E39 - Shaping History w/Tracxn's Abhishek Goyal

<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/abhishekgoyal/">Abhishek Goyal</a>, Co-Founder of <a href="https://tracxn.com/">Tracxn</a>.</p> <p>Tracxn, more popularly known as the Bloomberg for Private Markets, is a revolutionary vertical SaaS product making it easier for venture capital institutions, fortune 500 companies and other private equity firms to understand &amp; deal with customised data in a comprehensive manner!</p> <p>Abhishek is an extremely thoughtful, kind and knowledgeable founder, who is almost always ready to help &amp; support those making an attempt at shaping history! An early part of the Ecosystem, Abhishek worked with Accel in India as a venture capital investor for 3 years from 2008 to late 2010, before treading on his own entrepreneurial pathway with UrbanTouch. During these formative days, he tread the first journey as a Founder, witnessed the boom of the likes of Flipkart and observed the pain of the lack of automation as an Investor.</p> <p>Tracxn is now one of the leading players in their market, with a humongous presence across the entire globe, and backed some of the leading angel and institutional investors of the world. Strong fundamentals, great leadership, airtight processes, data-driven decisions and streamlined communication has led Tracxn to do incredibly well!</p> <p>Additionally, Abhishek also happens to be an extremely active angel investor and mentor to multiple founders, extending his hand of support almost always for the progress of the Ecosystem.&nbsp;</p> <p>Through this Episode we discuss the following:</p> <p>1. (04:10) : What about the Indian Startup Ecosystem gets Abhishek going?</p> <p>2. (09:33) : The GTM &amp; Founding Journey of Tracxn</p> <p>3. (11:55) : The advantages &amp; disadvantages of Category Creating Products in SaaS</p> <p>4. (16:02) : The secret to efficiency at Scale</p> <p>5. (20:44) : Abhishek's Angel Investing Journey</p> <p>6. (24:22) : The import