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We spoke with Shiv Parekh - Founder of hBits - a fractional ownership platform focused on democratizing Commercial Real Estate.

Grade A Commercial properties, typically leased to multinational corporations and institutions, can potentially offer stable, secure, and relatively high yielding rental incomes to investors. 

hBits grants retail investors access to such high-value assets by aggregating demand on its platform, and on the way reduces average ticket size needed to participate.

With rising investor appetite for Real Estate linked financial instruments in general, and SEBI's recent interventions to regulate the fractional ownership industry in particular, hBits' product offering and Shiv's insights are very timely. 

Hope you enjoy this TRANSFIN. Podcast with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran, where we converse with entrepreneurs and business operators running successful startups, profitable SMEs and family promoted firms on one end, and top investment professionals representing VC/PE/credit funds on the other.

The objective is to bring out an "actionable" perspective converging the world of business and investing.
 
If you're a founder and if you'd like us to drill down your model, feel free to drop us a line at edit@transfin.in 

We speak with Veer Mishra, Founder of Plus, a Bengaluru-based fintech platform aggregating and digitizing "jewellery savings schemes" in India. 

Veer gives us a primer on this interesting asset class and describes Plus' offering which includes facilitating discovery of 270+ jewellers nationwide while allowing its customers to plan and save for their next significant jewellery purchase with ease. 

Available over Google Playstore, Plus is free-to-use and offers an attractive 10% IRR along with exclusive discounts of up to 15% to its customers.

Approximately 25% of total gold and jewellery sales transpire through various jewellery savings schemes in India, yet the market remains predominantly offline and fraught with challenges. Plus addresses critical hurdles such as exorbitant making charges and the lack of discoverability.

Hope you enjoy this TRANSFIN. Podcast with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran, where we converse with entrepreneurs and business operators running successful startups, profitable SMEs and family promoted firms on one end, and top investment professionals representing VC/PE/credit funds on the other.

The objective is to bring out an "actionable" perspective converging the world of business and investing.
 
 If you're a founder and if you'd like us to drill down your model, feel free to drop us a line at edit@transfin.in 

We speak with Alankar Saxena, CTO of Mudrex, a platform which has simplified the journey of crypto investors in India and abroad with innovative retail oriented product offerings like coin sets, vault, and now coins.

This conversation is very timely considering the revival of crypto within mainstream narrative thanks to rising regulatory clarity (MiCA, UK Parliament, US SEC etc.) and the approval of Bitcoin ETFs within the US. 

Alankar shares his take on how 2024 may pan out for crypto within global markets and whether this may be the inflection point everyone's been looking for when it comes to this exciting and highly volatile asset class. 

Hope you enjoy this TRANSFIN. Podcast with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran, where we converse with entrepreneurs and business operators running successful startups, profitable SMEs and family promoted firms on one end, and top investment professionals representing VC/PE/credit funds on the other.
 
The objective is to bring out an "actionable" perspective converging the world of business and investing.
 
If you're a founder and if you'd like us to drill down your model, feel free to drop us a line at edit@transfin.in

We speak with Krish Ramineni, Co-founder & CEO of Fireflies.ai – a Canaan and Khosla Ventures backed startup whose flagship AI meeting assistant takes notes, transcribes, and analyses Meetings. 

Used across 200,000+ organizations, Fireflies is on a mission to transform work conversations into actions with its voice assistant, transcription tools designed to automate your team’s workflow. The idea is to unlock the treasure trove of knowledge buried inside voice conversations by creating a searchable and shareable knowledge base. 

Fireflies integrates with all leading video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, GMeet, and Teams along with popular CRMs and ERP applications like Salesforce, Hubspot, Zoho, and Slack.

Aside from covering Krish’s journey at Fireflies and how he sees AI power future productivity tools, we try to understand the evolution of generative AI, early customer adoption, ethical and regulatory concerns and how the industry hopes to navigate these complexities.

Hope you enjoy this TRANSFIN. Podcast with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran, where we converse with entrepreneurs and business operators running successful startups, profitable SMEs and family promoted firms on one end, and top investment professionals representing VC/PE/credit funds on the other.
 
The objective is to bring out an "actionable" perspective converging the world of business and investing.
 
If you're a founder and if you'd like us to drill down your model, feel free to drop us a line at edit@transfin.in

We spoke with Peuli Das, Chief Insurance Officer at Future Generali India Life Insurance Company, a leading life insurance company headquartered in Mumbai offering total life insurance solutions across individual and group front.

Peuli earlier served as MD, Actuarial, Insurance Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence at Accenture and as the Chief and Appointed Actuary in IndiaFirst. Her prior experiences include working in India and abroad for leading brands such as, Reliance Life, Exide Life, HDFC Life, New York Life, and Deutsche Bank.

We gain a basic primer on insurance, what new-to-insurance policyholders should think of when they are buying life insurance, product innovation, mis-selling, inherent risks, role of technology, and regulatory developments which support insurance penetration, policyholder education, and changing customer preferences.

Hope you enjoy this TRANSFIN. Podcast with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran, where we converse with entrepreneurs and business operators running successful startups, profitable SMEs and family promoted firms on one end, and top investment professionals representing VC/PE/credit funds on the other.
 
The objective is to bring out an "actionable" perspective converging the world of business and investing.
 
If you're a founder and if you'd like us to drill down your model, feel free to drop us a line at edit@transfin.in

We spoke with Prashant A. Bhonsle, founder & CEO of Kuhoo, a Mumbai based fintech unlocking finance for Indian students. Kuhoo aims to become the first port of call for all Indian middle class students thinking about higher education, whether in India or abroad, premium college or not. 

Kuhoo leverages advanced technologies, data science and analytics to customise lending solutions for students and enable them to get loans without concomitant worries. Their approach involves evaluating loan applications based on a student's potential to secure employment and income, rather than relying solely on traditional factors such as parental income.

In addition to conventional educational paths such as Engineering and MBA, Kuhoo offers products for non-traditional certificate courses as well as online education programs. Kuhoo allows students to apply from anywhere, check eligibility, upload documents, and monitor loan status in real-time through its user-friendly mobile application. The platform also provides flexible and customized repayment options, empowering borrowers with the ability to obtain loans without co-borrowers or collateral.

Kuhoo is backed by Westbridge Capital, and has established partnerships with ICICI Bank, offering additional products such as Forex and Insurance, and has introduced skill development programs for Engineering and MBA students.

Hope you enjoy this TRANSFIN. Podcast with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran, where we converse with entrepreneurs and business operators running successful startups, profitable SMEs and family promoted firms on one end, and top investment professionals representing VC/PE/credit funds on the other.
 
The objective is to bring out an "actionable" perspective converging the world of business and investing.
 
If you're a founder and if you'd like us to drill down your model, feel free to drop us a line at edit@transfin.in