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“As middle management, we know for a fact that there's really nothing much in our control.” - Ishaan*, former manager at a prominent e-learning startup.

In the 4th episode of Cost to Company, we’ll speak to four middle managers who’ll tell us, no holds barred, about what it feels like to be stretched from both ends in an organisation, during an unforgiving year that has inflicted mass layoffs due to the slowdown. 

They’ll talk to us about their struggles, their strife, their confusion. And hopefully, some solutions too. 

How did we get here? Why is the role of a middle manager particularly difficult during a downturn? Do we even need them in the first place?

Listen to the episode as we try to navigate these difficult questions with interesting answers.

*Name changed on request to protect identity 

If you like our podcast, or have thoughts, feelings or story ideas, write to us at podcasts@the-ken.com. Or share, retweet, and follow @thekenweb

Hosted, Written, and Produced by Shreevar Chhotaria

“As middle management, we know for a fact that there's really nothing much in our control.” - Ishaan*, former manager at a prominent e-learning startup.

In the 4th episode of Cost to Company, we’ll speak to four middle managers who’ll tell us, no holds barred, about what it feels like to be stretched from both ends in an organisation, during an unforgiving year that has inflicted mass layoffs due to the slowdown. 

They’ll talk to us about their struggles, their strife, their confusion. And hopefully, some solutions too. 

How did we get here? Why is the role of a middle manager particularly difficult during a downturn? Do we even need them in the first place?

Listen to the episode as we try to navigate these difficult questions with interesting answers.

*Name changed on request to protect identity 

If you like our podcast, or have thoughts, feelings or story ideas, write to us at podcasts@the-ken.com. Or share, retweet, and follow @thekenweb

Hosted, Written, and Produced by Shreevar Chhotaria

Welcome back to India Tech Weekly Deals Roundup, a weekly podcast by Tracxn for key startup deals in India from last week.

In this edition, we will cover funding rounds of Oxyzo, ShareChat, Plum, and more. In exits, we will cover the acquisition of Clovia by Reliance Retail among others.

Starting with our deep dive into funding rounds, tech companies in India raised around $340 million of funding across 23 funding rounds during this week.

In a major funding round event, Gurgaon-based FinTech startup, Oxyzo, raised $200 million in a Series A funding round led by Alpha Wave Global, Tiger Global Management, Norwest Venture Partners, Creation Investments and Matrix Partners India. With this funding round, Oxyzo achieved unicorn status on 23rd March 2022. Oxyzo is an online marketplace for business credit lines. Oxyzo offers lines of credit without collaterals, where users must add the required information and check for eligibility. Oxyzo enables fund transfer to the registered bank account after evaluation and approval. Oxyzo was founded in 2016.

ShareChat, Media & Entertainment startup, raised over $60 million in a Series G funding round from Times Internet. ShareChat achieved unicorn status on 8th April 2021 when it raised $502 million from Tiger Global and others. ShareChat is a provider of a vernacular-based social networking platform. ShareChat enables users to share photos and videos in various languages, follow local celebrities, expand their network, view content like news, poetry, satires on Indian politics, and play microgames. ShareChat caters to languages like Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Punjabi, and includes shake-and-chat features to connect users engaging with content from similar genres. ShareChat also offers a video platform for artists and creators to create short video content. Founded in 2015 by IIT Kanpur alumni, Bangalore-based ShareChat has raised close to $1.5 billion till date.

Mumbai-based Plum, an E-commerce startup, raised $35 million in a Series C funding round led by A91 Partners with participation from Unilever Ventures and Faering Capital. Plum is an internet first brand offering skincare products. Plum allows users to browse through its catalogue based on product type or skin type and shop for skincare, body care, makeup, and hair care products. Founded in 2013 by IIT Bombay alumni, Mumbai-based Plum has raised close to $52 million till date.

In another funding round, Enterprise Applications startup, Draup raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by HKW. Draup is a sales enablement platform for enterprises. Draup uses big data, machine learning, and logic-based modelling in order to provide consultation services and insights to enhance sales pitching and help fit individual customer needs. Founded in 2017, Bangalore-based Draup has raised $20 million till date.

This was all from the funding updates, moving on to the exits. India Tech observed 11 exits during the week of 27 Mar 2022.

Clovia, a Noida-based E-commerce startup, was acquired by Reliance Retail for $125 million. Clovia is an internet first brand of innerwear for women. Clovia is a private label brand that offers products like lingerie, nightwear, tops, maternity wear, robe sets, and accessories like masks and hair bands. Founded in 2012, Clovia has raised close to $26 million till date from Golden Birch Resources, Singularity Ventures, IvyCap Ventures, and others.

In another acquisition event, E-commerce startup, Unbxd, was acquired by Netcore for $100 million. Unbxd is a provider of AI-powdered product search software for online stores. Unbxd helps e-commerce businesses increase conversions using personalized and relevant search queries with features like auto-completion and synonym detection. Netcore provides analytics from product searches so that businesses can offer relevant products. Founded in 2010, Bangalore-based Unbxd has raised close to $27 million till date.

Avail Finance, a Bangalore-based FinTech startup, was acquired by Ola. Avail Finance is a neobank for individuals. Avail Finance offers debit cards, money transfers, bill payments, and more. Avail Finance provides blue-collar workers with an app for salary accounts and personal loans, and offers loan-seekers tools for documentation and loan disbursal. Founded in 2017, Avail Finance has raised over $38 million till date.

HealthTech startup, Tinystep, was acquired by BabyChakra. Tinystep is a mobile-based platform offering content for parenting. Tinystep has Q&A forums for parents to connect and discuss topics like parenting, pregnancy, lifestyle, and more. Founded in 2015 by Stanford Business School alumni, Bangalore-based Tinystep has raised around $4 million till date from Flipkart and Mathew Glickman.

In another acquisition event, Jaipur-based EdTech startup, Hello English, was acquired by BYJU'S. Hello English is a provider of an English language learning app. Hello English allows users to learn through interactive lessons and games associated with reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Hello English enables them to learn English from their native language, and includes features like daily news, discussions with teachers, peer-to-peer comparison, as well as a multi-lingual dictionary. Founded in 2012, Hello English has raised close to $7 million till date.

Lithium Urban Technologies, an Auto Tech startup, was acquired by EverSource Capital. Lithium is a provider of urban electric transportation solutions. Lithium offers software, EV fleets, charging infrastructure, cloud-based transportation management systems and cabs equipped with cameras and GPS systems to corporate customers. Founded in 2013, Bangalore-based Lithium Urban Technologies has raised around $19 million till date.  

This was all for today, we will be back next Monday with more updates. You can subscribe to our podcast on Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Apple Podcast to stay updated. If you have any feedback, please reachout to us at podcast@tracxn.com. Thank you for tuning in today, see you next week.

Episode 99. Ripening in May each year, Japanese plums have a brief window of being in season.  Brewers take advantage of this delicious fruit to make an ever popular style of sake known as "Ume-shu" a.k.a. plum sake.  We're not talking about sticky and cloyingly sweet chemical plum wine here but rather a lightly sweet, tart and low alcohol elixir that is made by soaking whole plums in premium sake.  These styles of premium umeshu have complexity and go down smooth as silk. John and Timothy dive feet first into the world of plum sake.  And beyond simply tasting, they also look at some easy cocktail recipes that use umeshu as a base.  There is a lot to explore and talk about, so do join us this week as we plumb the depths of all things Umeshu! #sakerevolution

Have you ever wondered how much the story that we learn as we grow up about what it means to be a man affects our mental health? What about the male suicide rate? Well today we are speaking with internationally acclaimed Australian actor, director, playwright and author Brendan Cowell. The driving force behind Brendan’s prolific creative output galvanised during his formative years growing up in an environment where male suicide was a regular part of “life”... In this episode, we unpack a new cultural narrative - and how Brendan is using stories to heal a wound…

Brendan Cowell is a writer, director, actor, playwright and musician who has made a life out of exploring these topics, and he has been incredibly successful at it to boot. In 2008 Brendan wrote a smash hit play RUBEN GUTHRIE, which then became a film of the same name. He wrote and starred in a number of episodes for the multi award winning series THE SLAP and for the acclaimed Foxtel TV series LOVE MY WAY. Brendan appeared in Game of Thrones as Harrag the Ironborn - and will also be in the next two AVATAR films soon to be released, as Mick Scoresby, captain of a large-scale marine hunting vessel on Pandora. Yeah - not bad at all. Brendan’s second book PLUM just came out in September 2021. 
 
Brendan grew up in the Sutherland Shire on the southern side of Sydney in a land of “green lawns and healthy labradors, beautiful beaches, sunshine, football teams, boats and white people operating on a joyous Christian level eating salad sandwiches”. This same place was also characterised by the highest rate of male youth suicide in the country, during which time at the age of 21 Brendan’s best mate took his own life with a gun. 
 
This experience, and the environment and circumstances in which it took place, had a massive impact on Brendan, resulting in a life-long fascination with what it means to be a man in Australia. In this interview I seemed to have been fixated on the notion that as men, we need a new “story / narrative” to follow. Storytellers play a critical role in any society - they provide us with the opportunity to observe and critique, and to laugh at ourselves - and to laugh at the darkness - one of the best ways to get through it. Brendan’s latest book PLUM is a very fine piece of work - it’s very entertaining - funny, sad, insightful, but for me most of all it pairs two traditionally distinct worlds - the kind and compassionate artist, and the meathead jock. 
 
At the end of the interview - Brendan does a reading from PLUM. It’s amazing, he’s unreal - and I feel incredibly fortunate that such a creative powerhouse shared so much of his time, insight and passion on the show. I hope you feel the same way too. We join the interview with Brendan updating the traditional Australian male definition of courage. 
 
Thank you for tuning in, and I hope you enjoy the show.

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Links from the show:

• Brendan’s Instagram to buy his new book "PLUM"
• You can find six of Zadie Smith's critically acclaimed, and wonderfully human essays about lockdown in her book "Intimations”

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Unlike many authors, Jodi Picoult decided to take on COVID-19 in Wish You Were Here, because Picoult says, "we need to remember everything we got wrong while we were learning what this disease is".

Also, the salvation of poetry in Brendan Cowell's Plum and The Kindness of Birds by Filipino Australian writer Merlinda Bobis.

Outdoor adventure and playtime is an essential element to any child’s development, so a natural passion for play should be a core value for any outdoor play manufacturer. Such a passion couldn’t be stronger than in Plum Products, whose family are as much the owners as they are the product testers!

Having been a playtester for his parents when he was young, the 2nd generation Managing Director Paul Schaffer has a global wealth of experience and the drive to provide the incredible experiences he was afforded by his parents - the Founders of Plum.

Discover the parental trust behind Paul’s transition into the MD role, how his global experience has helped them expand overseas, and the emotional connection that motivates him more than any non-family business could.

This episode covers:

• How an emotional connection to the business drives family firms
• The alignment between the founding family and their teams
• Parental trust in handing their business down through generations
• Going global to spread risk with uncertainty in particular markets

Links and references at: https://lizleanpr.co.uk/podcast-runs-in-the-family/

Welcome to the all new Beard Me That Beer Podcast Show! Its a podcast because you can listen to the audio and it's a show because you can watch us on YOUTUBE!
Make sure to check it out on https://www.youtube.com/c/beardmethatbeer 
We are starting off Season 2 with a BANG!

We got Drekker Brewing's BRAAAAAAAAINS Blackberry, Plum, Raspberry, Imperial Sour 7.2% Will we love this beer, like this beer, or hate this beer? Can you really ever hate beer though?

AND because it is a new year we are talking about NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS!
Two people who could care less about them discussing them, should be REAL interesting!

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Scenes of Victorian Christmas feasts conjure visions of roasting chestnuts on a lively fire, roast goose on the platter, and a flaming plum pudding with, of course some mince pie and fruitcake. British Food Historian Annie Gray discusses the history of the foods of Christmas past.

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‘One piece of advice I will give is this - listen to the consumer , listen to the consumer, listen to the consumer , everything flows from that, if that’s not part of you equation then your starting at the wrong place - Shankar Prasad. Today I speak to Shankar Prasad, Founder, Pureplay Skin Sciences.One of indian fastest growing vegan & grooming brands. He has over 20 years of creating and building consumer goods india. So in this podcast we talk about his iterative design process, his research , his pricing strategy , using social media influencers, the Skin care for men market, taking calculated risks, advice on building your own consumer goods brand and learn how to improve your communication skills. And finally some warren Buffett chat as well so please enjoy the show.

In this conversation we also talk about:

• Starting out as a chemical engineer.
• Leaving corporate life and going it alone.
• Why vegan?
• Bring inspired by the goodness of nature, and & doing good
• Online & offline selling strategies
• Understanding want goes on in the west ,will likely happen in India
• Social media advice - Earn your place at the table.
• Launching skin care products for men & size of market.
• Favourite brands and why.
• Thoughts & experiences on using Youtube video for marketing & advertising.

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There is a lot of advice available out there on how to prune fruit trees. Pruning different types of fruit trees correctly requires different skills and years of practice. After pruning 20,000 temperate fruit trees of all kinds, and teaching it to many people, I was forced to look at the two core concepts that makes someone a successful pruner regardless of the type of tree or its age. I present my fruit tree pruning concepts to beginners and experienced pruners alike. 

Today we have the Managing Director of the female centric crowdfunding site, Plum Alley. Plum Alley is a site specifically made for women consumers and women looking to crowdfund from other women. It further differentiates itself by offering expert help to crowdfunders which has created a funding success rate of near double kickstarter and quadruple that seen on indiegogo. Jan has also held high level positions at non-profits including the Girl Scouts, Teach For America, the Sierra Club and as the CFO of Planned Parenthood International. She then went on to found the 6 figures women network and her own client relations and brand management consultancy called Swig. 

Jan is interviewed by our Tampa Bay Chapter director Joy Randels. Let’s Listen in. 

0:00 - 0:48- Introduction, live show reminder, and theme.0:49 - 4:23 - More nonsense than usual.4:24 - 36:18 - When you think "bounty hunter" you think Katherine Heigl. 36:19 - 38:55 - Final judgements38:56 - 50:17 - Flop House Movie Mailbag50:18 - 58:52 - The sad bastards recommend. 58:53 - 1:00:03 - Goodbyes, theme, and outtakes.