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Founder Thesis

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Dickens said, it was the best of the times, it was the worst of the times. The words have never been truer. Best because there’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur. Worst because the clutter is mind-numbing. Founder Thesis breaks through the noise to bring you stories of success & failure, grit & struggle, bouquets & brickbats from some of the most brilliant entrepreneurs in India.

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In this episode, Manu Nair, Co-Founder and CEO of EtherealX, breaks down the engineering breakthroughs, fundraising battles, and geopolitical forces reshaping the future of space tech in India and beyond.

Over 85% of the world's commercial satelli... more

In this episode, we uncover how Priyadarshi Mohapatra turned CureBay into one of India's most ambitious rural healthtech ventures, raising $37M and proving that Bharat will pay for quality care.

Priyadarshi Mohapatra has spent 25 years building bu... more

Pranav Pai, Founding Partner and CIO of 3one4 Capital, has spent a decade betting on Indian founders at the earliest possible stage, often when they are just two people on a laptop.

From backing Licious when 50 investors said no, to spotting Darwi... more

This episode with Prateep Basu, Co-founder and CEO of SatSure, is the deep-tech founder story India's startup ecosystem has been waiting for.

Prateep Basu left a career building propulsion systems for India's GSLV MK-III rocket at ISRO to ask a de... more

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Manu Nair
Founder of EtherealX
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Episode: How EtherealX and Manu Nair Are Challenging SpaceX from India
Priyadarshi Mohapatra
Founder of CureBay, health tech entrepreneur
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Episode: AI-Powered Village Clinics: Inside CureBay's Plan to Serve a Billion Patients
Pranav Pai
Founding partner, 3one4 Capital
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Episode: Pranav Pai (3one4 Capital) on Backing Licious, Darwinbox & India's Next Decade of Unicorns
Prateep Basu
Ex-ISRO scientist and founder of SatSure
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Episode: From ISRO Scientist to $25M Deep Tech Founder | Prateep Basu (SatSure)
Ritu Verma
Founder of Ankur Capital and an expert in early stage venture capital focused on deep science startups.
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Episode: Ankur Capital's Ritu Verma on Investing in India's Deep Science Revolution
Dr. Arjun Jain
AI pioneer who worked on Hollywood blockbusters and Apple's self-driving car project.
Founder of Fast Code
Episode: How to Build AI That Actually Delivers with Dr. Arjun Jain (Fast Code AI)
Mark Kahn
Managing partner of Omnivore, a $325 million VC fund focused on agriculture and rural opportunity in India.
Omnivore
Episode: Why India Has No Agritech Unicorns; And Why That's About to Change | Mark Kahn (Omnivore)
Anand Prasanna
Managing partner at Iron Pillar, a VC fund focusing on growth-stage Indian startups
Iron Pillar
Episode: Anand Prasanna (Iron Pillar) on Why Growth-Stage VC is India's Biggest Opportunity
Raution Jaiswal
Founder of InsuredMine, a CRM and workflow platform for US insurance agencies and philanthropist
InsuredMine
Episode: From Kolkata Streets to US Millionaire: Raution Jaiswal's Inspiring Journey

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Akshay Chaturvedi
Host of conversations that explore entrepreneurial journeys and lessons learned from both triumphs and failures.

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AI-Powered Village Clinics: Inside CureBay's Plan to Serve a Billion Patients
Q: What is Kavach and why is it a differentiator for CureBay?
Kavach is a year-long membership offering free doctor consultations, some specialist visits, CureBay coins, and even emergency loans, designed to move people toward preventive care and reduce out-of-pocket expenses.
AI-Powered Village Clinics: Inside CureBay's Plan to Serve a Billion Patients
Q: How does the doctor consultation work at CureBay when the doctor is not physically present?
A doctor consults digitally while trained staff assist with vitals, auscultation, and data capture, so the patient experiences the same journey as in urban centers, just augmented by real-time data sharing and telepresence.
AI-Powered Village Clinics: Inside CureBay's Plan to Serve a Billion Patients
Q: Help me understand what health care in India looks like and where CureBay fits in within that landscape.
We outlined the urban-rural divide, with rural areas lacking doctors, and CureBay addressing this by aggregating care through eClinics and a digital platform that connects primary care to specialist referrals without forcing patients to travel.
From ISRO Scientist to $25M Deep Tech Founder | Prateep Basu (SatSure)
Q: How did you start with government pilots, and what did you learn from them?
The founder describes starting with a district-level digital crop monitoring pilot in Andhra Pradesh, aided by local political support, eventual engagement with Gates Foundation-backed initiatives, and a seed purchase order from the state government. The key takeaway was learning the business process and user personas, which helped scale to bank-led and ESG-centric use cases later on.
Utham Gowda on Building a $1B ARR Seafood Platform Across 3 Oceans
Q: Did you grow up eating a lot of seafood or how did you discover this space?
Utham explains that his love for seafood developed simultaneously in both consumption and industry interest, sparked by his work as an investment analyst at O3 Capital.

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