Best Mailmodo Podcasts (2026)

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Aquibur Rahman from Mailmodo (YC S21): Creating a Viral Launch Video With >100K Views for only $50 34:11

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👉🏼 Description: Tune in as Aquibur talks about building agents to make marketers more efficient, how to approach employee-led company marketing, using AI to create a compelling launch video, and more! 👉🏼 About the Guest: Aquibur Rahman is the CEO of Mailmodo (YC S21 & Sequoia Surge), a SaaS platform revolutionizing email marketing with interactive …

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Michele Van Ruiten from CAPSULE: How an Intern Program 5x’d Users at CAPSULE 40:21

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👉🏼 Description: Tune in as Michele talks about scaling her startup with an intern program, teaching absolute beginners about AI, finding your target market, and more! 👉🏼 About the Guest: Michele Van Ruiten has built AI and personalization systems from 0→1 and scaled them through YC, IPOs, and acquisitions over the last decade. She's led product acr…

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Gajus Kuizinas from Indy AI by Contra: Finding Hyper-Curated Leads for 1M+ Freelancers 49:52

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👉🏼 Description: Tune in as Gajus talks about creating AI products that are truly useful, how to approach Product Hunt launches to hit #1, learnings from a viral TikTok video, and more. 👉🏼 About the Guest: Gajus is the co-founder and CTO of Contra. His open-source projects receive over 20 million downloads each week and are relied on by Fortune 500 …

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Kirk Fernandes from Scout: Reaching $500K in 6 Months Via Event Marketing 34:42

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👉🏼 Description: Tune in as Kirk talks about building revenue through event marketing, treating marketing like a product, creating the best merch, and more! 👉🏼 About the Guest: Kirk Fernandes is the founder of Scout, the recruiting firm that automates hiring for early-stage founders. He was previously the founder of Merit and worked in product leade…

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Hannah Yang from TheShareWay: From Hackathon Project to the #1 Directory for Product Donors 36:40

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👉🏼 Description: Tune in as Hannah talks about building a startup from her high school volunteering days, finding the "Goldilocks Zone" for her startup users, the balance between passion and traction when building a startup, and more! 👉🏼 About the Guest: Hannah Yang is the founder and CEO of TheShareWay, the largest directory connecting nonprofits w…

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Ep. 22 ROI guide for startup marketers | Rapti Gupta, Head of Marketing at Aavaatar Venture, a fractional CMO and prev. CMO at Bugasura 2:49:18

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Here's the truth: most startup marketers can't prove their campaigns drove revenue.They're trapped between "we need more leads" and "can you show ROI?" Armed with incomplete data, conflicting dashboards, and a founder who compares them to their friend's company. Rapti Gupta has lived this reality for over 13 years at startups, from bootstrapped to …

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Mika Reyes from Parallax: How a $10 Promo Almost Brought Down a Whole Company 37:52

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👉🏼 Description: Tune in as Mika talks about building consumer trust for her fintech startup, going through a scam during launch, and recovering stronger than ever. 👉🏼 About the Guest: Mika (Featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, HuffPost, and Business Insider) is the exited startup founder of Parallax, a stablecoin fintech that raised ~$5M in venture capi…

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Chris Messina: Inventing the Hashtag & Changing Social Media Forever 48:56

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👉🏼 Description: Tune in as Chris unpacks the invention of the hashtag, how it was rejected for being too nerdy, how AI is changing product building, and more! 👉🏼 About the Guest: Chris Messina (Uber, Google, Republic, Molly (YC S18)) has spent a decade working on social technologies, designing products and experiences, working with startups, and ch…

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Ep 21. What Mailmodo teaches about marketing in crowded markets | Zeeshan Akhtar, prev. Head of Marketing (Mailmodo) 1:49:28

2M ago1:49:28

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Zeeshan Akhtar breaks down four years of marketing at Mailmodo, from solo marketer to leading an 8-person team. He gets into the specifics: how they differentiated with AMP emails, which early channels worked (and which didn't), why they bet big on the State of Email report, how they structured the team into pods, and what their high-velocity creat…

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Ahana Banerjee from Clear (YC W21): The Founder's Path to 3M+ Views 47:03

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👉🏼 Description: Tune in as Ahana unpacks what it takes to reach 3M+ social views, why turning that into a creator course for founders didn’t go as planned, and what she learned along the way. 👉🏼 About the Guest: Ahana Banerjee is the founder of Clear (YC W21), a free mobile app that lets users track and share their skincare routines and buy product…

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Chino Lex from Modern Electric & Keyring: How to Scale to 7-Figure Revenue with Online Ads 44:30

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👉🏼 About the Guest: Chino Lex (YCombinator, On Deck) is a 2x founder with a 7-figure exit, who dropped out of Stanford at 19 to scale a consumer app publisher that reached 10M installs, 7-figure ARR, and then exited. His next startup, a streaming bundle, Keyring, scaled to a 7-figure ARR via performance marketing, but the company failed due to lice…

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Jaclyn Pascocello from Fabrik: Solving the $460B Loneliness Crisis with IRL Spaces 40:29

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👉🏼 About the Guest: Jaclyn Pascocello (ex-Spacious) is the founder of Fabrik, a third space designed to combat loneliness and foster deeper human connection. In less than 2 years, Fabrik has built community-centered spaces across NYC in Tribeca and Dumbo, with 130+ communities and clubs hosted within their centers. 👉🏼 About the Host: Shriya Nevatia…

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[TRAILER] Taste & Tactics - Coming Soon! 0:44

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Taste & Tactics breaks down the real playbooks behind iconic products, told by the people who built them. Each episode goes deep on one bold launch: what sparked the idea, how it reached the right audience, and the moves that made it stick. Hosted by Shriya Nevatia, the show is made for founders, marketers, and brand builders who are sick of vague …

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Ep 20. Content marketing leader breaks down what really gets you hired 40:50

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Most hiring processes are fundamentally broken. Disha, content marketing leader at PriceLabs, reveals the uncomfortable truths about what really happens behind closed doors. Discover why 30-minute interviews fail both candidates and companies, the mistakes freelancers make when transitioning full-time, and the red flags in job descriptions that sig…

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Ep 19. Career wisdom from content marketing leader: managing founder expectations, scaling from IC to team lead, and why planning short-term wins long-term | Disha Parekh (Head of Content, PriceLabs) 1:08:25

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Most content marketers get stuck doing the same thing for years. Disha Parekh took a different approach over her 15-year career. Starting at a publishing house, she worked at agencies, then moved to the brand side, strategically moving industries - from travel tech to HR tech to B2B SaaS - while climbing the content marketing ladder.She has followe…

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Ep. 18 Why aiming for second best works + 3 jobs to find footing + career lessons that matter 52:02

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Most marketers chase being #1.Siddhartha Kathpalia built his career aiming for second best—and it worked brilliantly. This marketing leader turned his progressive rock band into a profitable business using performance marketing, growing from ₹2K to ₹2.5L budgets while overselling venues by 230%.His contrarian career wisdom: aim for second best, do …

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E155: How 2016 US Election Inspired a Billion Dollar Startup | Abhishek Agrawal (CEO, Material Security) 1:31:44

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In 2016, Russian hackers broke into John Podesta’s Gmail during the US election. That single breach exposed how vulnerable email really is – and it directly inspired a billion-dollar cybersecurity startup. At the time, even the most powerful people in the world couldn’t fully secure their inboxes. Once hackers got access, there was nothing stopping…

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Ep. 17 From India's early product marketer to a profitable bootstrapped multipreneur 1:22:11

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Ever wonder how some marketers seemingly effortlessly transition from corporate to entrepreneurship?Siddhartha Kathpalia's story will change how you think about career planning. From accidentally landing in digital marketing (despite hating the idea) to becoming one of India's first product marketers, then building multiple profitable businesses, h…

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E154: Why India Is THE Leading Emerging Market for Public Investing | Kevin Carter (Founder & CIO, EMQQ Global) 1:15:20

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Kevin Carter is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global, a San Francisco based investment management and research firm focused on providing investors access to the fast growing Emerging and Frontier Markets technology sector. EMQQ Global invests in publicly traded internet and ecommerce companies operating in 50+ countries, including …

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E153: 7 Exits in 10 years – How To Win US Market | Arun Penmetsa (Partner, Storm Ventures) 1:06:58

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Arun Penmetsa is a Partner at Storm Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on Enterprise software companies. He invests primarily in SaaS, Security, and Digital Health startups. Before joining Storm, Arun held product and engineering roles at Oracle and Google, where he built enterprise software solutions at scale.Arun is deeply pass…

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[Bonus] How to Break into Product Marketing (Even Without the Title) | Siddhartha Kathpalia, PMM Mentor, Entrepreneur (prev. VWO, Freshworks) 23:32

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Thinking about transitioning into product marketing? You're not alone, but most people don't know how to make the jump.This episode is your go-to guide.Siddhartha Kathpalia brings a decade of product marketing experience and a front-row seat to the evolution of this field in India. As a Product Marketing Alliance ambassador and instructor for Growt…

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E152: Near Bankruptcy to $250M ARR | Rohan Nayak (CEO, Pocket FM) 1:14:31

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Rohan Nayak is the Co-founder & CEO of Pocket FM, a company redefining audio storytelling for the world. While we’ve recently been publishing video episodes, this one’s a throwback to pure audio. Rohan had to travel unexpectedly, but we didn’t want to miss the chance to capture his insights on building one of India's fastest-growing consumer tech c…

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E151: Leaving VC to Build an AI Startup | Brij Bhasin (Rebright VC / Snow Mountain AI) 1:16:45

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Brij Bhasin is a longtime investor turned founder and the co-founder & CEO of Snow Mountain AI, a company focused on automating business processes in finance, compliance, and legal through AI. Before founding Snow Mountain, Brij was a General Partner at Rebright Partners, and earlier helped launch GSF Accelerator, one of India’s first and largest s…

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Ep.16 Walking the halls, pushing big rocks up the hill and playing the long game | Robbert van der Pluijm, Head of Marketing, Permutive 1:30:58

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From teaching social studies to leading marketing in ad-tech startups, Robbert's journey is nothing short of inspiring. With 10+ years in the industry, Robbert van der Pluijm shares insights on navigating the complexities of ad tech, why long tenures matter, and the secrets to a successful marketing career like pushing "big rocks up the hill, walki…

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E150 - "Build Companies Not Products" | Pramod Gosavi (Blumberg Capital) 1:24:06

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Pramod is a Senior Principal at Blumberg Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in leading Seed and Series A rounds. The firm is based in Tel Aviv (Israel) and San Francisco. Before joining Blumberg Capital, Pramod was a Principal at 11.2 Capital, where he focused on investing in early-stage cybersecurity, data, dev-tools, and AI…

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Ep. 15 How this marketer built optionality in his career: co-founding a $5k/month micro saas product, trainable gut | Marketing at Stitchflow, Co-Founder & Chief Meme Officer, Supermeme.ai 1:29:21

10M ago1:29:21

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From IT support to co-founding a $5k/month micro-SaaS product, Supermeme, while holding down full-time roles, Sanjeev NC embodies the art of building optionality. Sanjeev is a generalist in the true sense having held roles in customer, support, sales, marketing, and product.In this episode, Sanjeev discusses how he's built optionality, why he belie…

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Ep. 14 Playing to your strengths, sailing with the tailwinds and why compounding really works in careers 1:19:58

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Mohita Nagpal is a journalist turned SaaS marketing leader. She has worked in high-growth startups like Borneo, Facets, Hiver, Belong and Wingify. In this episode, Mohita talks about the importance of playing to your strengths, power of diverse experiences and how they compound over time. She also offers practical interviewing advice for marketers…

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Ep 13. Why passion & resilience matter, art of managing up and more: Lessons from a VP Marketing | Branca Ballot, VP Marketing, Glide, prev. Go-Daddy 1:01:11

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Branca Ballot is the VP of marketing at Glide, a high-growth startup that makes it easy to build software without code. She has extensive experience hiring and leading teams across various industries, from GoDaddy, Zenefits, and the BCG.In this episode, Branca talks about why she looks for resilience when hiring marketers, why one should work out …

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E149 - From Amazon Engineer to IPO: The HyreCar Story | Anshu Bansal 1:06:23

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Anshu Bansal is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He co-founded Hyrecar, a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that allows anyone to rent their cars to Uber and Lyft drivers safely and reliably. In today’s episode, learn how a late-night Uber ride in 2014 sparked a groundbreaking business idea that would reshape the ride-sharing indust…

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#15 Email Blacklisting

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Understand email blacklisting, itsimpact, and how to check and avoid being blacklisted to improvedeliverability.

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#14 Email List Cleaning

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Learn how regular email list cleaning improves deliverability and reduces bounce rates.

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#13 Improving Deliverability

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Learn actionable steps to enhance email deliverability and ensure your messages consistently reach the inbox.

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#12 Sender Reputation

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Understand the factors influencing sender reputation and tips to maintain a positive score.

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#11 Google Postmaster

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Learn how to use the Google Postmaster tool to monitor email performance

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#10 Email Deliverability Audits

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Step-by-step guidance on auditing your email deliverability to identify and fix potential issues.

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#9 Email Subdomains

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Discover how using subdomains can improve email deliverability and help isolate different email streams.

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#8 Return Path & Mailer Daemon

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Learn what return path emails and mailer daemon messages mean and how to check return path in different email client

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#7 Email Authentication

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Explore essential email authentication protocols and how they secure your emails and boost deliverability.

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#6 Email Servers

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Understand how email servers function, their configurations, and their role in ensuring smooth email delivery

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#5 IP Address & Emails

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Understand how IP Addresses are used in email marketing

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#4 Email Deliverability Metrics

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Discover the essential metrics to track for email deliverability and how to use data to optimize your campaigns

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#3 Understanding Email Spam

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Explore the factors that lead to emails being marked as spam and actionable tips to ensure your messages land in the inbox.

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#2 Hard Bounces and Soft Bounces

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Learn the difference between hard and soft email bounces, their causes, and how to minimize their impact on your email campaigns.

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#1 Email Deliverability Explained

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Understand the foundational concepts of email deliverability, including how emails reach inboxes and why deliverability matters.

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E148 - The Ultimate Founder-Led-Marketing Playbook | Aquibur Rahman (CEO, Mailmodo) 1:11:29

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Aquibur Rahman is the Co-founder and CEO of Mailmodo, an interactive email marketing software that helps marketers create app-like experiences in email by adding forms, shopping cart, calendar, NPS and other widgets. It helps companies collect feedback from their users, book meetings with prospects, recover abandon carts, generate leads, all within…

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E147 - Tips for B2B Enterprise Founders | Yousuf Khan (Ridge Ventures) 1:34:13

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Yousuf Khan is a Partner at Ridge Ventures, a seed and Series A stage venture fund investing in enterprise and B2B startups. With a deep understanding of startup growth and scaling challenges, Yousuf not only drives Ridge’s investment portfolio forward but also provides hands-on support to founders, offering guidance rooted in his extensive experie…

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E146 - Inside a $1.1B Deep Tech, Cross-Border Fund 🚀 | Sriram Viswanathan (Founding Managing Partner, Celesta Capital) 1:21:06

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We had the privilege of hosting Sriram Viswanathan, Founding Managing Partner of Celesta Capital. Based in San Francisco, Celesta Capital is a global, multi-stage venture capital firm managing $1.1 billion in assets. The firm specializes in cross-border investments between India and the United States, with a focus on deep-tech. Since its inception …

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E145 - Built & Sold 2 Companies & Now Manages $350M AUM Fintech Fund | Sheel Mohnot 1:02:07

1y ago1:02:07

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In this episode, we sit down with ⁠Sheel Mohnot⁠, co-founder of ⁠Better Tomorrow Ventures⁠ (BTV), a San Francisco-based $350M AUM fund that leads pre-seed and seed rounds in fintech companies globally, typically writing first checks ranging from $500K to $4M. BTV also runs The Mint Accelerator, a program providing mentorship, resources, and communi…

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Trailer: We're now on video! 2:04

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After 150 audio-only episodes on Spotify & Apple Podcasts, The Desi VC is finally stepping into the world of video! The first video episode drops on January 1st. Join host Akash Bhat every fortnight as he interviews: Top investors managing billion-dollar funds Serial entrepreneurs with multiple successful exits Operators who’ve built some of the mo…

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E144: Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl (Founder & Managing Partner, Eternal Capital) 58:46

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Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl is the Founder & Managing Partner at Eternal Capital, a 120-crore fund investing in transformative startups across technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors in India. He is the former COO of BharatPe, and a leader with extensive experience in scaling businesses and driving operational excellence across Airtel, PayTM, and Forti…