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Episode 15: Meet the founder of founders! This man invested in 165 startups. Ft. Rajesh Sawhney, Founder, GSF

In this episode of the ACLR8 podcast, we host one of India's most iconic startup investors: Rajesh Sawhney.

Rajesh has invested in 165 companies over the last 15 years and sits on the board of many listed companies and unicorns. In today's episode we will try to cover 3 topics:

Trends and opportunities for young founders as we become a $10T economy
Fundraising 101 for early stage founders
Thinking long term about company building

We hope you enjoy the podcast today and it inspires you to kickstart your journey. Do drop a note in the comments section about your feedback on the episode. Content Timeline:-----------------

00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Rajesh investment journey over the last 15 years.
10:50 - Learnings from Madhu Kela and public market investing.
17:24 - Fundraising tips for early stage founders.
31:45 - Common traits between successful founders.
36:20 - India opportunity.
43:24 - Building the right idea at the right time.
48:00 - IPO projections for 2025.
54:15 - India v/s China over the next 20 years.
56:30 - India Spacetech opportunity.
58:45 - Rapidfire
59:00 - Renting v/s Buying a house
1:00:20 - Top 3 cities to live in India.
1:02:00 - IITs v/s IVY league colleges.
1:03:00 - Gambhir v/s Dravid as Indian team coach.
1:04:25 - Can Singularity and AGI be achieved?
1:06:00 - Pickelball: Serious sport or fad?
1:07:00 - Will Tiktok be sold to Elon Musk?
1:07:42 - Ranking India's last 5 PMs
1:10:09 - Advice to early stage founders building the next big business from India.

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