Hard Truths By Vertex
Vertex Ventures SEA and India
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India’s Biggest AI Opportunity Is in “Dusty” Industries | Piyush…
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Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India is a pioneer in investing in tech start-ups in this region and has helped to build a number of unicorns. In this podcast, we want to share and uncover Hard Truths - raw, unfiltered insights and venture capital experience across Southeast Asia & India. Tune in to hear from leading founders, innovators, venture capitalists and industry experts in the region and to gain industry insights from those in the know.
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- India’s Biggest AI Opportunity Is in “Dusty” Industries | Piyush Kharbanda · 33 dkIndia may be late to the AI gold rush… but Piyush Kharbanda thinks we might be looking in all the wrong places. I sit down with venture investor Piyush Kharbanda to unpack how…
- Why Al Never Got Cheaper | Lemuel Low, Ren3 · 38 dkI sat down with an AI founder who believes companies are spending first… and asking what it cost later. Lemuel Low is building Ren3 to help businesses understand, control and…
- Why India's Rich Are Choosing Villas Over Hotels | Ritwik Khare & Karan Miglani, Elivaas · 27 dkThey went from three villas to 600 in just over two years — by betting that India’s next major travel brand would look less like a hotel and more like someone’s dream home…
- The ₹500 Cr Startup Making Ayurveda Work Like Modern Medicine | Ameve Sharma, Kapiva · 38 dkHe wants to build the “herbal Pfizer”... and he’s betting Kapiva’s future on proof, not blind faith. I sat down with Ameve Sharma, founder of Kapiva, to understand how his…
- Almost Bankrupt Twice. Profitable After 13 Years. | Brian Marshal, SIRCLO · 37 dkI sat down with a founder who almost lost his company twice… and still built one of Indonesia’s biggest e-commerce enablers. Brian Marshal took SIRCLO from a Shopify-style…
- Why Every Future Fintech in India Will Be Built on UPI | Anup Agrawal, Kiwi · 29 dkHe had one formula for building trust in fintech: promises kept divided by promises made. Anup Agrawal spent years at LazyPay watching how India actually pays — and what he saw…
- How the Best VCs Source, Back, Support, and Exit | Kee Lock Chua, Vertex Ventures SEA & India · 47 dkHow do VCs pick that one billion-dollar startup… before the world sees it? I sat down with Kee Lock, a veteran venture capitalist who’s spent decades backing founders, navigating…
- Why India’s Home Appliance Market Will Look Very Different in 5 Years · 47 dkWhy would someone quit chasing “big startup ideas” to redesign something as ordinary as a ceiling fan? In this episode, I sit down with Gazal, co-founder of Nuuk, to trace her…
- How Solar + Credit Is Changing Rural India Forever | Metafin CEO Sandeep Chopra · 43 dkWhat if the biggest energy revolution in India isn’t happening in cities… but inside tiny flour mills in forgotten villages? In this conversation, I sit down with Sandeep…
- Why Consumer Is India VC’s Forever Bet | Ben Mathias, Managing Partner at VVSEAI · 38 dkWhat’s it like to bet big on beauty brands, snacks, and even quick commerce in India? In this episode, I sit down with Ben Mathias, Managing Partner at Vertex Ventures Southeast…
- 10 Years, 10 Contradictions: What Venture Capital Really Teaches You · 44 dkWhat is it really like to be a VC when you're not from finance—or even from “the club”? In this episode, I speak with Puiyan Leung, who’s spent the last 10 years in venture…
- The IIT Engineer Who Cracked India’s Beauty Market · 31 dkWhat would make an IIT Bombay graduate ditch a high-paying finance job to start a beauty brand? In this episode of Hard Truths by Vertex, I sit down with Gagandeep, co-founder…
- S3E5 | We Don’t Build Restaurants, We Buy Them | DailyCo’s 100 K · 37 dkWhat happens when a founder thinks long-term in a trend-chasing industry? I sat down with Kelvin Subowo, the founder and CEO of DailyCo—Indonesia’s fastest-growing multi-brand…
- S3E4 | How This Indian Startup Made $6M+ Selling AI to US Car Dealers (Without a US Team) · 33 dkHow is an Indian business dominating the U.S. market without a single person on the ground there? Today on "Hard Truths by Vertex," I'm sitting down with Sanjay, the innovative…
- S3E3 | Lessons from Indonesia’s Startup Crash and the Road to a Stronger Future · 31 dkIn this episode of Hard Truths by Vertex, Gary Khoeng, partner at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India, joins host Rahul Thayyalamkandy to explore the Indonesian startup…
- S3E2 | Burnout, Feedback, and the Making of a Leader: PatSnap CEO’s Story · 36 dkEver been told you’re not fit for the job? That’s exactly what happened to Jeffrey during a pivotal moment early in his journey as the CEO of PatSnap. In this episode, I sit down…
- S3E1 | Will India hit its EV Targets? | Akshay Shekhar from Kazam · 46 dkAre you ready for a future where electric vehicles are the norm? In this episode, we chat with Akshay, co-founder of Kazam, who’s on a mission to revolutionize how we think about…
- S2E9 | She dropped out of Harvard to change the lives of 600M women in India — Achitha Jacob · 40 dkWhat motivated Achitha Jacob to shift her focus from a career in a Fortune 500 healthcare company to founding Proactive for Her, and how does she envision the impact of her work…
- S2E8 | How Guan Dian built a Tech Unicorn from Ground up to address the Trillion-dollar R&D market · 44 dkImagine building a global tech powerhouse from scratch. That's the story of Guan Dian, cofounder, CMO and APAC GM of Patsnap, a pioneer in AI-powered patent search and analytics…
- S2E7 | How Roshni went from babysitting to owning SEA's largest parenting empire · 42 dkWhat does it take to go from an idea to owning the Southeast Asia Parenting space? In this episode, we have a conversation with Roshni Mahtani Cheung, the founder and CEO of The…
