Shunya One

Did you know? 85% of content in gaming is streaming. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Piyush Kumar, Founder and CEO of Rooter. Piyush talks about why gaming will never stop being popular and why gamers produce a lot of content around it. He also shares what Rooter is and how the idea for it came about. They further discuss why the number of people playing games is high in India and if it will grow in the coming years, why the gaming community angle is very strong and how it works. Among other things discussed were professional gaming becoming a thing, if streaming is an important part of upscaling for professionals, why gaming in India is a mobile gaming market, and why anyone launching games in India needs to think 'mobile first' in many categories; the nature of the platform Piyush has built, the technology that they are using, the vision and mission they laid down for Rooter, what's in it for the streamers and how they make money. Tune in for this and much more. Follow Ro

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit talk to Rajat Shikhar, Co-Founder of DealShare. They talk about their journey, how e-commerce audiences have evolved over time. They discuss what the earlier product was like, the audience they were targeting at first and what difference they had identified between customers. Rajat talks about harnessing the local delivery system instead of building things on top of their product and having programs like 'Dealshare Dost Program'. Further they talk about what kind of innovations with technology like AI and machine learning they intended on doing with DealShare, and how they managed to break into the newer cities. Tune in for this and much more.Follow DealShare Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/dealshare-in/https://twitter.com/DealShareIndiaFollow Rajat Shikhar on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajatshikhar/https://twitter.com/rajat245?lang=enTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are talking to Srivatsan Chari, Co Founder of 'Cleartax', now known as 'Clear'. They talk about what has changed this year in terms of filing income tax, the reason behind calling themselves Clear instead of Clear Tax and doing invoicing for businesses. Srivatsan tells us his entrepreneurial journey of how he met his other co-founders, what the idea was behind building a product like this, simplifying taxes for the market when the GST portal wasn't around and how they influenced the Indian Financial market that they operate in today. Further, they talk about what are the differences from a customer point of view and Enterprise point of view, what kind of support they have and what is the future ahead. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Clear Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/clearofficial/https://twitter.com/ClearfromCTFollow Srivatsan Chari on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/xrivatsan/https://twitter.com/xrivatsanT

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Nitin Gupta, Founder and CEO of Uni Cards. Nitin talks about starting his entrepreneurial journey in 2008, starting with PayUMoney and then coming up with Uni. Nitin also talks about why having an IPO is necessary for business, why India has the best financial service businesses and how he decided on building a financial distribution business. Shiladitya and Amit ask Nitin about what excited him about credit cards in the first place, why the credit card will create a hundred billion dollar incremental market gap in coming years, and more. Nitin further explains what the Uni card is, how it works, the benefits customers can avail with it, how Uni profiles their customers and what Nitin is planning to build on top of the existing product. Tune in for this and so much more.Follow UNI Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/uni-cards/https://twitter.com/cards_uniFollow Nitin Gupta on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/i

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Giridhar Yasa, Chief Technology Officer of Lendingkart. Giridhar talks to us about why access to financial products for MSMEs is a challenge, what Lendingkart does, who they finance and how it was started. They further talk about how is the loan given to small businesses, what is the process like and how is data being collected. Shiladitya and Amit ask Giridhar about the advancement of API and GST and how they aid his model, and the ability to pull information today. Further they talk about what are the tech innovations been done by Lendingkart to keep that edge in the industry and what do the next 3-5 years look like for the company. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Lendingkart Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/lendingkart/https://twitter.com/LendingkartFollow Giridhar Yasa on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/appaji/https://twitter.com/appajiTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questi

On this special 150th episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Amrish Rau, CEO of Pine Labs. They talk about the early days of Amrish, what was the next big thing he saw was going to blow up and how he came up with the idea of Pine Labs. Amrish explains what the company is, what it does, having massive ambitions, why digital QR code is a thing of the future; and what is BNPL and why it is the coolest thing. Shiladitya and Amit ask Amrish about the biggest underlying reasons for fintech growing in India and if Pine labs will do something in the Crypto space. Tune in for this and much more on this informative chat.Follow Pine Labs Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/pinelabs/https://twitter.com/pinelabsFollow Amrish Rau on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrish-rau-4158339/https://twitter.com/amrishrauTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this show and o

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Nikhil Kumar, Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist of Setu. Shiladitya talk about meeting Nikhil some years back, How he and his other co founder jumped into building a product like Setu. Nikhil talks about how UPI coming into the market was an inspiration for all the Creators, why he thinks that we are still in our early days of the internet in India for financial services. Further, they talk about how different is it to work with banks and software applications, who they generate money from and how does Setus business model works. Tune in for this and much more on this informative chat.Follow Setu on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/setu-apis/https://twitter.com/Setu_APIFollow Nikhil Kumar on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilkumarks/https://twitter.com/nikhilkumarksTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can liste

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit talk to the Co-Founder and CEO of Kutumb - Abhishek Kejriwal. They talk about meeting each other some years ago, how Abhishek met his other Co-founders and how he made the transition from Pratilipi to Kutumb. Abhishek also gives us a complete brief on what the custom is, what the product utility is like and what target audience they cater to. Further, they talk about the forum structure of Kutumb, how it functions, and whether it is similar to slack. They also discuss why Abhishek felt a product like this was needed in the market and what the first few feedbacks that he got from his community were. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Kutumb on Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/kutumbapp/Follow Abhishek Kejriwal on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-kejriwal/https://twitter.com/abhikejriTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen t

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit talk to Rohit Garg, Co-Founder & CEO of SmartCoin. They talk about the early life of Rohit, how did he go about building something like Smartcoin. Shiladitya ask Rohit about what is the product like, what was the initial version of smartcoin, what issues did he see in fintech that he could solve through tech, what are the kind of factors they use before deciding whether the loan goes out and for a blank slate guy, what do they get from the moment they download the app. Further, they talk about how they look after data security on the platform and why getting access to good financial providing service is very important. Tune in for this and much more. Follow SmartCoin on Linkedin and Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartcoin-financials/https://twitter.com/SmartCoinIndiaFollow Rohit Garg on Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohit-garg-23232415/Tweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.http://ivm

Did you know that 5% of India's GDP comes from Dairy Farming? That's about 25% of the total agricultural GDP. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit speak to Kirti Jangra, Co-Founder & COO of Animall Technologies. Amit confesses not having spoken to anybody who is so focused on the agricultural and rural Economy. Kirti talks about Animall being a pier to pier cattle trading platform, how the idea has transitioned and how Pashu Melas are held every year for buying and selling animals. Further, they talk about building a marketplace for animals, discuss what were user feedback and how it has changed the trajectory of the market by making this platform. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Animall Technologies on Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/animall-in/Follow Kirti Jangra on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirtijangra/https://twitter.com/KirtiAnimallTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.http://ivmpodcasts.com/

On this Episode of Shunya One, we have Ashish Dave -CEO of Mirae Asset Venture Investments (India). They talk about the start of Mirae, it being a traditional finance company, but not a typical Venture Capitalist and how the fund came to be. Ashish talks about the specific areas they are currently investing in, anything that seems like an opportunity; what to him now, personally, is a good place to fund in and how covid has affected the funding process. Further, they discuss about the founders' DNA today, does Ashish think he is building the right physique of building long term companies. Tune in for this and lot more.Follow Mirae on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mirae-asset-investment-managers-india/https://twitter.com/miraeassetFollow Ashish Dave on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveash/https://twitter.com/ashishdaveTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.http://ivmpodcasts.com/shunyaoneYou can listen to this

On this episode of Shunya one, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Karan Bedi the CEO of MX Player. They talk about the start of the Mx Player as a video utility player, what was his vision for a product such as this and how he jumped into his role at MX and Times Group. Karan explains what makes Mx Player different from the any other OTT platform for smooth video playbacks, what were the struggles in getting more and more the content on MX, how they went about putting out content by going through the free video route and how did it fit into the business model or the specifics of India as a tech country and their plans of product rollout. Further, they talk about what does Karan think about simplicity in creating a product and how is he making sure that he is always leading that pack. Tune in for this and much more.Follow MX Player on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/mx-player/https://twitter.com/MXPlayerFollow Karan Bedi on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanbedi/htt

On Shunya One this week we have Meghna Suryakumar, Founder and CEO of Crediwatch. Meghna talks about being a corporate lawyer before coming up with her startup Crediwatch. What made her choose the technology part at Crediwatch?, Further Meghna gives us an overview of what Crediwatch is and what they are trying to do. Further they discuss about how did crediwatch solve data collecting through technology, Meghna tells us about how they get business to share data which they probably don't want to share. Shiladitya and Amit ask Meghna about what other products they have branched into and the other kind of companies they work with and how they have modelled their revenue stream. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Crediwatch on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/crediwatchhttps://twitter.com/crediwatch?s=08Follow Meghna Suryakumar on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghnasuryakumarhttps://twitter.com/meghnaskumarTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questio

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Rahul Pagidipati, Co-CEO of Zebpay. They talk about his early journey into Cryptocurrency, buying Bitcoin mining machines and pitching the idea of working together with other startup investors. Rahul also talks about how the product or the bitcoin exchange that he started evolved, what the unique innovations are that they are focused on and how long did it take him to mine a new coin. Shiladitya and Amit ask Rahul about where Zebpay is going further, what's the technology they are using to foster this industry, and more Further, they also discuss about why bitcoin is not considered an actual currency yet and what are the ways in which this could be standardised. Tune in for this and much more.Follow Rahul Pagidipati on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/pagidipati/https://twitter.com/eth_usTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for your questions or reactions to this episode.To 

On this episode, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Vasanth Kamath, Founder & CEO of smallcase. They talk about what smallcase is and what it does, and tons more. Vasanth talks about how he came to found his smallcase, being from Mangalore, his co-founders Anugrah Srivastava and Rohan Gupta and himself all being from IIT Kharagpur, and more. Shiladitya and Amit also talk to Vasanth about how smallcase works, what goes into it, how 'smallcases' are baskets of stocks with a particular theme that individuals can choose to invest in, the smallcase publisher platform, the kind of tight integration with stocks that smallcase has been able to accomplish, how buying stocks through smallcase is done, and lots more. Tune in for an extremely interesting conversation with Vasanth Kamath.Follow smallcase on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/company/smallcase/https://twitter.com/smallcaseHQFollow Vasanth kamath on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasanthskamath/https://twitter.com/vasanth

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Rohan Bhargava. They talk to Rohan about what CashKaro is all about, what it does and how it works. Rohan tells us about how he and his co-founder Swati Bhargava started CashKaro about 9 years back, how they both worked in the financial services business in the UK, both graduating from London School of Commerce, how he decided to leave his job in financial services, getting introduced to the concept of 'cashbacks', and lots more. Rohan also talks about how cashbacks on CashKaro work, how it's like getting free money, how this model has been popular in the West for a long time, the advantages one gets by using the CashKaro platform, how and why they work so well with retailers, how this is truly a performance driven model, and more. Tune in for an extremely interesting and informative chat with Rohan Bhargava, Co-founder of CashKaro.Follow Rohan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robhargavaTweet to hosts @shiladitya & @doshiamit for you

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Bhavna Suresh. Bhavna talks to Shiladitya and Amit about being in the Philippines, building South East Asia's real estate platform, ans shares what her other ventures had been before starting 10club. she also says that India is a market where everybody says no at first to invest in a business, speaking to 600 different sellers in the first 5 months, what is a 'roll up business', and tons more. She further talks about staying in india and learning the indian business model to set up her own style of business, how she converted new startups under her umbrella, how she's helping founders innovate and get into the market faster. Shiladity and Amit also ask Bhavna about whether her business model can be replicated for a content or physical goods company. Tune in for this and much more on this interactive chat with the Co-Founder & CEO of 10club.Follow Bhavna Suresh on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavnasc/BhavnasureshTweet t

Did you know that there 800 million sports fans in India out of which 500 million watch sports online? On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya, and Amit Doshi are joined by one of the brightest minds, Harsh Jain. Harsh talks about calling his office space as 'Stadium', why he can't wait to get his employees back before the IPL, followed by the world cup. Harsh shares his entrepreneurial journey with us, explains why he chose this format, creating the category of E-sports and fantasy sports in India which didn't exist before. They discuss in detail why they moved away from the long season format to per match day format, why fantasy football doesn't do more innovation and is stuck with it's purest form and why broadcasters have the upper hand in sports in India. Further, Harsh talks about offering personalised sports products in the future. Shiladitya and Amit ask Harsh if they are trying to get Dream11 outside India, what are the structural hurdles he sees in sports in India and how we can overcome it. Tune

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Akash Sinha. Akash talks about how he used to pick up freelancing projects while in college, the origin story of Cashfree and why he got into the field of finance. He also talks about what problems he faced with breaking into the scene pre-UPI, how the concept of being digital changed things around, what stopped the wallet companies and why were merchants preferring them rather than the wallets. Further, he explains about four products on the Cashfree app, what made them work successfully with banks and how his experience was dealing with it. Shiladitya and Amit ask Akash Sinha about how they tackle the market maturing to a very large extent, how they tackled the VC questions and how does RBI regulation make payments outside of India. Tune in for this and much more on this interactive chat with the CEO and Co-Founder of Cashfree, Akash Sinha.Follow Akash Sinha on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinhaakash/https://twitter.com/_

Did you know that India was a heavy cash economy in 2011-2012?. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are Joined by Karan Mehta. Karan talks about computers becoming his natural passion, joining Citadel and it being his first professional company, Setting up Swipe and how the idea for Kissht came about. He also talks about competition at the time they started, taking advice from investors, reasons why Swipe didn't work for them, and more. Further they discuss starting Karma Tech which helped startups hire CTO's, meeting his other co-founder and how they started working together on Kissht. Shiladitya and Amit also ask Karan about how he become one of the co-founding team while being a consultant, how it has evolved over the years from product financing to now with the Indian fintech market changing and how they have managed remained unique. Tune in for an informative chat with the Co-Founder and CTO of Kissht.Follow Karan Mehta on Linkedin & Twitter:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanmmehta/http