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Z47 Moments
Zero to Infinity, by Z47, is a podcast series dedicated to the founders, startups, and all within the ecosystem through candid conversations on what we think it really takes to survive in this wild startup world. In a world where we are endlessly engulfed with information in all its forms and sizes, this is our attempt to create, curate, and bring to you the insights and reflections that we have had the luxury of having learned the hard way through all the years spent in truly understanding…
Episodes
Z47 Moments210: 4 P&L Secrets D2C / Consumer Brand Founders Use to MAXIMIZE Growth
How do India’s top founders actually think through a P&L? This special episode of #ZeroToInfinity podcast takes you inside Z47’s experimental panel event with…
Z47 Moments209: How B2B Companies Scale to Infinity | Zero to Infinity | Avnish Bajaj | Sudipto Sannigrahi
What if the next great Indian startup isn’t another consumer app — but a B2B company quietly owning a supply chain, exporting to 40 countries, and compounding…
Z47 Moments208: The Last Software You Will Ever Shutdown - Meet the founder of WizCommerce
Z47 invested in WizCommerce in 2022. Since then, Divyaanshu Makkar and team have scaled to $1mn in revenue from the B2B Commerce SaaS mid-market. In this…
Z47 Moments207: Jobs, Startups, & Trillions: How AI Will Rewrite the Rules of Everything
The real revolution is not just AI building products - it’s AI rewriting how we build them. In this episode of #ZeroToInfinity, Avnish Bajaj and Aakash Kumar…
Z47 Moments206: Meet the Founders of Wootz.work: Reimagining Indian Manufacturing for the World | Zero to Infinity
What if India transformed from outsourcing hub to global engineering powerhouse? In this episode of #ZeroToInfinity, Sudipto Sannigrahi, Z47's investor in B2B…
Z47 Moments206: Consumer Unicorns in the Next Tech-Ade
Consumer brands are being built differently and the next wave of unicorns won’t just be about speed or scale - they’ll be built on AI, hyper-personalization…
Z47 Moments205: The Next Tech-Ade of FinTech
FinTech is transforming the economy at every level. India’s financial ecosystem is at an inflection point, where technology isn’t just enabling transactions…
Z47 Moments204: The next tech-ade in Enterprise and AI
In this episode of Zero to Infinity, Avnish, Vikram and Pranay dive into the latest trends shaping the future of AI and enterprise software. From the evolution…
Z47 Moments203: Why Z47, Why Now: Developed Nation Building | Zero to Infinity
Welcome to 'Zero to Infinity,' the new face of the Z47 Podcast. In this series premiere, tech veterans Avnish, Rajinder, Vikram, Tarun and Rajat chart the…
Z47 Moments202: How redBus CEO Drives Impact with Every Hire
What does it take to lead a 17-year-old legacy brand like redBus into international markets? In this episode of the #Z47podcast, CEO Prakash Sangam shares an…
Z47 Moments201: Founder Archetypes - The First Time Founder Edge Part 2
Going deeper into their discussion on first-time and experienced founders, Avnish Bajaj and Chandrasekhar Venugopal dissect everything from failure zones…
Z47 Moments198: Founder Archetypes: The First Time Founder's Edge | Avnish Bajaj | Chandrasekhar Venugopal
60% of Indian unicorns are helmed by first-time founders, 29% by second-time founders, and 6% by those on their third attempt. Why is that? First-time founders…
Z47 Moments200: How Startups Can Supercharge India's Aerospace & Defence Sector
The aerospace, space, and defence sector is pivotal to India's journey toward self-reliance and global leadership. Over the years, this industry has seen a…
Z47 Moments199: dd-Matrix CEO Sid Sheth Shares His Blueprint for Chip Success | Seed to Silicon
The DMII: Seed to Silicon edition in Bangalore brought together builders in India’s semiconductor story. Z47’s Sudipto Sannigrahi hosted d-Matrix CEO Sid Sheth…
Z47 Moments197: SaaS in the Era of AI: How to build an enduring SaaS AI company
"If you are an AI founder, buy a .com domain and not .ai domain" says Pranay Desai (MD, Z47) as CIOs often restrict access to most .ai domains within their…
Z47 Moments196: Economic PMF is the ONLY PMF: App Economy 3.0.
How do you monetise your app business from 600 million connected smartphone users in India? This is the only question founders in India’s App Economy 3.0 need…
Z47 Moments195: How this founder turned 1000 interviews into a potential Rs.1000 Cr brand?
Romita Mazumdar is channelling her love for skincare into a Rs. 1000 Cr Brand. She started with almost 1000 interviews over a course of six months to find a…
Z47 Moments194: How Unsecured Lending Became More Viable in India | Vikram Vaidyanathan | Anish Patil
If you’re a founder working to solve for an underserved market in unsecured lending, this episode is required listening! Vikram Vaidyanathan and Anish Patil…
Z47 Moments194: The Future of E-commerce is Kwik & Bright! | Chirag Taneja | Avnish Bajaj | Rajat Agarwal
HOW IS THE INDIAN E-COMMERCE TRANSFORMING? With the adoption of quick commerce, the launch of the latest GenAI technology, and the increasing purchasing power…
Z47 Moments194: Meet the Founders of Neysa Networks | Sharad Sanghi | Anindya Das | Avnish Bajaj | Pranay Desai
The Indian Internet Pioneer Starting Up AGAIN in AI Sharad Sanghi is a pioneer of internet in India: from the early days of VSNL to rapid cloud adoption, when…
Z47 Moments194: Meet the Founder of SiftHub | Manisha Raisinghani | Pranay Desai
“Not just wealth… I think experience is all about compounding” Says Manisha Raisinghani, founder of SiftHub. After her stint as the CTPO at LogiNext, Manisha…
Z47 Moments193: The Park+ Playbook for Early Stage Hires
HOW DID PARK+ ACE 🛞HIRING FOR AN EARLY-STAGE STARTUP Founded in 2019, Park+ drove through various challenges and introduced a plethora of services to find its…
Z47 Moments193: Meet the Founders of GreyLabs AI
IS GreyLabsAI PLAYING THE AI GAME BEFORE TIME? The founders of a leading speech analytics platform for financial institutions, GreyLabsAI, Aman Goel and…
Z47 Moments192: The Middle Journey of Fintech
WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF FINTECH IN INDIA? The Indian Fintech ecosystem is entering its middle journey. With $100bn+ in market cap already created by these…
Z47 Moments191: How to Go Phygital for Growth: Myths vs Reality
How should founders think about using offline channels for growth? Is phygital a real option or just a mirage? Rajinder Balaraman and Vikram Vaidyanathan…
Z47 Moments191: Where to incorporate SaaS Startups: US or India?
PICKING THE PERFECT SaaS LAUNCHPAD - US or INDIA? For SaaS founders, the incorporation decision hinges on factors like business outlook, end goals, and access…
Z47 Moments190: The Founder's Handbook - Internal vs External Funding Rounds
THE FOUNDER’S PLAYBOOK: INTERNAL FUNDING ROUNDS Internal or pre-emptive funding rounds are a major topic on founders' minds. Internal rounds refer to financing…
Z47 Moments189: How Domain Alphas master success?
Domain Alphas are founders whose edge lies in their domain knowledge, and their market-tested experience of solving problems for customers. Watch Rajinder…
Z47 Moments188: How OTO Sold 1,00,000 Two-Wheelers online?
Sumit Chhazed is a serial entrepreneur, who figured out his first startup as soon as he graduated from IIT Bombay. OTO is the fourth company that he has…
Z47 Moments187: The Whole Truth about Brand Communities
The Whole Truth Foods founder Shashank Mehta is a rare breed of a CEO who is also a creator. 🌟 A lifelong student of the content & community game, Shashank’s…
Z47 Moments186: The Whole Truth about Company Culture
If you're a founder seeking advice on how to build great teams, this episode of Matrix Moments is for you. Vikram Vaidyanathan hosts The Whole Truth Foods…
Z47 Moments185: 0:03 / 23:04 • Introduction How INDMoney's Ashish Kashyap Builds Successful Teams AGAIN & AGAIN | People First with Rupali
Ashish Kashyap needs no introduction. The first country head for Google in India, before he turned entrepreneur, Ashish is a serial founder. He's founded and…
Z47 Moments184: Building the Organisation from Ground 0 with Revant Bhate
Revant Bhate on #PeopleFirst by Matrix Moments! Passionate about building a people-centric culture, Revant takes on dual roles at Mosaic Wellness as both CEO…
Z47 Moments183: Investing in Digital India - Trends for 2024
On the latest episode of Matrix Moments, catch Aakash Kumar, Sudipto Sannigrahi, Pranay Desai, and Anish Patil of Matrix Partners India as they discuss the…
Z47 Moments182: Leading the B2B frontier: People fueling profitability
Join Asish Mohapatra, Co-founder and CEO of OfBusiness, and Rupali Sharma on the latest episode of "People First" by Matrix Moments. Explore OfBusiness's…
Z47 Moments181: Matrix Moments: Investing in Human Capital; The VC Perspective
The driving forces propelling the Indian startup ecosystem forward all share a common thread—they are all People. Founders, investors, employees—all united…
Z47 Moments180: Matrix Moments: Code to Commerce - The Mobile Gaming Evolution
On the latest episode of Matrix Moments, Ashish Aggarwal, Co-Founder, AppBroda and Vivek Ramachandran, Matrix Partners India discuss the world of mobile apps…
Z47 Moments179: Matrix Moments: Simplifying employee support with AI - Atomicwork
Atomicwork leverages the power of AI to seamlessly bring together employees, IT systems, and HR operations. On the latest episode of Founder Moments, Vijay…
Z47 Moments179: Matrix Moments: Maximizing Return on Investment - The Key to Stable Money
Amidst the lack of innovation & transparency in traditional fixed return assets, which constitute approximately 70% of Indian household savings (with around…
Z47 Moments178: Matrix Moments: Investing in India's B2B Potential
In the latest episode of Matrix Moments, Sudipto Sannigrahi, and Anurag Srivastava, delve deeper into the existing B2B landscape and cover why Matrix Partners…
Z47 Moments177: Matrix Moments: Insights From Second Time SaaS Founders - Part 2
On the latest episode of Matrix Moments, we feature seasoned entrepreneurs including Arvind Parthiban, CEO & Co-Founder at SuperOps.ai; Rishi Kulkarni…
Z47 Moments175: Insights from second time SaaS founders - Part 1
The Indian SaaS ecosystem has demonstrated greater resilience than its global counterparts. Revenues crossed $7 billion, formation of new SaaS companies…
Z47 Moments176: Matrix Moments: Gaming Reloaded - What is next?
On our latest episode of Founder Moments with Salone Sehgal, Founding Partner at Lumikai Fund, and Aakash Kumar, we shine a spotlight on why India stands at…
Z47 Moments174: Digital Industrialists with Avnish Bajaj and Rajinder Balaraman
After building a large profitable digital company, what do such infinity founders do next?! Become “Digital Industrialists!” Up next on Matrix Moments, we…
Z47 Moments173: Matrix Moments: India's First Lifestyle App For The Elderly, GenWise
GenWise, founded by Geentanshu, Nehul, and Rajat, is driven by a collective vision to develop a lifestyle app that empowers the elderly and bridges the digital…
Z47 Moments172: Matrix Moments: The AI revolution in Media & Social - Part One
The tailwinds in the Media Social and Gaming space are building up to a perfect storm. At a high level Media, Social and Gaming seems to be converging…
Z47 Moments172: Matrix Moments: Anil Goteti, Founder of Scapia on building a travel fintech company
Scapia has made a remarkable entry into the market with the launch of its co-branded credit card in collaboration with Federal Bank. The response has been…
Z47 Moments171: Why now, for the India Semiconductor opportunity? Seed to Silicon part 1
To unlock India's immense potential in the semiconductor industry, Sudipto and Nivedith deep dive into the possibilities that lie ahead on our latest episode…
Z47 Moments170: Unravelling Fintech Infra and Banktech Opportunities
On our latest episode of Reflections, join us as we unravel opportunities in Fintech infrastructure and Banktech. We will explore the changing landscape of…
Z47 Moments169: The GenAI Revolution in Fintech
In our latest episode of Reflections, we explore the use cases of generative AI in fintech with Aakash Kumar, Anish Patil, and Anand Khetan. Hear them as they…
Z47 Moments168: Murf Unplugged: Winning in GenAI
In this latest episode, Ankur Edkie and Sneha Roy pull back the curtain on how they have built a rapidly growing business. Tune in.
Z47 Moments167: Ready, Steady, Zupee! Elevating Gaming in India
In this exciting new episode of Matrix Moments, Tarun Davda, MD, Matrix Partners India, is in conversation with Dilsher Malhi, the founder of the booming…
Z47 Moments166: What’s Next for Matrix over the Next Techade
In our latest episode of Matrix Moments, we uncover what's next for Matrix Partners India in the next Techade, with the closing of our fourth fund.
Z47 Moments165: Matrix Moments: Indian ConsumerTech - Coming back to life
"The best product wins, right, and the best product means the founder who has the closest insight to the consumer, who spent time on the backend researching…
Z47 Moments164: Matrix Moments: To IPO or to not IPO?!
To go IPO or not to go IPO is a dilemma that companies face as they consider raising capital and providing liquidity. Despite the potential benefits, some…
Z47 Moments164: Demystifying GenAI: A Founder's Primer with Vijay Rayapati
In our latest episode of Founder Moments, listen in from Vijay Rayapati, Co-founder and CEO at Atomicwork, on why every founder should be thinking of GenAI…
Z47 Moments163: Infinity Entrepreneurs
Watch our Founder and MD, Avnish Bajaj, in conversation with our MD, Rajinder Balaraman, on what it takes to be an infinity entrepreneur.
Z47 Moments162: The top 4 B2B verticals founders should invest in
"A lot of raw materials today are untouched across all the value chains and functionality that we spoke about. Choose out a new raw material, choose out a new…
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161: Environment, Valuations and Starting Up in 2023
“The West or the US specifically has always been built on a 222 kind of model, it’s 2 percent growth, 2 percent inflation, 2 percent interest rates, and India…
Z47 Moments160: 2022 Recap & Forecast 2023
2022 was a year of unprecedented change and disruption, with the world having to adjust to a new normal. As we look back at the past year, it is important to…