AngelList India || Building India's #1 Startup Podcast - Indian Silicon Valley || Angel Syndicate GP @ISV Capital

Reach out to me at - superdm.com/jivraj

Adding value by democratizing the Startup Ecosystem of the Country by running a podcast + angel syndicate. 

Fascinated by Startups and how Founders strategically build them. Super interested in knowing more about the amazing folks who help capitalise these Startups. 

Exploring my curiosity through my Podcast - Indian Silicon Valley. (https://linktr.ee/indian_silicon_valley)

Before AngelList, I had a short Product stint at an early stage startup. 

Feeding my experimental self further, I'm involved a couple of weekend projects wherein I work with Startup Teams working towards impact. (Every Infant Matters & LedBy). And I continue to hone my Storytelling skills and meet interesting folks through ACE Humans, a Storytelling Platform I started.

By education I'm a B.Com (H) graduate from St. Xavier's College (Honours), Kolkata, having majored in Finance. I've also completed both parts of the FRM (Financial Risk Manager) Certificate by GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals). I have also passed two levels of the CFA Program and due to appear for Level 3 in June '21.

I have been extremely grateful to have studied in great institutions which have honed my leadership and entrepreneurial skills. Throughout University, I was involved in multiple co-curricular activities. I founded the TEDx Club on Campus, Co-Founded a one of a kind Climate Action Club, Co-Founded the Finance Community involved with the first finance lab at the University level in Eastern India, Led multiple societies including the E-Cell, Enactus, Student Council and many more. This made my entire college experience a fulfilling one, developing my skills and virtues! So, I'm all up for taking initiative, lead and pursuing my passion all along the way.

I relish new conversations and am always up for an interesting one. 

Hope to create an impact & add value to the India Growth Story!

Can an Indian engineered enterprise Blue Machines voice AI survive an hour-long primetime debate with one of India’s biggest and most watched anchors?

Blue Machines AI vs Arnab is different.

We’ve seen “Man vs Machine” moments before → Kasparov & Lee Sedol, but those played out inside closed games with fixed rules. This is the opposite: a national primetime debate with rapid topic jumps on issues of national importance, watched by millions. Completely unscripted and shot in one take, that’s high pressure in real time.

Why this is personally exciting is because we’ve seen first-class Indian engineers go to Silicon Valley and build for global platforms. Now we’re seeing that talent come back and build from India, for India. I interviewed Nirmit Parikh in 2022,
who is now the founder of Blue Machines AI and it’s surreal to see an Indian team take a serious, globally-trained system and test it on the largest stage possible.

The truth about Voice AI -
Most voice AI systems start breaking down in about 10 minutes. They hallucinate, lose context, and lag. That’s the dirty secret of voice AI. Consumer chatbots work in clean, controlled settings, but real business conversations are messy.

What matters here is simple: interruption discipline, context retention, and guardrails. Stop instantly, resume cleanly, hold the thread through aggressive pivots, keep latency tight as the conversation runs long, and stay compliant even when provoked.

This is testing something harder than clever answers: can an enterprise AI orchestration system hold up when conditions get real?

If it survives this format, it proves it can work on any enterprise call or anywhere reliability matters.

Jivraj Singh Sachar

India's #1 Business Podcast - Indian Silicon Valley || General Partner @ISV Capital || Venture Partner @Tribe Capital || Forbes 30u30 Asia || Ex AngelList India

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Smylo was just on national television!

We’ve seen this company since before it was even an idea. 

From idea - launch - customer love - insane retention + subscription - Shark Tank now. 

They’ve built the entire cat food category from scratch. 

Proud to see my brother on TV and also be a tiny investor in this company. 

Congratulations Kartikeya Gupta Abhishek Agrawal

Brands on quick commerce have some constant challenges - 

How do we optimise inventory?

Which SKU do we optimise where?

How many dark stores should we send our products to?

Guess who solves all of this and more?

GobbleCube - is the one stop solution for all of this.  

Manas Gupta and team have built this incredible software, so much so that everytime a brand I know has spoken to them - they’ve been blown away!

They’re transforming brands on quick commerce. 

Brilliant episode with an amazing founder!!

List of Unicorns that were founded in 2016 -

1. Groww
2. Mamaearth 
3. PhysicsWallah 
4. Slice 
5. Udaan
6. InfraMarket
7. Cult 
8. Boat 

2016 was a mega year for Indian startups!

I've met so many founders building amazing products, but a lot of times the market just isn’t that big or maybe the need isn’t that high.

Like, technically impressive, and their execution is also flawless, but the problem they're solving doesn't have that scale.

Meanwhile, there are actual frustrations that people discuss every day on Twitter and are frustrated about in Reddit threads where nobody's paying attention to them. That's the gap. 

I thought I was the only one who thought this way, but when I came across this video by Razorpay  that said "Fix My Itch," I was excited to see a brand pick this up.

They have built an AI that's scanning every rant, every problem and every complaint people are making online. That's not it! They have literally sent teams on the ground because people say things in person they won't put on Twitter. Seeing this video really made me excited, and I think what they are doing is nothing but superb!

If you are a founder, I think this is everything you might need, and this is the best initiative taken by a brand. 

Now you can see what India actually wants solved, ranked by what matters most. The problems are with the most and with the actual market signal behind them.

This is the initiative the founders of India need!

Great initiative by Harshil and Shashank.

Why does $1 of VC in India produce less GDP than the same $1 in China or the U.S.?


This isn’t because founders are not smart or have low ambition.
But because venture capital only amplifies what an economy already allows.

VC doesn’t create GDP on its own. It accelerates activity that can already move fast with payments, exits, hiring and reinvestment.

In economies where capital circulates quickly, that dollar shows up as revenue and jobs sooner. Where systems are fragmented or slower, the impact is real, just delayed and less visible.

India has world-class founders, but the engine it’s plugged into works differently.

And understanding that shapes how far every VC dollar can go.

$1 of VC in India < $1 in China or U.S.

An entire new ecosystem of AI Ads is going to get going >>>>>


AI Ads optimisation for companies, new business model for foundational players. 

Big moment in the AI race.

TL;DR from our latest episode on the podcast! 

Brands have loved decoding the Quick Commerce playbook.

Thanks Manas Gupta for a brilliant pod. Link to the episode in the comments.

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