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TRANSFIN. LongShorts with Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran

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Welcome to LongShorts! A TRANSFIN. Podcast where Nikhil Arora and Sharath Toopran converse with entrepreneurs and business operators running successful startups, profitable SMEs and family promoted firms on one end, and top investment professionals representing VC/PE/credit funds on the other. The objective is to bring out an "actionable" perspective converging the world of business and investing.

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49:18

S5 Ep118: Understanding Crypto Taxation in India With...

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2022/04/22

We speak with Harsh Bhuta, Partner at Bhuta Shah & Co. LLP, a Mumbai-based premier Chartered Accountant and Law firm, which deals closely in audit, taxation, advisory and corporate finance. Harsh shares his insights on the way cryptocurrency regulation - in particular, taxation - is taking shape in India. As a seasoned tax consultant, he breaks down the new rules and implications for Indian crypto investors as the country takes a (supposedly) accommodative approach towards regulating this

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54:20

S5 Ep117: Decoding Indian Companies' Working Capital...

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2022/04/06

We speak with Mohan Krishnan, the co-founder of Mphasis, one of India's largest listed IT and BPO company. He is also the founder of Global PayEx, a B2B fintech company focused on improving working capital efficiencies through optimisation of a company's Account Receivable and Account Payable cycles. Having over 30 years of rich experience in financial services-focused information technology, Mohan explains how traditional banking channels are ill-equipped to give a complete and contextualised

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47:36

S5 Ep116: How Debt Collection is Evolving in India...

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2022/03/24

Anshuman Panwar is the Co-Founder of Creditas, a tech startup which specialises in delinquency management. He speaks at length about his business and the ways in which one can combine the elements of gamification, personalisation and financial literacy to build a robust technology-enabled debt collection layer. While LongShorts has traditionally focused on the lending side of things, chatting with Anshuman, and his take on the not-so-glamorous albeit phenomenally important area of collections and

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36:42

S5 Ep115: Making Financial Institutions Talk With...

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2022/03/18

We speak with Milan Ganatra, CEO & Founder of 1SilverBullet. His platform's core offering includes building API-based digital interfaces to help financial institutions, consumers and developers talk with each other. Milan speaks about how 1SilverBullet acts as the bridge between manufacturers of various financial products including investments, lending, and insurance with the wider marketplace (brokers, intermediaries etc.). He takes a nuanced view towards digital adoption, saying physical

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46:26

S5 Ep114: Teaching Children How to Think With Sonia...

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2022/03/04

Does your child struggle with instructional learning? This week in LongShorts, we speak with Sonia Notani, the co-founder of BrainGymJr - a technology startup that aims to teach children how to think and apply their school-based knowledge from a young age. Focused specifically on Mathematics, English and real-world skills, BrainGymJr is gamifying learning by presenting simple concepts (e.g. ratios) within a problem-solving framework (e.g. ratios of a pizza) - one game at a time! Choosing not to

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30:20

S5 Ep113: Where Insurance and Technology Collide With...

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2022/02/24

Insurance is one of the world's oldest industries. It’s also an industry “waiting to get disrupted by technology” according to Sanchit Malik, our guest this week on LongShorts. Sanchit is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pazcare, a seed-funded insurtech startup that is aiming to disrupt the delivery of employee health benefits. We discuss how Pazcare aims to address the challenges around employee benefits and group health insurance plans. We also delve into the Indian insurance sector in general, the

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39:29

S5 Ep112: How the Sun's Shining on Crypto Kingdom in...

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2022/02/09

India recently created a framework to tax crypto assets in a move that is being seen as bold and progressive by one of the largest economies of the world. But does a crypto tax necessarily confer legitimacy on an asset class that is long distrusted by traditional financial systems due to its novelty, volatility and notoriety? Join us as we discuss these nuances and much more with our guest Edul Patel, the Co-founder and CEO of Mudrex.com, an automated crypto trading platform. As a

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37:49

S5 Ep111: The Promise of AI Investing with Kanika...

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2022/02/04

The gap between technology and investing is growing ever so narrow. Algorithmic trading already accounts for the bulk of market activity in Western countries, and it is slowly but surely taking off in a big way in India (case in point: SEBI's recent consultation paper). Our guest this week is Kanika Agarrwal, co-founder of Upside AI, a Mumbai-based PMS that aims to build "India's first tech-led AMC". Ms. Agarrwal argues that machines make trusty market companions and portfolio advisors, since,

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43:55

S5 Ep110: How Kissht Sees BNPL and Digital Lending in...

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2022/01/24

It’s the new year and we’re back with a brand new episode of LongShorts! Our guest is Karan Mehta, the Co-founder and CTO of Kissht, a digital lending platform that offers BNPL and merchant level credit in India. Backed by his profound technological insights, Karan walks us through Kissht's journey and at the same time, gives us an account of the different models of Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) and consumer durable finance which are at play in the market. Karan is a fintech veteran and offers a

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36:25

S5 Ep109: The Rise of Data Centres in India with...

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2021/09/23

If data is the new oil, then data centres are the new-age high-tech hubs of this critical fuel. India's data consumption has seen a sharp 38% uptick YoY in FY21. This has unsurprisingly piqued the interest of global and domestic data developers who are rushing to invest, establish and develop data centres across the country. ST Telemedia Global Data Centres India (STT GDC India) is a Mumbai-based co-location service provider that reportedly commands a 33% revenue market share in the country's data

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41:46

S5 Ep108: Looking Into India's Animation Industry...

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2021/09/09

We are back with a brand new episode and our guest today is Milind D. Shinde, the founder and CEO of 88 Pictures - the studio behind great animated shows such as Troll Hunters Trilogy and Fast & Furious. We discuss all things animation as Milind (formerly at DreamWorks) offers his insights on the global value chain and where homegrown companies such as 88 Pictures can fit. A big proponent of merging India-based content with Western style of storytelling and visualisation, Milind takes us on a

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42:16

S5 Ep107: How to Fix Indian Agriculture with Anjami...

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2021/09/02

We're back with another episode of LongShorts, and this week we delve into the world where agriculture and technology collide. Our guest is agritech expert Anjami Nayyar, the CEO of Knowledge Network Solutions, who has also been associated with crop nutrition company Yara International in an advisory capacity. Anjami opines that digital technology can be the game-changer for Indian farmers, who continue to struggle with high levels of poverty and low levels of productivity. And startups can be

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46:17

S5 Ep106: Which Way is the Fintech Revolution Headed...

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2021/07/26

Madhusudanan R, the co-founder of M2P Fintech, who made an appearance last year, joins us again to talk about how his business has changed since then and what future he sees in the fintech space. Our guest discusses his journey from YAP to M2P, the firm's unique proposition, the competition it faces, its successful run in raising capital and investor perception when it comes to fintech. We also talk about the changing roles of regulators, banks and fintechs (especially neobanks) within the Indian

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35:52

S5 Ep105: Gearing Up for an AI Future with Chaith...

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2021/05/20

It's a new week, a new episode and time to explore some new verticals here at LongShorts! (And surprisingly, without a mention of COVID-19 for a change!) Our guest this time around is Chaith Kondragunta, CEO of AIRA Matrix. Chaith heads the Mumbai-based company and provides artificial intelligence-based solutions for life sciences and healthcare applications with particular focus on the pharmaceutical drug and discovery side of things. Together, we delve into the fascinating world of AI - how it

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30:43

S5 Ep104: The Whizdom of Building Sustainable...

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2021/05/13

Shared workspaces might just hold the key to revive community experiences in the aftermath of the pandemic.

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S5 Ep103: Working in a Post-COVID World with Amit...

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2021/05/03

With the Second Wave of COVID-19 wreaking havoc across India and showing no signs of abating, one business trend that is likely to remain intact in the near-term is working-from-home. Our guest this week, Amit Ramani, is the Founder and CEO of Awfis Space Solutions, a homegrown flex workspace provider. Amit gives us his take on why and how remote working will evolve post-COVID as more companies embrace the concept. He explains why he thinks the "hybrid model", where companies may strike a balance

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27:51

S5 Ep102: How the Pandemic Has Redefined Workplace...

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2021/04/26

With the Coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of retreat anytime soon, businesses in India and around the world are being led to reinvent the ways they conduct themselves. With that in mind, we speak to our guest, Mr. Manoj Kalra, Senior Vice President and Head of Group Business Services of DSM, a global science-based company with focus on nutrition, health and sustainable living. We discuss matters related to the ongoing changes in the mode of global businesses operations. He throws insight

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S5 Ep101: The Pandemic's Impact on the Real Estate...

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2021/04/15

In our first episode in three weeks - and in the middle of the Second Wave! - we delve into how the real estate sector in India is doing. Our guest is Saurabh Runwal, Associate Director at the Runwal Group, one of Mumbai’s premier real estate developers. He explains how the pandemic impacted the sector in a unique manner and why demand for residential properties in a society like India may never really die down. Saurabh also extends this argument to opine why he is bullish about commercial spaces

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S5 Ep100: Why Banks in India Need Neobanks with Suman...

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2021/03/22

In sight of the neobanking explosion (of sorts) to have taken place post-COVID, it becomes important to differentiate between the many emergent models under the “neobanks list. Suman Gandham, as the founder and CEO of Finin - a new and upcoming neobanking platform, interestingly characterises Neobanks as Fitbits of Finance. Though one may remember him from his interview on Transfin. last year. This time Mr. Gandham pours into the structural nuances of various neobank models, illustrates how being

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48:40

S5 Ep99: On India's Capital Flows and Controls with...

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2021/03/01

With a recovery-focused Budget and equity markets in parallel heating up, plenty seems to have transpired for Indian economy in the first two months of 2021. The elephant in the room however is the country's comatose credit cycle. Hence it is only fitting to evaluate the problem of capital starvation in India Inc. - where there's excess and where there's shortage. And joining us today is Divakar Vijayasarathy, Founder of DVS Advisors - a professional services company focused on cross-border Tax,

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