1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Swapna Gupta of Qualcomm Ventures (Part 1)

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Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Swapna Gupta was recorded in February 2019.

Swapna Gupta, Senior Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures, explains the firm’s investment strategy.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s have you introduce the firm to our audience first.

Swapna Gupta: Qualcomm Ventures is a global billion-dollar fund. Qualcomm Ventures India is a $150 million dedicated fund for India for investing across sectors. We have been in India for the last 10 years. We have a healthy portfolio of about 25 plus companies. We have been investing in consumer, enterprise, and hardware companies. It’s an exciting time to be in the ecosystem. >>>

437th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Hemant Mohapatra, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Hemant Mohapatra, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, India, talks about some of the large, open opportunities in the Indian market that are of interest to him.

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186th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Shalini Prakash, 500 Startups

Shalini Prakash, Venture Partner at 500 Startups, India, talks about the opportunities in the Indian market.

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436th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Sumant Mandal, March Capital Partners

Sumant Mandal is Managing Director at March Capital Partners, a firm that invests largely in enterprise facing businesses with deep technical differentiation. The conversation includes excellent insights into the changing dynamics of the networking space and how companies like Cisco and Juniper are managing their existential threats.

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437th Roundtable Recording on March 28, 2019: With Hemant Mohapatra, Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Roundtable Recap: March 28 – Large, Open Opportunities for Indian Entrepreneurs

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Hemant Mohapatra, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, India. Hemant talked about some of the large open opportunities in the Indian market that are of interest to him.

Overland Bound
As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Michael Murguia from Dublin, California, Overland Bound, an adventure travel app that is already monetizing through an annual subscription.

Kulfy App
Then, Basanth Valeti from New York, New York, pitched Kulfy App, a personalized gif platform, that is also monetizing through corporate events.

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435th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With David Lambert, Right Side Capital Management

David Lambert, Managing Director at Right Side Capital Management, a firm that invests small chunks of capital in capital efficient ventures. The firm is very much in line with the Bootstrapping to Exit philosophy we’ve been discussing.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Yash Hemaraj of Arka Venture Labs (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: Before we move to the entrepreneurial discussions, could you talk a little bit about the three venture funds that have put Arka Ventures together. What do you envision would be their roles in follow-on financing in the companies that come into Arka?

Yash Hemaraj: We wanted to make this an open and powerful platform for our founders. Again, when you’re building enterprise companies or B2B-focused companies, it’s never a one-stage game. You have to build companies in stages. We wanted to partner with the folks who are united in this mission of providing an open and collaborative partner platform for all Indian entrepreneurs and helping them scale into the global markets. >>>