EXPOSING Startups & VC Money Secrets - Plivo Founder Venky | FO 118 - Raj Shamani
A Figuring Out with Raj Shamani conversation with Venky, founder of Plivo, a phone masking and communications company, about small opportunities in India, how venture capital and corporate money change competition, and examples such as Zudio and diapers. The caption has no speaker labels or punctuation, so claims are attributed to the host or the guest as best the text allows. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 56 minutes and the available caption text is cut off near the end, so the final minutes are not covered. Economic figures, including remarks about China's GDP and India's growth, are the speakers' opinions and are unverified. This is a summary, not financial advice.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
A Figuring Out with Raj Shamani conversation with Venky, founder of Plivo, a phone masking and communications company, about small opportunities in India, how venture capital and corporate money change competition, and examples such as Zudio and diapers. The caption has no speaker labels or punctuation, so claims are attributed to the host or the guest as best the text allows. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 56 minutes and the available caption text is cut off near the end, so the final minutes are not covered. Economic figures, including remarks about China's GDP and India's growth, are the speakers' opinions and are unverified. This is a summary, not financial advice.
Key Takeaways
Phone masking
The host explains that delivery apps call you from masked numbers, and says Plivo is in phone masking.