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Shaping Bharat’s Agriculture with Affordable, Inclusive Technology: The Gramophone Story

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This episode breaks down Razorpay’s first pitch deck, which revealed its product-led approach to modernising digital payments in India by fixing failure rates, simplifying onboarding, and building for scale from day one.

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Future of Insurance: Learnings from Varun Dua, Founder & CEO Acko

We spoke to Varun about his journey building an insurance company, how he approaches building a brand in an industry with established players, and what he sees in the future. He is joined by Abhinav Chaturvedi and Subrata Mitra, investors at Accel who have had a ringside view of Acko and Coverfox.

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Future of Insurance: Learnings from Varun Dua, Founder & CEO Acko

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Future of Insurance: Learnings from Varun Dua, Founder & CEO Acko

We spoke to Varun about his journey building an insurance company, how he approaches building a brand in an industry with established players, and what he sees in the future. He is joined by Abhinav Chaturvedi and Subrata Mitra, investors at Accel who have had a ringside view of Acko and Coverfox.

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Future of Insurance: Learnings from Varun Dua, Founder & CEO Acko

We spoke to Varun about his journey building an insurance company, how he approaches building a brand in an industry with established players, and what he sees in the future. He is joined by Abhinav Chaturvedi and Subrata Mitra, investors at Accel who have had a ringside view of Acko and Coverfox.

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Future of Insurance: Learnings from Varun Dua, Founder & CEO Acko

We spoke to Varun about his journey building an insurance company, how he approaches building a brand in an industry with established players, and what he sees in the future. He is joined by Abhinav Chaturvedi and Subrata Mitra, investors at Accel who have had a ringside view of Acko and Coverfox.

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