Indian Silicon Valley with Jivraj Singh Sachar
Business:Entrepreneurship
E113 - Funding Winter, FinTech & Pattern Matching w/Elevation Capital's Mridul Arora
In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Mridul Arora, Partner at Elevation Capital.
Mridul has been a venture investor for the better part of the last 12 years, since joining Elevation in 2011 when it was called SAIF Partners. Over the years, Mridul has developed expertise in Financial Services and FinTech, investing deeply across the sector. Some of his phenomenal investments include the likes of Urban Company, Acko Insurance, Clear, FloBiz and Uni Cards. His investing acumen and expertise in the sector is unparalleled and I sit with for an immersive conversation decoding his thought process and learnings across a stellar investing portfolio.
We primarily discuss the art of venture investing, including how the funding winter is looking on ground, how he looks at Indian FinTech, how pattern matching works, what his investor persona is like and what are his primary learnings observing the journeys of some generation defining companies. This episode is absolutely fantastic as Mridul shares some of his learnings in the most granular way possible. I am sure all of you listening shall have a great time but before we get started here is a quick word about our sponsor:
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