Best Series 7 Tutor Podcasts (2025)

In this episode of PitchCraft Season 2, Gaurav Singh Kushwaha, Founder and CEO of BlueStone and Prashanth Prakash, Partner at Accel, revisit the 33-page idea-stage deck that launched one of India’s most enduring jewelry brands.Back in 2011, BlueStone didn’t even have a website or sales to show. It only had a conviction that India’s jewelry market w…

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Breaking Down Razorpay’s Original Pitch With Harshil Mathur | PitchCraft Season 2 37:19

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In this episode of PitchCraft Season 2, Chandra Srikanth sits down with Harshil Mathur, Co-founder and CEO of Razorpay, and Vikram Vaidyanathan of Z47 to unpack the pitch deck that launched one of India’s most iconic fintech companies.Harshil looks back on Razorpay’s early days in 2014, when he and Co-founder Shashank Kumar were just two engineers …

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Inside Swiggy's First-Ever Pitch Deck With Sriharsha Majety | PitchCraft Season 2 41:18

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In the debut episode of PitchCraft's Season 2, Chandra Srikanth speaks to Sriharsha Majety, Co-Founder and CEO of Swiggy, and Accel's Anand Daniel as they deconstruct the company's first pitch deck that laid the foundation for one of India's most iconic consumer tech companies.Harsha reflects on Swiggy’s early days in 2014, when the team put togeth…

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Reimagining Contracts for the AI Era: Inside SpotDraft’s Playbook | Inside the Engine Room 20:58

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Contracts are the backbone of every business, every dollar in or out is tied to one. Yet, they remain one of the most antiquated, slow, and expensive parts of how companies operate. Legal workflows still rely on copy-paste, track changes, and armies of lawyers billing by the hour.SpotDraft is rewriting this story. By treating contracts as the harde…

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Engineering Chemicals for the World: Scimplify | Decoding Manufacturing 33:33

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India today stands at the cusp of a new wave in advanced manufacturing. With global supply chains shifting, demand for cost-effective innovation rising, and deep scientific talent at home, the country has a chance to create the building blocks of tomorrow’s industries. Specialty chemicals, critical to pharmaceuticals, agro, electronics, and more, a…

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Solving India’s Traffic Crisis with Air Taxis: Sarla Aviation | Decoding Manufacturing 34:19

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India today stands at a once-in-a-generation moment to establish itself as a global leader in advanced manufacturing. With deep-tech innovation, shifting global supply chains, and a rising domestic market that demands scale and affordability, the country has the chance to build world-class products, not just for India but for the world. Aerospace, …

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Decoding Manufacturing | Teaser 1:26

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Every economic superpower has been built on the backbone of manufacturing.Today, with global supply chains being rewritten and the world moving from cost to precision, resilience, and IP, India stands at a rare window of opportunity.Advanced manufacturing is no longer our quiet revolution.Decoding Manufacturing brings you the voices of India’s bold…

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Building India's First AI Tutor: How Arivihan is Redefining Education | Decoding AI Episode 9 43:22

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AI is rewriting the rules of education, turning personalized tutoring from a privilege of the few into a possibility for every student, regardless of where they live or what they can afford. For millions of students in India’s tier-2 and tier-3 towns, the barrier to quality learning has long been financial and geographic. Arivihan is breaking that …

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Building AI4Bharat: Why India Needs Its Own AI Stack, With IIT Prof. Mitesh Khapra | Decoding AI Episode 8 42:55

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It’s almost a consensus view that India can’t build its AI future on borrowed code. It needs infrastructure rooted in Indian languages, accents, and real-world use cases. At the heart of this mission is AI4Bharat, an open-source initiative building cutting-edge AI models for all 22 official Indian languages.In this episode of Decoding AI, Prayank S…

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Series 7 Podcast - Capital Asset Pricing Model 8:50

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Series 7 Podcast - Trading Markets 14:44

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Series 7 Podcast - Call Options Versus Warrants 2:41

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Building a New Category of Applied AI: Bridgetown Research | Decoding AI Episode 7 48:50

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AI is stepping into uncharted territory, assisting decision-makers with high-stakes, low-frequency calls that shape the future of enterprises. These decisions require more than historical data; they demand fresh insights, domain expertise, and a deep understanding of context. That’s where Bridgetown Research comes in.Bridgetown’s AI agents autonomo…

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AI for E-commerce: Insights from Meesho | Decoding AI Episode 6 41:38

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Meesho is redefining the role of AI in e-commerce, driving innovations that scale to meet the demands of millions. From handling over 60,000 voice bot calls daily to managing 'trillions' of features, AI is embedded in every facet of Meesho’s operations.In this episode of Decoding AI, Anagh Prasad, Investor at Accel, sits down with Debdoot Mukherjee…

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Google DeepMind's Manish Gupta on Opportunities for AI Startups in India | Decoding AI Episode 5 30:41

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Google DeepMind stands at the cutting edge of AI innovation, solving some of the most intricate scientific and engineering challenges. From protein structure prediction through AlphaFold to enhancing energy efficiency in data centers and advancing robotics for real-world applications, DeepMind is shaping the future of technology. But how can AI sta…

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Inside IIT Madras: India's AI Research Powerhouse | Decoding AI 24:55

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India is making strides in artificial intelligence, blending academic rigor with real-world applications. In Episode 4 of Decoding AI, Prayank Swaroop, Partner at Accel, is joined by Professor Balaraman Ravindran of IIT Madras, a pioneering figure in Indian AI research and application. As the founding head of several prestigious AI-focused centers,…

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Building AI Infrastructure from India for the World: Insights from Simplismart | Decoding AI 40:49

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Simplismart is an AI infrastructure company building the critical platform-agnostic middleware to deploy, train/customize, and serve open-source AI models in production. With a very small team and under $1M in funding, these two Bengaluru-based founders built the world's fastest inference engine.In Episode 3 of our Decoding AI series, Amritanshu Ja…

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Lessons on Product, Pricing, and Trust: Insights from ServiceNow | Decoding AI 40:32

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GenAI is growing rapidly, evolving from a mere tool into an intelligent partner that empowers businesses to scale with greater speed and efficiency.In Episode 2 of our Decoding AI series, Vishwesh Pai, Senior Director of Product Management for AI Platform at ServiceNow, and Anagh Prasad, Investor at Accel dive into how large companies are navigatin…

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Building Agentic AI for the Enterprise with Ema | Decoding AI 41:52

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With GenAI on the rise, software is evolving from a tool that needs constant supervision to an intelligent partner that handles tasks autonomously, similar to human assistants. This shift promises a future where enterprises are more efficient, with AI seamlessly integrating into daily operations.In Episode 1 of SeedToScale's Decoding AI series, Acc…

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Timeless Lessons for the Future | SeedToScale Specials 29:57

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2023 is particularly momentous to Accel as we complete 40 years as a global fund and 15 years in India.As we celebrate this milestone, we hope to share insights from the firm’s shared history with you, in this riveting two-part podcast series. We begin with a look at the past, and how startups and investors evolved over the years; moving on to inve…

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Learnings from 40 Years in VC | SeedToScale Specials 55:43

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2023 is particularly momentous to Accel as we complete 40 years as a global fund and 15 years in India.As we celebrate this milestone, we hope to share insights from the firm’s shared history with you, in this riveting two-part podcast series. We begin with a look at the past, and how startups and investors evolved over the years; moving on to inve…

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Masterclass #9 | How Urban Company created tech-led value in the at-home services space 46:59

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Know what is harder than pivoting when the going gets tough? Pivoting when the going is good.On the surface, most metrics were scaling efficiently for Urban Company (previously UrbanClap) at the end of 2015. The tech company mainly generated leads for at-home service providers. But founders Abhiraj Bhal, Varun Khaitan, Raghav Chandra recognized tha…

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Masterclass #8 | How Infra.Market offers concrete solutions through its construction marketplace 47:21

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At their core, marketplaces are in the business of efficiency. Deeply optimized supply was the need of the hour in the world of construction, where access to materials was fragmented and unreliable. Souvik Sengupta of Infra.Market and Prashanth Prakash of Accel talk about transforming the manner in which real estate companies buy for their projects…

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Masterclass #7: Lessons from Myntra on how to build a long-lasting marketplace 39:48

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What does it take to build a timeless marketplace? Time. Long-lasting marketplaces have little to do with restless hustling, and a lot to do with clear research and balancing gut calls with data calls. You can trust that bit of wisdom because it comes from Mukesh Bansal who knows the ups and downs of entrepreneurship in India more intimately than m…

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Masterclass #6: Spinny’s Lessons on Winning Customer Trust In A Crowded Market 35:38

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When Niraj Singh started up Spinny, the used-car market in India was already crowded with cash-rich competitors. More and more Indian buyers were leaning towards buying pre-owned cars because of the better value they offered but the landscape was still full of potholes and barriers. There were few trusted intermediaries, and no convenient way for b…

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Masterclass #5: How BlackBuck drove digitization in the complex world of trucking 49:43

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Conversation Highlights In addition to asking if the sector is unorganized, ask whether it is inefficient. Know exactly what kind of a profit pool is available there. There are businesses where a tight testbed is not possible. So find your fulcrum. It takes trial and error but look for the side where your tech intervention as a marketplace will dri…

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Masterclass #4: How Zetwerk disrupted manufacturing by using technology to cut delays 49:45

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Cutting out the intermediary helps many industries. Not so in manufacturing. It needed a middle layer. Suppliers routinely failed to deliver on time, and customers failed to pay on time. To improve trust and speed, Amrit Acharya and Srinath Ramakkrushnan introduced Zetwerk as a B2B marketplace for manufacturing in 2018. Zetwerk began as a hub for s…

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Masterclass #3: How Captain Fresh reeled in B2B success using clarity, capital, and talent 50:27

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Give someone a fish, you feed them for a day. Give someone reliable access to seafood in a supply-deprived industry, you go on to create a successful B2B marketplace for fish. Take it from Utham Gowda, the founder of Captain Fresh, an investment banker-turned-fisherman, so to speak. Three years after its birth in 2019, the company has raised $126.5…

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Masterclass #2: How Swiggy fell in love with the problem, and not their solutions 1:00:16

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It’s essential to keep things as simple as possible initially, with a total focus on understanding the consumer problem statement. Because when it comes to subscriptions, users drop off a lot — they are commitment-phobic. In the next stage, startups must know how to decentralise well. A founder cannot go on micromanaging a hundred things. Many star…

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Masterclass #1: How TaxiForSure built a successful marketplace by combining data with intuition | Decoding Marketplaces 1:15:50

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About TaxiForSure TaxiForSure, founded in 2011, was the outcome of a drunken conversation in a Bangalore pub between friends Raghunandan G and Aprameya Radhakrishna, who had both been to National Institute of Technology Karnataka and the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad. Raghunandan was 33 and Radhakrishna a year older. Three-and-a-half yea…

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Insights #79: Future of Insurance | Learnings from Varun Dua, Founder & CEO Acko 46:52

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Like in most markets, India is a large but under-penetrated insurance market. While the COVID-19 pandemic led to a sharp uptick in life insurance premiums, bringing it at par with the global average of 3.2% of GDP, non-life premiums - health and motor insurance - continue to lag at sub 1% of GDP, compared to 2% for developing Asian countries and 5%…

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Insights #78: Future of Mobility | Vivek on Bounce’s Journey & Inevitable Adoption of EVs 58:29

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India, frequently referred to as the two-wheeler factory of the world, serves a tremendous market both in India and abroad. About 15M two-wheelers were sold in India in 2021 and 3.7M two-wheelers manufactured in India by the top 4 Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) were exported. By 2030, the number of two-wheelers sold in India annually is ex…

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INSIGHTS #77: Future of Banking | Reflections from Niyo’s Vinay Bagri 42:39

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Banking opportunity in India is tremendous, with overall banking assets expected to reach $3T by 2025, with deeply under-penetrated private credit markets which account for ~50% of GDP (vs. 150%+ for developed economies). Despite this large opportunity, customer experience and engagement in traditional consumer banking in India is broken and has be…

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INSIGHTS #76: Untold Seed Stories | First 500 Days of Bizongo 42:36

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B2B marketplaces are different. There are tremendous opportunities, but also different challenges. This arises from the business model itself. Having to cater to both the supply and demand side is one thing, the other is adjusting to the nuances of the products and commodities being bought and sold. This is different for every domain and therefore …

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INSIGHTS #75: Untold Seed Stories | First 500 Days of Mensa 37:54

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The D2C ecosystem has truly found its feet in India. There are now a lot of great brands making niche, high-quality products for targeted audiences. The e-commerce wave has given them a channel of distribution that they own. But as the market matures, there are other needs for young D2C startups. They need marketing, sales, and brand talent, things…

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INSIGHTS #74: Future of Open Source | Abhishek Nayak on Appsmith and Building Open Source Projects 49:20

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How is the world of Open Source faring in a landscape that is being overturned by Web3 and its ascendant new technologies? It’s an important question and not just in the realm of entrepreneurship and products. Open Source was the first promise of some kind of a technological revolution, where everyone could build and use things they want to with he…

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INSIGHTS #73: Future of Crypto | Raghu Yarlagadda on FalconX's flight and what it means 43:08

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If you know about Crypto, you can’t have missed FalconX, I’ll still give you a brief: FalconX is a blockchain, cryptocurrency, and fintech-focused cryptocurrency brokerage and digital asset trading platform. Accel has been proud partners since the startup’s inception, and we’ve been cheering on their success loudly! Crypto is definitely here. With …

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INSIGHTS #72: Future of Edtech | Learnings from the Duolingo journey 56:15

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Edtech is a category whose time has come. The pandemic and its attendant ramifications have meant that Edtech is now one of the hottest spaces for innovation and growth globally. This also means that a lot of new Edtech startups are coming up, with newer visions and interpretations of what the future of learning and education can look like. And the…

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INSIGHTS #71: Future of Credit Cards | Innovation and Challenges in Indian Fintech 40:42

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Credit cards are one of the most ubiquitous financial products in the world. We all use them everyday, they are part of our lives. But as the world changes and our spending and consumer behaviour changes along with it, so have our needs with regard to financial products. We now have different financial behaviors and the exciting field of fintech is…

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INSIGHTS #70: Future of Beauty and Personal Care: Tracking the evolution of the category in India 57:11

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From lipsticks to hair care to bath and body -- there’s little to nothing that the average shopper cannot find that covers all beauty and personal care needs. And what’s more, the shopper can browse through multiple brands within the same unified platform. It is to talk about this vision that I am joined today by Prashanth Prakash, senior partner a…

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INSIGHTS #69: GRIT Stories | The most resilient Indian startup you haven’t heard of 1:01:34

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In the latest episode of Grit Stories, I spoke with Baskar Subramanian, founder and CEO of Amagi. Baskar has been an internet entrepreneur and startup founder since before either of those terms were really a thing. Having started and sold his first startup in his mid 20s, Baskar, along with a group of friends, started looking for new problems to so…

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INSIGHTS #68: GRIT Stories | The Ups & Downs of Aprameya's Startup Life, from TaxiForSure to Koo 47:48

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Aprameya is no stranger to the entrepreneurial journey. He’s the co-founder and CEO of Koo, a microblogging platform catering to the Indian vernacular. Koo was born as an offshoot of Vokal, a vernacular question and answer platform. Within one year, it amassed over a million users and became a force of its own. Before this, he was at the helm of Ta…

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INSIGHTS #67: GRIT Stories | The hurdles on the way to Spinny's success 59:18

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Check out other episodes from the Insights Podcast series at https://www.seedtoscale.comShare your feedback and suggestions at https://www.twitter.com/Accel_India00:00 - 03:16 Introduction03:17 - 5:26 Tough beginnings and what shaped Niraj05:33 - 7:25 Grit to get to IIT-D 12:34 - 13:42 Support of the ecosystem being very low back in the day14:53 - …

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INSIGHTS #66: GRIT Stories | Vedantu's Hard Road to Success by Vamsi Krishna 1:01:09

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The story of Vedantu is a heady mix of grit, determination and conviction. The Bangalore based startup, which raised almost 200 million in 9 rounds, has had a journey and a story that will definitely inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. The startup witnessed 4.5x to 5x growth in the last financial year on each of its core metrics. And the …

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INSIGHTS #65 - Understanding the Value of AI in Healthcare 46:24

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If there is one thing that the pandemic is bound to teach humanity, it is the will to go with the flow and not plan too ahead in life. That said, counterintuitively, it seems important to be prepared and planned when similar outbreaks arise in the future.A healthcare startup from Canada, BlueDot, in its report, shared that the outbreak was fast spr…

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INSIGHTS #64 - Future of Agritech: The evolution of Agritech in India 46:48

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Taking cues from a top-down structural approach, the Agritech industry has many layers to it. On top of them however, like every other major industry, Financial services is also a critical part of Agritech. However, it is largely unorganised and has plenty of room for disruption. Most farmers in the country do not have access to credit-based lendin…

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INSIGHTS #63 - Future of Digital Health: What lies ahead for the patient of the future? 46:38

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The future of digital health pertains to a myriad of technologies put together. Whether it is Artificial Intelligence (AI), advanced health sensors genomics, digital therapeutics, or all of them put together, digital healthcare is very much technology-based only on paper as of now. With the COVID-19 pandemic, we have learned in a hard way that we n…