Startup Fridays Season 2, Episode 8: We like to engage founders right from their -1 to 0 stage — Rajiv Srivatsa

<p>Our guest today is Rajiv Srivatsa, partner and investor at Antler India. Rajiv’s career spans going from software engineer at Infosys to product developer at Yahoo! to entrepreneur as co-founder of Urban Ladder to VC investor. In this episode, he talks about how each stage was the realisation of his overarching desire to always mentor people and take a deep passionate interest in helping them develop their careers.&nbsp;</p> <p>(00:40) Introduction to Startup Fridays</p> <p>(01:00) Our guest today — Rajiv Srivatsa, partner and investor at Antler India</p> <p>(02:22) A snapshot of Rajiv’s journey from software engineer at Infosys to VC investor at Antler</p> <p>(08:31) More about Antler, and the philosophy at the VC firm</p> <p>(13:09) Examples of startups that Antler India has invested in</p> <p>(16:25) The most noteworthy changes in India’s startups and founders today</p> <p>(19:38) Some info on the Antler Residency</p> <p>(27:35) Some thoughts on the early stage scene in India and the challenges therein</p> <p>(31:45) On incorporating startups in India</p> <p>(34:15) Climate tech — an area of active interest</p> <p>(34:38) Sources of optimism and concerns in the Indian startup scene</p> <p>(37:41) How Rajiv looks at himself — a mix of three roles</p> <p>(39:54) Low points and highs</p> <p>(41:58) Earliest influences on Rajiv’s career — growing up in Chennai</p> <p>(45:58) What keeps Rajiv getting up each day to attack the day ahead</p> <p>(52:05) Rapid fire questions</p> <p>More about Rajiv and Antler</p> <p><a href="https://www.antler.co/team" target="_blank">https://www.antler.co/team</a></p> <p>Theme music courtesy Twisterium</p> <p><a href="https://shrtm.nu/Pxh9" target="_blank">https://shrtm.nu/Pxh9</a></p>