E118 - Indian Fashion Manufacturing To The World w/Fashinza's Pawan Gupta

<p>In this Episode, I (<a href="https://twitter.com/jivraj_sachar">@Jivraj Singh Sachar</a>) speak with Pawan Gupta, Co-Founder &amp; CEO of Fashinza.</p> <p>Fashinza is a managed B2B marketplace in the fashion vertical, aggregating Indian SMEs on the supply side and selling to large international retailers on the demand side. It is disrupting the global fashion supply chain landscape and has soon emerged as the leader in the space. The company is valued at approximately $300 Million Dollars and is backed by some of the most prolific investors in the country such as Accel, Elevation Capital, WestBridge Capital and others.</p> <p>Pawan has previously built Curofy, which exited a couple of years back and this is his 2nd journey as a Founder. What Fashinza is building is extremely fascinating and more so because of how far it has come in a brief time span. I speak with Pawan through the next 50 minutes and uncover how they make it happen. We discuss the core aspects of what makes a marketplace successful and how teams can approach the same. We understand what A+ Talent Means, what growth stands for and how sustainable growth is a more adequate measure, alongside decoding the serial entrepreneur persona, and the operational processes that go behind building Fashinza.</p> <p>This is a special one as it reinforces multiple core principles as well as instills great global ambition as a listener. I am sure you will enjoy it a lot, but before we get started here is a quick word about our sponsor:</p> <p><strong>Stride Ventures</strong>, which is one of India’s leading Venture Debt Funds, becoming synonymous with innovative startup financing in India. Stride provides comprehensive solutions, going beyond venture debt, to cater to distinctive challenges faced by high-growth and inherently strong businesses, backed by leading institutions. The fund has a portfolio of over 60+ diversified companies, having deployed more than Rupees 1500 Crore to date. In just over two years, Stride Ventures has emerged as the preferred ventur