{"id":19185,"date":"2022-10-14T14:21:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T14:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabricegrinda.com\/?p=19185"},"modified":"2022-10-14T15:17:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T15:17:23","slug":"episode-38-the-indian-tech-ecosystem-fjlabs-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/episode-38-the-indian-tech-ecosystem-fjlabs-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 38:  The Indian Tech Ecosystem &#038; FJ Labs\u2019 Thesis in the region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week we are covering the state of the Indian tech ecosystem. We are joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lukeskertich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Luke Skertich<\/a>, senior associate at FJ Labs, who is leading the charge with our Indian investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 38: The Indian Tech Ecosystem and FJ Labs\u2019 Thesis in the region\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7eZGQXPYT2Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key takeaways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The history of India\u2019s tech ecosystem and the recent explosion in unicorns<\/li><li>Why we are short term pessimistic, but medium and long term super bullish<ul><li>Supply chains are moving to India<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The government is investing aggressively<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>UPI is revolutionizing payments<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>GDP per capita is growing<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Tech talent is on the rise<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Why we are focusing on Picks and Shovels, Financial Infrastructure, and B2B Marketplaces<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to the full episode in the embedded podcast player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24678288\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/000000\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the above Youtube video and embedded podcast player, you can also listen to the podcast on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>iTunes: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/38-the-indian-tech-ecosystem-fj-labs-thesis-in-the-region\/id1532336635?i=1000582565182\" data-type=\"URL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0fjjXdleeVxkoEEZkrvpmh\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0fjjXdleeVxkoEEZkrvpmh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">episode-38-the-indian-tech-ecosystem-fjlabs-thesis<\/a><\/li><li>Spotify:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0fjjXdleeVxkoEEZkrvpmh\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0fjjXdleeVxkoEEZkrvpmh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode-38-the-indian-tech-ecosystem-fjlabs-thesis<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we are covering the state of the Indian tech ecosystem. We are joined by Luke Skertich, senior associate at FJ Labs, who is leading the charge with our &hellip; <a href=\"\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[57,61,62],"class_list":["post-19185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playing-with-unicorns","tag-playing-with-unicorns","tag-niraj-singh","tag-india"],"acf":[],"contentUpdated":"Episode 38:  The Indian Tech Ecosystem &#038; FJ Labs\u2019 Thesis in the region. Categories - Playing with Unicorns. Date-Posted - 2022-10-14T14:21:23 . \n This week we are covering the state of the Indian tech ecosystem. We are joined by Luke Skertich, senior associate at FJ Labs, who is leading the charge with our Indian investments.\n Key takeaways\n In this episode, we cover:\n The history of India\u2019s tech ecosystem and the recent explosion in unicornsWhy we are short term pessimistic, but medium and long term super bullishSupply chains are moving to IndiaThe government is investing aggressivelyUPI is revolutionizing paymentsGDP per capita is growingTech talent is on the riseWhy we are focusing on Picks and Shovels, Financial Infrastructure, and B2B Marketplaces\n You can listen to the full episode in the embedded podcast player.\n In addition to the above Youtube video and embedded podcast player, you can also listen to the podcast on:\n iTunes: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/episode-38-the-indian-tech-ecosystem-fjlabs-thesisSpotify:&nbsp;https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode-38-the-indian-tech-ecosystem-fjlabs-thesis\n ","Category":["Playing with Unicorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19185"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19198,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19185\/revisions\/19198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}