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Startup Fridays Season 2, Episode 8: We like to engage founders right from their -1 to 0 stage — Rajiv Srivatsa
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Our guest today is Rajiv Srivatsa, partner and investor at Antler India. Rajiv’s career spans going from software engineer at Infosys to product developer at Yahoo! to entrepreneur as co-founder of Urban Ladder to VC investor. In this episode, he talks about how each stage was the realisation of his overarching desire to always mentor people and take a deep passionate interest in helping them develop their careers.
(00:40) Introduction to Startup Fridays
(01:00) Our guest today — Rajiv Srivatsa, partner and investor at Antler India
(02:22) A snapshot of Rajiv’s journey from software engineer at Infosys to VC investor at Antler
(08:31) More about Antler, and the philosophy at the VC firm
(13:09) Examples of startups that Antler India has invested in
(16:25) The most noteworthy changes in India’s startups and founders today
(19:38) Some info on the Antler Residency
(27:35) Some thoughts on the early stage scene in India and the challenges therein
(31:45) On incorporating startups in India
(34:15) Climate tech — an area of active interest
(34:38) Sources of optimism and concerns in the Indian startup scene
(37:41) How Rajiv looks at himself — a mix of three roles
(39:54) Low points and highs
(41:58) Earliest influences on Rajiv’s career — growing up in Chennai
(45:58) What keeps Rajiv getting up each day to attack the day ahead
(52:05) Rapid fire questions
More about Rajiv and Antler
Theme music courtesy Twisterium
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Manage episode 335147796 series 3373965
Our guest today is Rajiv Srivatsa, partner and investor at Antler India. Rajiv’s career spans going from software engineer at Infosys to product developer at Yahoo! to entrepreneur as co-founder of Urban Ladder to VC investor. In this episode, he talks about how each stage was the realisation of his overarching desire to always mentor people and take a deep passionate interest in helping them develop their careers.
(00:40) Introduction to Startup Fridays
(01:00) Our guest today — Rajiv Srivatsa, partner and investor at Antler India
(02:22) A snapshot of Rajiv’s journey from software engineer at Infosys to VC investor at Antler
(08:31) More about Antler, and the philosophy at the VC firm
(13:09) Examples of startups that Antler India has invested in
(16:25) The most noteworthy changes in India’s startups and founders today
(19:38) Some info on the Antler Residency
(27:35) Some thoughts on the early stage scene in India and the challenges therein
(31:45) On incorporating startups in India
(34:15) Climate tech — an area of active interest
(34:38) Sources of optimism and concerns in the Indian startup scene
(37:41) How Rajiv looks at himself — a mix of three roles
(39:54) Low points and highs
(41:58) Earliest influences on Rajiv’s career — growing up in Chennai
(45:58) What keeps Rajiv getting up each day to attack the day ahead
(52:05) Rapid fire questions
More about Rajiv and Antler
Theme music courtesy Twisterium
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