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In Season 1, Episode 2, we have the OG of OGs, Paula Mariwala, Founder, Stanford Angels and Aureolis Ventures chatting with Maya Chandrasekaran, Co-founder and Partner, Green Artha, Co-founder, Women In Investing Community speaking openly as only she can on her trajectory in the Indian VC landscape. Paula is a trailblazer in the VC ecosystem in India for sure! She speaks of her journey from studying Physics at Stanford and the need to commercialize deep tech ideas that led to her understanding of venture capital.
In this conversation, Paula speaks of the giant leap into venture with her mentor’s backing. Interestingly enough, she speaks of her lack of interest in numbers and business models, all while believing in the potential of technology and what it could do to a country like India. All this way back in 2005!
More than anything else, Paula traces the highs and lows of the VC and startup ecosystem in India and talks in detail about the changes she’s witnessed and been a part of, all these years. Nostalgia abound with facts - very few have chronicled India’s startup growth with this lens.Also, don’t miss the story of the father-in-law walking up to Paula and asking her not to give his son-in-law any money! A very India story in every way.Listen in to Maya and Paula(link shared in the first comment) to learn more on her investing principles, her unwavering support to women founders and investors, alike. And lots, lots more in this goldmine of a conversation.
Paula plays the role of the chronicler here, and this context is immensely valuable for what we are trying to build here with her support at Women In Investing. A champion all through!
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In this fantastic episode, Rema Subramanian, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Ankur Capital Fund brings together all the 12 years of early-stage investing experience to the fore along with our host, Maya Chandrasekaran, Co-founder and Partner, Green Artha, Co-founder, Women In Investing Community.
Rema speaks passionately about how Science helps move consumer behaviour forward. A multi-faceted person herself, Rema identifies her non-conformist hobbies or talents as a way to help her excel at her core job of investing. Her journey from factories (no toilets for women. Any surprises there?) to being at the cusp of the IT revolution and digitisation makes for a very long and interesting journey.
Rema also spends time breaking down Ankur’s investment philosophy and goes deep into deep science solutions and data digitisation as two pillars of their strategy. This conversation stands out because of Rema and therefore, Ankur’s ability to pick the most disruptive and unconventional of bets, be it agritech, sportstech or within deep science. Her passion and steadfast belief in these unconventional themes stands out!
The Women in Investing community, through this podcast series, hopes to shed light on women investors building their careers through high-purpose, intentional bets on themselves, the founders they decide to invest in and the kind of firms they build for the future. We hope you will share with us your thoughts on this series with us and others in your network.
Until next time, here’s Rema breaking down what makes her and Ankur Capital tick!
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In this episode, Nruthya Madappa, Partner, 3one4 Capital talks to Maya Chandrasekaran, Co-founder and Partner, Green Artha, Co-founder, Women In Investing Community about how she almost didn’t want to be an investor, her journey into various tech companies across life-changing healthcare and education tech. Her stint with a real estate major and co-working company opened her eyes to the need to help upcoming founders build in the India ecosystem.
Maya delves deep into Nruthya’s choices as an investor in 3one4 Capital and their decisions on certain kinds of founders and companies. Nruthya speaks passionately about the hiring choices, the LPs they have supporting them and all the data and tech 3one4 uses to leverage their decision making. One of the most fascinating conversations this season, Nruthya opens up in her no-nonsense style.
This is a one of a kind episode with Nruthya because she lays down all the tribal knowledge that she’s amassed over the years building her startups and 3one4, all with the same intense focus and purpose she’s known for.
What is fascinating also is the diversity and lack of hierarchy within 3one4 to make deal decisions. Definitely a refreshing way to think of traditional VC structures!
Listen in, tell us what you think and most importantly, share widely in case you love this chat with Nruthya as much as we did!
Nruthya’s ability to disrupt conversations, stand out and stand up for herself and her tribe comes through effortlessly in this chat. More power to her!
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In Season 1, Episode 1, we have the inimitable Anjali Sosale, General Partner, Waterbridge Ventures chatting with Maya Chandrasekaran, Co-founder and Partner, Green Artha, Co-founder, Women In Investing Community generously sharing her journey in venture capital. She also picks apart the choices she’s made over the years, speaks in detail about Waterbridge Ventures’ theses and shares her views on Conviction vs Consensus investing.
In this conversation, Anjali talks about the start of her interest in venture capital and entrepreneur-led businesses way back in 2006, to her time at Myntra, to her move to her current role at Waterbridge.
Maya explores with Anjali, her strategy to source the right kind of founders, the all-important pattern-matching and more on how Waterbridge has consistently built their portfolio.
For all the founders out there, Anjali talks about the opportunity to build in the Manufacturing tech space 2.0 in the areas of demand enablement, productivity and procurement.
In Anjali’s words, “You are only as good as your last deal. The ability to unlearn is as important as the ability to learn and relearn to stay relevant.” Speaks volumes of Anjali!
Anjali with her support to WII and women founders across the ecosystem is nothing short of inspiring and as a volunteer led community, we are immensely grateful for her backing!
