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On this week’s Analyse Asia podcast, Gaur points out that startups can leverage India’s regional diversity to look beyond Hindi- and English-based services

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Here are the interesting show notes and links to the discussion (with time-stamps):

Deepak Gaur (LinkedIn, @gaurdeepak123), Managing Director, SAIF Partners

• Career of Deepak Gaur
  • How did you get started in your career as a software engineer? [0:55]
  • From IBM to McKinsey, and subsequently to SAIF Partners, what are the interesting career lessons you can share? [1:41]
  • What brought you to work in venture capital and investing in startups? [2:55]
  • What are the major differences between consulting for big corporations and investing in startups? [3:46]
• SAIF Partners
  • What is the mission of SAIF Partners? [4:33]
  • Does the fund have an investment thesis? In which stage of a startup does the fund invest?
  • Is the fund geography-specific? It is known that SAIF Partners has presence in China as well… [5:42]
  • Which industry verticals does the fund invest in? [6:27]
    • UrbanLadder [7:48]
    • Treebo [7:53]

  The changing culture of Indian students from going to big corporations now to startups, and follow-up discussion on first and second generation entrepreneurs. [8:50]

  • Which Indian cities are seeing the strongest startup activities? [10:49]
  • Which are the few interesting companies from SAIF portfolio? [11:46]
    • Paytm [11:58]
    • FirstCry [14:39]
    • XpressBees [15:25]
    • Rivigo [16:09]
• India Startup Ecosystem
  • Given that the volume and valuation of deals are surging in India, is the market overheating? [17:56]
  • Are there any interesting new categories that venture funds will look to invest in? [19:40]
  • What kind of founders do you invest in? [21:30]
  • What do you hope to see in the next five years for the startup ecosystem? [22:42]
  • Do you foresee the traditional corporations such as the Tata Group and Infosys to enter and exert its influence on the startup ecosystem? [23:16]

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