E70 - Building the Startup Bank of India w/Stride Ventures' Ishpreet Singh Gandhi

<p>In this Episode, I (<a href="https://twitter.com/jivraj_sachar">@Jivraj Singh Sachar</a>) speak with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishpreet-singh-gandhi-539893b/">Ishpreet Singh Gandhi, Founder &amp; Managing Partner of Stride Ventures</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://strideventures.in/">Stride Ventures is a leading Indian venture capital firm that provides alternative financing options for startups beyond equity financing</a>! The audacious goal for Stride is to become the Startup Bank of India and in less than 3 years of its inception it has amazed us all with the phenomenal progress it has made. Stride has raised 2 successive funds in this duration and has a portfolio of greater than 30 companies including legendary companies such as Sugar Cosmetics, Zetwerk, Infra.market, Pocket Aces and more!</p> <p>Through the Episode we discuss the following:</p> <p>1. (02:16) : What does Category Creation in Venture Capital mean?</p> <p>2. (06:29) : Role of Evangelism in Venture Debt!</p> <p>3. (10:57) : How to simplify technical financial concepts for the Ecosystem?</p> <p>4. (14:28) : What does PMF look like for companies from this side of the table?</p> <p>5. (16:45) : How does Stride build Conviction into Companies when funding them?</p> <p>6. (20:29) : Common Patterns across Companies invested in!</p> <p>7. (24:18) : &nbsp;How important is the requirement for Good Governance from the start?</p> <p>8. (27:58) : What does Stakeholder Management mean for a Venture Debt Fund?</p> <p>9. (32:00) : The mission &amp; vision of Stride ~ Building the Startup Bank of India!</p> <p>10. (35:10) : Building Distribution and Expanding the Product Suite for Stride Ventures</p> <p>11. (37:57) : Gathering the best talent + Inculcating Culture at Stride</p> <p>12. (41:52) : How has Ishpreet evolved over the last 3 years of building Stride?</p> <p>13. (45:16) : How does Ishpreet prioritise and make decisions?</p> <p>14. (47:10) : Tackling the adverse situations as a First Time Fund Manager</p> <p>15. (49:46) : Figuring out th