Athera Venture Partners (formerly Inventus India)

🚀 Athera's Odyssey: Transformative Innovation 🚀 In the September edition of our newsletter, we're exploring groundbreaking initiatives shaping India's future. Here's what's in store: 1️⃣ Reimagining Cardiac Care: The journey of Tricog Health to democratize cardiac care through AI-driven diagnostics. 2️⃣ Insuring India: Yashish Dahiya, CEO and Co-founder of Policybazaar.com, on his quest to redefine social security for millions. 3️⃣ Athera's Almanac: Samir Kumar shares lessons from observing the startup ecosystem evolve from the dot-com era to today. Plus, exciting updates from our portfolio companies: 🔬 Pixxel joins NASA's $476M Commercial SmallSat program. 🚗 Euler Motors launches STORM EV, a revolutionary commercial electric vehicle. ....and so much more! Dive into this month's Odyssey and subscribe to receive our monthly insights before everyone else: https://lnkd.in/gbfzp4qE Parag Dhol | Rutvik Doshi | Rajiv Mehta | Ishan Sinha | Kavya Prudhvi | Tanya Sequeira | Anshu P.

🎬 Athera's Odyssey: India's Experience Economy 🎬 In the October edition of our newsletter, we explore how digital curation and consumption of experiences in India has matured over the past two decades. Here's what's in store: 1️⃣ Movies and beyond: Rajesh Balpande shares his perspective on how celebration and movies have been intertwined in India and how the future of the consumption story looks like for digital natives. 2️⃣ Athera's Almanac: Rajiv Mehta shares his first-principles approach towards life, his learnings from his Puma days, and why he chose being a VC Dive into this month's Odyssey and subscribe to receive our monthly insights before everyone else: https://lnkd.in/guxS7kVu Samir Kumar | Parag Dhol | Rutvik Doshi | Rajiv Mehta | Ishan Sinha | Kavya Prudhvi | Tanya Sequeira | Anshu P. | CA Kaushik A #vc #insights #experienceeconomy

We are thrilled to announce Athera Venture Partners (formerly Inventus India) as our program partner for Womenpreneur for Bharat 2.0! This exciting partnership brings together visionary women entrepreneurs, empowering them to lead and innovate across Bharat. Together, we are shaping the future of womenpreneurs with unparalleled resources and support. 💡 Ready to be a part of the next entrepreneurial wave? Apply now and take your journey to the next level! Scan the QR code or apply on this link: https://lnkd.in/dYp9Vkwx Application End Date: 31.10.2024 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani I Aditya Birla Group I Prof. V Ramgopal Rao I Sudhirkumar V Barai I Arun Khetan I Muralidhar Rao N V I Arya Kumar I Sachin Arya I BITSAA International I BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus I BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus I BITS Pilani Dubai Campus I BITS Law School, Mumbai I BITS Design School Mumbai BITSoM - BITS School of Management I Anudeep Annapureddy I Sarthak Goel I Anna Roy | Samir Kumar #Womenpreneurs #Bharat2.0 #TheGlobalHues #WomenInBusiness #Entrepreneurship #AdityaBirlaCapital #BITS #WomenEmpowerment #Innovators #StartUp

♟️ Athera's Inaugural VC Chess Masters Tournament ♟️ Yesterday, on the rooftop of Athera's office, an evening of wit, strategy, and networking unfolded at our inaugural VC Chess Masters Tournament. Over 30 founders and investors gathered to engage in fierce battles across the chessboard. In an atmosphere filled with competitive spirit on the board and warm camaraderie off it, alliances were forged, and brilliant moves were celebrated. In the end, Sudarshan Ravi Jha emerged victorious from this clash of minds. Congratulations Sudarshan, hope to see you next time and defend your title! Want to join our next exciting event? Stay in the loop! Sign up for our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gFDwB5ht Samir Kumar | Parag Dhol | Rutvik Doshi | Rajiv Mehta | Ishan Sinha | Kavya Prudhvi | Anshu P. | Tanya Sequeira | Mangala Jois

🇮🇳 Athera's Odyssey: India Ascending 🇮🇳 In the August edition of our newsletter, we are celebrating the 78th year of Independence with a special collection of stories, here's what's in store: 1️⃣ Making India Inevitable: Ravi Venkatesan shares his perspective on how to make India inevitable on the global stage covering the good, the tricky, and the promising aspects of India's future. 2️⃣ Building India's E-commerce Infrastructure: We cover ClickPost to give you a unique perspective of India's landscape through the lens of logistics across the length and breadth of the country. Dive into this month's Odyssey and subscribe to receive our monthly insights before everyone else: https://lnkd.in/gTGi6xti Samir Kumar | Parag Dhol | Rutvik Doshi | Rajiv Mehta | Ishan Sinha | Kavya Prudhvi | Tanya Sequeira | Anshu P.

BluArmor has now launched an all new headset for all the riding enthusiasts! Catch the keynote speech made by PK Sundararajan below. PS: Grab the launch offer before it expires! #smarthelmet #riders #intercomheadsets

🌟 Athera's Odyssey: Pioneering Perspectives🌟 In the July edition of our newsletter, we explore two distinct perspectives of pioneers in the AI and computing sphere: 1️⃣ Finance in the Age of AI: Rajeev Pathak shares how he is building his latest venture, Hyperbots Inc. which holds valuable lessons for any entrepreneur looking to build enterprise-scale AI solutions. 2️⃣ The Future of Advanced Computing In India: Amith Singhee, Director of IBM Research India takes us on a far-reaching journey exploring India's potential in AI, quantum computing, and much more. Dive into this month's Odyssey and subscribe to receive our monthly insights before everyone else: https://lnkd.in/gqVa-mmD Samir Kumar | Parag Dhol | Rutvik Doshi | Rajiv Mehta | Ishan Sinha | Kavya Prudhvi | Tanya Sequeira | Anshu P. PS: We don't have an Almanac story for this newsletter. However, we will publish it in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

Yesterday, VuNet Systems was announced as a winner of the NASSCOM AI Gamechanger Awards under the "BFSI Category" at Nasscom AI Confluence held in Radisson Blu, Bangalore. NASSCOM AI Gamechanger awards highlight the theme of "Amplifying India's AI Adoption." Bharat Joshi, Co-founder & Chief Product Officer accepted the award on behalf of the VuNet team. Join us in celebrating this achievement. #nasscomaiconfluence2024 #nasscomai #nasscomaigamechangers #vunet #observability #AI

🌟 Athera's Odyssey: Unseen Trajectories 🌟 In this month's edition of our newsletter, we explore how seemingly inconsequential decisions and even setbacks can be the catalysts for success. We delve into three unique perspectives exploring this theme: 1️⃣ CX in the Age of AI: Shameel Abdulla shares the surprising origin story of Clootrack and the 'cognitive' future of businesses. 2️⃣ The Founder Factor: On the second edition of our new series called "Athera Antiportfolio" we recount missing out on Moonfrog Labs but gaining a very valuable advisor and friend in the process. 3️⃣ The Man and Mind Behind Matrimony: A very special conversation with Murugavel Janakiraman about how losing his job led to the founding of Bharat Matrimony and how he managed to penetrate the Bharat market beyond India 1.0. Dive into this month's Odyssey and subscribe to receive our monthly insights before everyone else: https://lnkd.in/gVKW4BHB Samir Kumar | Parag Dhol | Rutvik Doshi | Rajiv Mehta | Ishan Sinha | Kavya Prudhvi | Tanya Sequeira | Anshu P.

As we enter the next phase of AI integration into our everyday lives, kick off this week by reading our interview with Krishnakumar Natarajan on how he has navigated technology shifts over two decades of building Mindtree! In this interview, NKK delves into 1. The patterns of technology emergence and growth 2. Examples from his Mindtree journey on how they stayed ahead of the curve 3. Insights into where signals for the future lie and more To be the first one to receive interviews and stories like this every month, subscribe to our Substack now! https://lnkd.in/gMg-MPjY