. Just science, patience, and a dermatologist's trust. Shaily Mehrotra is the CEO of Fixderma, one of India's most respected derma skincare brands, now present in 40+ countries with ₹187 Crore in annual revenue. But the journey from 2010 to a ₹1,500 Crore valuation was anything but easy.

Topics: How big is the company today? · What was the early learning curve? · Why is product innovation important? · Focus on one channel or many? · Are customers price or value-conscious? · How did you build the derma network?

He Left Stripe & Built a $100M Fintech in 4 Years | Anand Balaji, Xflow

14K views · 3mo ago · 1:04:50

Your bank tells you there's zero FX charge. That's a lie. And this founder left Stripe to prove it. In this episode, Anand breaks down why cross-border B2B payments are fundamentally broken, how Indian exporters are getting fleeced without even knowing it, what it took to convince JPMorgan Chase to partner with a startup for the first time in APAC, and why he calls his biggest product insight — "Know Your Cost" — a different take on KYC.

Topics: Career journey · What is the exact problem that you're trying to solve with Xflow? · How far have you come in the last 4–5 years? · How did you decide what customer problems to solve first? · How did you navigate regulations, banks and compliance? · Are partnerships and regulations a one-time effort or continuous?

He Built a $250M Business by Doing the Opposite of Quick Commerce | Ayyappan, FirstClub

17K views · 3mo ago · 1:12:51

7 out of 10 grocery products you buy are lying to you. The label says one thing. The product is something else. Ayyappan Rajagopal found out and built a $250M business to fix it. Ayyappan Rajagopal is the Co-Founder & CEO of FirstClub — India's first quality commerce platform delivering premium, lab-tested groceries in 30 minutes across Bangalore and Hyderabad.

₹200 Crore ARR in Just 12 Months - The UnderNeat Story | Vimarsh Razdan On ISV

4K views · 4mo ago · 56:15

₹200 Crore ARR. 2 Lakh Customers. EBITDA Positive. All in just 8 months. This is not a fundraising story; this is an execution story. Vimarsh Razdan is the Co-Founder of UnderNeat, India's fastest growing D2C shapewear and innerwear brand, built specifically for Indian women.

Topics: How did your journey lead to UnderNeat? · How should founders think about supply chains and market size? · What is the real advantage of a celebrity-led brand? · How does a celebrity co-founder impact growth and customer acquisition? · How do you develop and validate new products? · How did you scale so quickly without breaking the business?

$150M Fund. Betting Big on India's AI & Deep Tech Revolution | Crane Venture Partners

1.7K views · 5mo ago · 1:08:48

Guest: Crane Venture Partners

India is about to have its biggest tech moment ever. And these investors are putting $150M behind that bet. Anandamoy Roychowdhary spent over a decade at Sequoia Capital India & Peak XV backing some of India's most iconic startups. Now, as Managing Director at Crane Venture Partners, he's leading a $150M APAC fund- focused entirely on AI, Deep Tech, and Semiconductors coming out of India.

₹16,000 Crore Company That Runs the World's Visa System | Shikhar Aggarwal, BLS Int. on ISV

26K views · 5mo ago · 43:10

Every time an Indian applies for a foreign visa, there's a good chance BLS International is handling it. This is the story of a ₹16,000 Crore empire built by quietly running the world's governments. Shikhar Aggarwal is the Joint Managing Director of BLS International, an Indian company that processes visas, passports, and citizen services across 70 countries with 50,000+ employees.

Topics: Building BLS International & Visa Outsourcing · Expanding Into Citizen Services & Acquisitions · Building Massive Offline & Tech Infrastructure · Working With Governments Across the World · Evolution of Indian Travellers & Consumer Behaviour · Managing 50,000+ Employees Across 70 Countries