Season 4 of the Blume Podcast is here!
Every season of the Blume Podcast begins with a gut-level hunch. For this season, that spark became “Destiny Avenged” — a phrase born from Blume Day tradition, pop-culture inspiration, and more than a decade of witnessing founders fight against impossible odds.
This season unpacks the deeper meaning behind the theme. Why “avenged”? Because these are the entrepreneurs who were told “it can’t be done” — that their idea didn’t belong in India, that the market wasn’t ready, or that their ambition was too big to be real. And yet, they defied every prediction.
From the vineyards of Sula to the fintech rails of Razorpay to the EV breakthroughs at Ather, this season is a celebration of founders who faced rejection, near failure, and moments where giving up might have been the easier path. They clawed their way back — fuelled by resilience and an unshakable mission.
Tune in to uncover the compelling stories of these trailblazers who turned setbacks into comebacks and strategies into success stories. Let their journeys of resilience and triumph inspire the next wave of founders who dare to dream big. We’re certain — this season will show you why Indian entrepreneurs are unstoppable!
How Square Yards Moves ₹18,000 Cr of Real Estate Every Year | S4E8 | Destiny Avenged | Weekday Ep.
We’re back with the final weekday episode from Season 4 of the Blume Podcast.In this epsiode, Karthik Reddy sits down with Tanuj Shori of Square Yards to unpack what it takes to build a PropTech platform that moves ~₹18,000 Cr of real estate every year.If you…- Episode
- Weekday Episode 8
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 14 minutes
How 15 Co-Founders Built an ₹18,000 Cr Company | S4E8 | Destiny Avenged | Weekend Ep.
The Anti-Playbook Behind Building A ₹18,000 Cr Real Estate PlatformIndia’s real estate market has always been a nightmare to build in. Broken processes, zero trust, fragmented players everywhere. Most people avoid building in the space. For Tanuj Shori and…- Episode
- Weekend Episode 8
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 52 minutes
How Minimalist Hit ₹100Cr in Just 8 Months from launch | S4E7 | Destiny Avenged | Weekday Ep
We are back with another crisp weekday episode of S4 of the Blume Podcast. In this episode, Karthik Reddy sits down with Mohit Yadav of Minimalist to unpack the secret sauce behind India’s fastest-growing new-age beauty brand of the decade. In case you missed the full…- Episode
- Weekday Episode 7
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 14 minutes
How Minimalist Won India’s Skincare Market By Being Transparent | S4E7 | Destiny Avenged | Weekend Ep.
What does it take to build a ₹3000Cr skincare brand in the middle of a global pandemic — without celebrity endorsements, influencer hype, or big-budget marketing?In this episode of S4 of the Blume Podcast, Karthik sits down with Mohit Yadav, Co-founder of Minimalist,…- Episode
- Episode 7
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 53 minutes
Ather Didn’t Copy. They Rebuilt EVs From Scratch into a ₹26,000 Cr Company | S4E6 | Destiny Avenged | Weekday Ep.
What does it take to build an EV in a country that had no supply chain, no ecosystem, and no conviction that world-class hardware could be engineered locally from scratch?In this episode of Destiny Avenged, Tarun Mehta takes us back to the true origins of Ather — long…- Episode
- Episode 6 Weekday Episode
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 13 minutes
Ather at ₹26,000 Cr: The IIT Madras Experiment That Became an EV Giant | S4E6 | Destiny Avenged | Weekend Ep.
What does it take to build an EV scooter from scratch in a country that had no EV supply chain, no ecosystem, and very little faith in hardware built in India?In this episode of the Blume Podcast (Season 4: Destiny Avenged), Karthik sits down with Tarun Mehta,…- Episode
- Episode 6
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 53 minutes
New Swaraj, New Money: Inside the BitFury Revolution | S4 E5 | Destiny Avenged | Weekday Episode
TL;DR: 12+ years of crypto lessons + 3 unicorns + 1 insane $20 Bitcoin bet — distilled into 19 minutes. If you missed the full podcast, this weekday cut has all the essentials (but the full version is absolutely worth it).Imagine betting your entire…- Episode
- Episode 5
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 13 minutes
The Man Who Built 3 Bitcoin Unicorns | S4 E5 | Destiny Avenged | Weekend Ep
What does it take to build THREE Bitcoin unicorns?When the world saw Bitcoin as nothing more than ‘magic internet money,’ George Kikvadze made a bet that would change everything.In Episode 5 of the Blume Podcast, Karthik sits down with George to unpack the…- Episode
- Episode 5
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 38 minutes
The 25-Year Grind Behind India’s Travel Revolution: The MakeMyTrip Story | S4E4 | Destiny Avenged | Weekend Ep.
Revenue drops 96% — overnight.Rival complaints try to derail your IPO at the 11th hour.SARS, 9 – 11, and the dotcom bust threaten bankruptcy.Competitors burn cash to steal your market share.Most founders walk away when faced with even one of…- Episode
- Episode 4
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 1 hour and 19 minutes
[Weekday Ep.] Building a ₹60,000 Cr Internet Travel Company: MakeMyTrip’s 25-Year Playbook | S4 E4 | Destiny Avenged | Podcast
MakeMyTrip is a Rs 60,000 crore company that, by all logic, shouldn’t exist.It launched in 2000 when India’s internet barely worked. Connections dropped, credit cards failed online, and most people used the internet to browse, not…- Episode
- Episode 4
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 20 minutes
Weekend Ep. | Becoming the AI power grid for the world - E2E | S4 E3 | Destiny Avenged | Podcast
What does it take to build India’s “power grid” for the AI era? In this weekend episode of Season 4: Destiny Avenged, Karthik sits down with E2E Networks’ (Fund I vintage) co-founders (and married duo) Tarun Dua & Srishti Baweja to learn how they went from a cloud…- Episode
- Weekend Episode 3
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 55 minutes
[Weekday Ep.] Powering India’s Sovereign AI: The E2E Blueprint | S4 E3 | Destiny Avenged | Podcast
“AI is going to be the new electricity of the world, and we’re building its power grid.” says Srishti Baweja, co-founder of E2E Networks.From a small hosting provider that started with a ₹30,000 check to becoming India’s AI infrastructure pioneer…- Episode
- Episode 3 [Weekday Ep.]
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 19 minutes
Weekend Ep. | From 5 Acres to ₹2100 Cr: Sula’s Wine Revolution | S4 E2 | Destiny Avenged | Blume Podcast
What does it take to turn five acres of grassland in Nashik into a ₹2100 Cr wine empire?In the full weekend episode of the Blume Podcast, Karthik sits down with Rajeev Samant, the maverick who walked away from Oracle in Silicon Valley to…- Episode
- Episode 2 | Weekend Episode
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 57 minutes
[Weekday Ep.] The “Crazy” Founder Who Put Indian Wine on the Map | S4 E2 | Destiny Avenged | Blume Podcast
In this shorter weekday episode of the Blume Podcast (Season 4: Destiny Avenged), Karthik Reddy sits down with Rajeev Samant, the visionary behind Sula Vineyards, to unpack how one man’s “crazy” idea in the 90s turned into India’s largest wine brand and a cultural…- Episode
- Episode 2 [Weekday Episode]
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 20 minutes
S4 E1 | How Two Coders Built a $7.5 Billion Fintech | Destiny Avenged
Razorpay’s founders are no strangers to podcasts. But most conversations stop at scale, valuation, or IPO chatter. This one is different. On the Blume Podcast, Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar sit down with Karthik Reddy to walk through the raw…- Episode
- Episode 1
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 56 minutes
S4 E0 | Blume Podcast Season 4 Kickoff: The Story Behind “Destiny Avenged
In the season opener of the Blume Podcast Season 4, Karthik Reddy, co-founder and Partner, takes us behind the scenes of the season’s theme: “Destiny Avenged.” Drawing inspiration from the popular Avengers theme from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and startup…- Episode
- Trailer
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 9 minutes
S3 E10 | Neeraj Chopra: From Haryana's Hinterlands to Olympic Gold | Inspiring a Billion Hearts
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Neeraj Chopra, India’s first athletics Gold medalist, and Karthik Reddy, co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume Ventures. In this podcast, Neeraj shares his journey from a small village in Haryana to standing on the Olympic…- Episode
- 10
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 1 hour and 40 minutes
S3 09 | Tata’s $400 Billion Secret: Ethics, Innovation & Leadership ft. Mukund Rajan, Tata's First Brand Custodian
Join us for episode nine of the Blume Podcast — Winning Beyond Boundaries, featuring Dr. Mukund Rajan, former brand custodian of the Tata Group, in conversation with Karthik Reddy of Blume Ventures.In this chat, Dr Rajan takes us through his inspiring journey, from his…- Episode
- 09
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 57 minutes
S3 E08 | Masa, Mergers, and Making It Big ft. Alok Sama, SoftBank’s Deal Whisperer
Join us for Episode 8 of Season 3 of the Blume Podcast — Winning Beyond Boundaries, featuring Alok Sama, former President and CFO of SoftBank Group International in conversation with Karthik Reddy of Blume Ventures.In this fascinating conversation, Alok shares…- Episode
- 08
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 44 minutes
S3 E07 | Revolutionizing Make in India: ft. Akash Gupta of GreyOrange & Mohit Kumar of Ultrahuman
In the 7th episode of the Blume Podcast, the host Karthik Reddy, co-founder and Partner at Blume Ventures, dives deep into the fascinating world of hardware innovation with two extraordinary founders who have redefined what it means to build hardware companies from India.…- Episode
- 07
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 56 minutes
S3 E06 | From IndiGo to Akasa: Aditya Ghosh on Winning in Indian Aviation
Guest: Aditya Ghosh, co-founder of Akasa Airlines and former President of IndiGo AirlinesHost: Karthik Reddy, Managing Partner & Co-founder of Blume VenturesJoin us for an insightful conversation with Aditya Ghosh, one…- Episode
- 06
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- Aditya Ghosh, Karthik Reddy
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- 43 minutes
S3 E05 | How Anand Deshpande Built a $9 Billion Powerhouse: The Persistent Systems Story
Guest: Dr. Anand Deshpande, Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director of Persistent Systems Host: Karthik Reddy, Managing Partner & Co-founder of Blume VenturesThis episode provides a deep dive…- Episode
- 05
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 1 hour and 1 minute
S3 E04 | Amitabh Kant's Vision for India's Transformation: From Incredible India to Invincible India
Guest: Amitabh Kant, Former CEO of NITI Aayog and G20 Sherpa Host: Karthik Reddy, Managing Partner & Co-founder of Blume VenturesThis episode offers invaluable insights into India’s economic transformation and its aspirations to become a global…- Episode
- 04
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 28 minutes
S3 E03 | Scaling Marico to Rs 86,000 Crore Global Brand | Harsh Mariwala’s Winning Formula
Guest: Harsh Mariwala, Founder and Chairman of Marico Host: Karthik Reddy, Managing Partner & Co-founder of Blume VenturesThis episode offers invaluable insights into building a successful FMCG business from scratch and…- Episode
- 03
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 43 minutes
S3 E02 | Game, Set, Match: Mahesh Bhupathi's Story of Global Domination
Guest: Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis Grand Slam Champion and Entrepreneur Host: Karthik Reddy, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume VenturesThis episode provides insights into what it takes to achieve global success and excel on the…- Episode
- 2
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 36 minutes
S3 E01 | Building a $3.5B global giant, from Chennai to NASDAQ | Girish Mathrubootham
Guest: Girish Mathrubootham, Founder and Executive Chairman of Freshworks Host: Karthik Reddy, Co-founder of Blume Ventures This episode provides deep insights into building a global SaaS company from India, scaling a startup to a public company, and…- Episode
- E1
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- Karthik Reddy
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- 53 minutes
S3 E0 | Karthik Reddy on Winning Beyond Boundaries
Karthik Reddy, Blume Ventures co-founder and host of the Blume Podcast, unveils the exciting theme for Season 3 of the Blume Podcast. Discover how Indian startups are making waves on the international stage :earth_asia: in this 0th episode of our new…- Authors
- Karthik Reddy
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- 7 minutes
The Epilogue: Looking back at S2 of the Blume Podcast | Karthik Reddy and Rohit Kaul
We’ve reached the end of the road for the second season of the Blume Podcast, which was championed by its theme: the power of compounding. Karthik and Rohit discuss, analyse, and deconstruct their favourite moments from the season, which featured stalwarts like…- Episode
- S2 E10
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- Karthik Reddy, Rohit Kaul
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- 24 minutes
Mithun Sacheti on building CaratLane for the long-term and solving for trust
Diamonds are forever. But in 2008, they also went online. In our first ever video episode of the Blume Podcast, which happens to the last episode of Season 2, Karthik Reddy sat down with Mithun Sacheti, the CEO of CaratLane who spilled some gems on the glitzy yet…- Episode
- S2 E9
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- Mithun Sacheti, Karthik Reddy
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- 45 minutes
Radhika Gupta on taking the right kind of risks, rebuilding from the ground up, & being an accessible leader.
Join us in this insightful episode of the Blume Podcast as Karthik engages in a candid fireside chat with Radhika Gupta, the dynamic Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Edelweiss Mutual Fund. Delve into Radhika’s fascinating journey from a diplomatic…- Episode
- S2 E8
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- Radhika Gupta, Karthik Reddy
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- 38 minutes
R.G. Chandramogan: From Ice Cream Carts to Dairy Dominance - The Hatsun Agro Journey
Join us in a captivating conversation with R.G. Chandramogan, the visionary behind Hatsun Agro, as we explore his remarkable journey from selling ice cream on pushcarts in the 1970s to heading India’s largest private sector dairy company. In this insightful episode, we…- Episode
- S2 E7
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- R.G. Chandramogan, Karthik Reddy
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- 38 minutes
Vinati Saraf Mutreja's Journey: Resilience, Leadership, and making chemistry cool
For the latest episode of the Blume Podcast, Vinati Saraf Mutreja of Vinati Organics takes us through her journey of growth, innovation, and resilience, leading one of India’s most respected chemical manufacturing companies that she joined all the way back in 2006. In…- Episode
- S2 E6
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- Vinati Saraf Mutreja, Karthik Reddy
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- 31 minutes
Manish Sabharwal from TeamLease on the upside of being a second-time founder
In this episode, Manish Sabharwal from TeamLease discusses the origins of the staffing company and the key traits that contributed to its success. He shares his memories of India Life and how it eventually led to the creation of TeamLease. Additionally, he talks about the…- Episode
- S2 E5
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- Manish Sabharwal, Karthik Reddy
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- 47 minutes
Dinesh Agarwal of IndiaMART on Starting a Business in India During the Internet Boom
In this podcast episode, Dinesh talks to Karthik B. Reddy of Blume Ventures about his journey starting a business in India around the time the internet was first introduced there. He was passionate about doing some business that would be centered around the Internet and in…- Episode
- S2 E4
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- Dinesh Agarwal, Karthik Reddy
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- 39 minutes
Nithin Kamath of Zerodha on bootstrapping his way to build the largest online brokerage in India
In this episode, Nithin Kamath, founder and CEO of Zerodha sat down with Karthik B. Reddy, Managing Partner at Blume Ventures, to talk about building and scaling an online brokerage firm without any external capital. He emphasizes the importance of building trust…- Episode
- S2 E3
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- Nithin Kamath, Karthik Reddy
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- 34 minutes
Raamdeo Agrawal of Motilal Oswal discusses investing frameworks, betting on India, and the right reasons to start up
In the second episode of the Blume Podcast, host Karthik B. Reddy of Blume Ventures engages in a captivating conversation with Raamdeo Agrawal, Chairman and Co-Founder of Motilal Oswal Financial Services, one of India’s leading financial…- Episode
- S2 E2
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- Raamdeo Agrawal, Karthik Reddy
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- 37 minutes
Karthik B. Reddy and Rohit Kaul of Blume Ventures talk about the Power of Compounding
The Blume Podcast is compounding! Our new season will feature remarkable founders who have dedicated their lives to building generational companies. The focus will be on their tales of courage, anecdotes of resilience, and the stories of compounding. Why are we doing this?…- Episode
- S2 E0
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- Karthik Reddy, Rohit Kaul
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- 13 minutes
Peyush Bansal of Lenskart talks about clarity of purpose, customer obsession, and leading with culture
In this podcast, Peyush Bansal, founder and CEO of Lenskart, India’s largest eyewear company talks to Karthik B. Reddy, co-founder and managing partner of Blume Ventures, the importance of hiring the right people in building long-lasting businesses, the pathological…- Episode
- S2 E1
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- Peyush Bansal, Karthik Reddy
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- 39 minutes