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Prime VP

Prime VP is a Bangalore-based early stage Venture fund which invests in One-of-a-Kind startups founded by rockstar entrepreneurs.

Episodes

  1. Shradha Sharma PrimeTime Podcast 23 June 2017

    23/06/2017

    Shradha Sharma PrimeTime Podcast 23 June 2017

    Sanjay Swamy speaks with the effervescent Shradha Sharma, one of Bangalore's star entrepreneurs. She is the founder of YourStory and has followed her passions and dreams to make a stamp in the media industry. Listen to the podcast to find more about what drives her and what brought her to entrepreneurship.

    13 min
  2. Prime Time with Amuleek Singh Bijral, founder & CEO at Chai Point

    02/03/2017

    Prime Time with Amuleek Singh Bijral, founder & CEO at Chai Point

    In this episode of Prime Time, Amit Somani talks to Amuleek Singh Bijral, founder & CEO at Chai Point, a tea retail chain. Amuleek speaks about his journey right from his enterprise technology days after passing out from Harvard University to starting up with Chai Point. He realized that chai was an opportunity to solve and had not been attempted before and talks about the other business ideas he had contemplated then. He very well explains the role of technology behind maintaining a consistent cup of chai which is based on their fundamental business model of being hinged to quality and consistency.

    47 min
  3. Prime Time with Ignacio Mas, executive director and co-founder at the Digital Frontiers Institute

    05/01/2017

    Prime Time with Ignacio Mas, executive director and co-founder at the Digital Frontiers Institute

    In this episode of Prime Time, Sanjay Swamy talks to Ignacio Mas, executive director and co-founder at the Digital Frontiers Institute, a new organization that is developing a professional development network and training course around digital money and payments. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Fletcher School's Council on Emerging Market Enterprises at Tufts University. In this podcast, Ignacio speaks exclusively to Sanjay about his journey in the global community for mobile money and his views about India. Formerly a Senior Advisor in the Financial Services for the Poor program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ignacio led research, policy and financial infrastructure work. Ignacio also has been a Senior Adviser in the Technology Program at CGAP (a resource center for micro-finance housed at the World Bank), VP of Marketing and Account Management at interTouch (an NTT-DoCoMo Group Company that manages broadband solutions for the hospitality industry), Director of Global Business Strategy at Vodafone Group, and Senior Manager responsible for telecoms investments in Europe at Intel Capital (Intel Corp’s venture capital arm). Ignacio has been a Visiting Professor of International Business at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. He holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and economics from MIT and a PhD in economics from Harvard University.

    21 min
  4. Prime Time With Kunal Shah, Founder Freecharge

    29/09/2016

    Prime Time With Kunal Shah, Founder Freecharge

    In this episode of Prime Time, Amit Somani talks to Kunal Shah, founder of FreeCharge. Kunal Shah doesn't need an introduction! He is the man behind online mobile recharge platform, Freecharge. He is on a mission to make every Indian who owns a smartphone to use Freecharge every week. Nearly 14 years ago, when Shah started as a junior programmer at a startup, this was unimaginable. Kunal became financially independent at 16, selling T-shirts, mixed tapes and even teaching internet courses. After acquiring a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Mumbai's Wilson College in 2000, he briefly studied MBA before dropping out to become an entrepreneur. Shah initially started a company called PaisaBack that offered cashback promotions for organised retailers. After observing the potential of online recharges in an emerging market, he then founded FreeCharge in 2010 along with Sandeep Tandon. In April 2015, FreeCharge was acquired by Snapdeal for an estimated amount of $450 million. Kunal remains on the board as Chairman of FreeCharge. He is also an active adviser to entrepreneurs and has made over a dozen angel investments. He is also an avid student of behavioral economics and a poker player. In this podcast, Kunal speaks exclusively to Amit about his journey from Paisaback to FreeCharge and what holds next for him.

    43 min
  5. Prime Time with Deep Kalra, Founder and Group CEO Makemytrip

    09/09/2016

    Prime Time with Deep Kalra, Founder and Group CEO Makemytrip

    In this episode of PrimeTime, Amit Somani talks to Deep Kalra, CEO of MakeMyTrip. During his chat with Amit, Deep digs deeper about his personal journey as an entrepreneur and also how MMT grew from being an early stage start-up to launch their first IPO. In the podcast Deep talks about his highs and lows during the 16 years of MakeMyTrip and the way he fought across all the challenges along with his team mates who stood by him. He highlights the fact on how '9/ 11' and the 'dot com buzz' changed the world and greatly impacted many businesses during that period. He further speaks about the importance of IPOs and how MakeMyTrip launched theirs'. Deep also shares his thoughts on why many big companies do scale up but are not able to go public for IPOs. While discussing about workplace culture, he talks about MakeMyTrip being rewarded with a 'Great Places to Work' award and talks about his belief in culture being a key reflection of the people in the company - from top to bottom of the pyramid.

    23 min
  6. PrimeTime With Sairee

    12/07/2016

    PrimeTime With Sairee

    This episode of PrimeTime features Sairee Chahal, founder and CEO of Sheroes.in, which curates work from home jobs in India, is building a community of working women, helping them find mentors and resources. Sairee talks about the story and journey behind Sheroes – why she launched Fleximoms and how it transitioned to Sheroes as we know it today. She shares some interesting insights on women’s careers and how they change at different points of time in life. She talks about what Sheroes offers to women at different stages and how they engage with their users. Sairee also shares some perspectives and insights on how the workplace landscape has changed over the last 5-6 years, how it has evolved for women, current landscape and what it would look like in the future.

    20 min
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About

Prime VP is a Bangalore-based early stage Venture fund which invests in One-of-a-Kind startups founded by rockstar entrepreneurs.

Information

  • Creator
    Prime VP
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2017
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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