Listen "After funding 200 plus companies, why 247VC's Shashank believes in India's future is in deep tech"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode I meet with ace seed stage and Series-A investor Shashank Randev, the founder of 247VC. He talks about about how India is changing its outlook towards deep tech and consumer businesses. He talks about all things that will continue to make India rise over the next decade.00:00 - Introduction to the episode in BHive.02:53 - 247VC and how it views the Indian startup ecosystem.05:53 - The growth that mattered between 2014 and 2021.09:22 - The seeding of ideas that made impact.16:00 - Enterprise tech, deep tech and more.19:30 - The concept of LLMs for Indian business clusters.26:32 - LLMs in manufacturing to consumer brands.31:35 - The zero plastic industry and India needs this.34:00 - Growth of brands and sustainability in the true sense 41:09 - India is rapidly changing.47:57 - Comparing to China is not correct48:29 - SaaS versus Agent AI - the vantage points.54:10 - What do the Enterprises need from startups.58:15 - Books that Shashank loves.Thanks for Listening! Follow Us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or Find us on YouTube
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