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Wall Street Rejected This CEO & Then He Did a $200M IPO | Kanwal Rekhi Jan 23, 2026 · 1 mention

What 20 Years of Investing taught Somesh Dash of IVP after backing Perplexity, Figma, Dropbox Nov 18, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 6:06 Somesh Dash The defense sector, which you and I were just talking about, is extremely focused on finding the right primes and startups to actually become a second source to Russia.
  • ▶ 7:38 Somesh Dash And he recognizes that India is a huge economy, even, you know, don't take his comments totally literally when he said, you know, two failed economies, Russia and India.

With a Swiss Founder-Investor Who Built 9 Startups and Funded 40 | Thomas Dübendorfer Oct 14, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 11:52 Thomas Dübendorfer I mean, you know, the French people were here, the Russian people, the Austrian people, the Habsburg were here, and they all were fighting sometimes basically against each other on our territory. 2 times in the scene

Why YOU Should Know About Rajeev Motwani, a Genius Indian-American Professor Oct 3, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 16:12 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And, and why do you think the current Republican policies, which used to be pro-India for the longest period of time, now have shifted to be, you know, 25% tariff on India, you know, today it became 50% just because India is buying, ah,… 5 times in the scene

Is China Behind Pakistan's Military Moves? | US Tariffs Hitting India’s Economy w/ Rajiv Sikri Aug 22, 2025 · 44 mentions

  • ▶ 1:18 Rajiv Sikri So this whole business of secondary sanctions, which they impose on other countries, whether on India or Iran or Russia, it, it upsets the whole world because, uh, people have foreign exchange holdings in what currency? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:19 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And the other thing that is going on is the Russia Ukraine war is not stopping. 9 times in the scene
  • ▶ 18:37 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And, and what end does besides Ukraine not participating in NATO, what end does Russia want in the war? 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 23:27 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And how is now India's relationship with Russia and Ukraine? 10 times in the scene
  • ▶ 26:24 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And the whole world has been pushing India to break their ties with Russia. 8 times in the scene
  • ▶ 52:46 Rajiv Sikri And here also Europe is at war with Russia. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 55:46 Rajiv Sikri The Europeans are engaged with Russia. 3 times in the scene

From 70% Imports to 65% Made in India, India Now Sells Defense Tech to 85+ Countries | Ashok Atluri Aug 15, 2025 · 1 mention

Why This Founder Won’t Sell Zomato for 10 Years | India’s Top Consumer Tech Bet? May 23, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 40:28 Deepak Garg Yeah, I mean, look, I mean, he's taking credit of the India Park ceasefire, uh, Ukraine Reshet war at some point will stop, and you know, I predicted last October that it'll stop in May, 2 times in the scene

10 Unicorns, 5 IPOs, 26 Acquisitions – India’s OG VC, Avnish Bajaj On Why Only Founders Matter Mar 21, 2025 · 1 mention

Digi Yatra, AQI, UDAN Scheme, And India's Net Zero Goals | Jayant Sinha | The Neon Show Podcast Feb 28, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 5:09 Jayant Sinha As I said, my grandfather built the Bilhai steel plant with help from the Russians.

2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show Feb 22, 2025 · 1 mention

PM Modi's Childhood, RSS Philosophy, Morbi Disaster, Farm Laws & Article 370 | Dr R Balu | Neon Show Jan 17, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 51:33 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Uh, one thing which I want to discuss about this Qatar incident, the Qatar incident, the Russia hurricane conflict, how did India take sides during those, right? 3 times in the scene

How Chess.com Founder Built A $150 Million ARR Empire With Zero VC Funding | Erik Allebest | Neon Dec 27, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 56:59 Erik Allebest Um, Russian is our, our, our next language, even though chess.com is banned in Russia, we still get, I think everybody in Russia is using a VPN at this point, because the Russian government has banned so many websites and things, uh, you… 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:00:58 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And I think, uh, uh, one time you mentioned that you were, you received a threat on dark web for your life, uh, because you had sent something about Russia.

Global Investor Matein Khalid On World Economy | The Neon Show Dec 20, 2024 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 7:29 Matein Khalid Uh, my job as the foreign minister of India is to buy the cheapest oil I can find in the world, and if it happens to be Russian, so be it.
  • ▶ 28:58 Siddhartha Ahluwalia So you mean that India now has to distance its trust from Russia and buying oil from Russia? 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 31:25 Matein Khalid Uh, you literally have, uh, uh, you literally have, uh, uh, Sweden and Norway, uh, sorry, Sweden and Finland now as members of NATO, a new strategic front against Russia.
  • ▶ 48:15 Matein Khalid Well, he had over the weekend, but that was just to consult the Russians. 3 times in the scene

NDA Vs UPA, Tax System, Kolkata's Fall, GDP Growth & More ft. Former CEA: Ashok Lahiri | Neon Show Dec 6, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 41:32 Ashok K. Lahiri Now uncertainty, the geopolitical uncertainty, Ukraine, Russia, then in the Middle East, Palestine, Israel, Iran, Turkey, and
  • ▶ 54:23 unnamed speaker Japan, mind you, was a strong enough country to take on Russia in 19 or five.

Rajiv Sikri Former MEA Secretary On India-US Relations, Pakistan's Decline & Bangladesh Oct 26, 2024 · 50 mentions

  • ▶ 1:42 Siddhartha Ahluwalia You mentioned that Russia and US are at war. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 25:29 Rajiv Sikri The second is the arc of energy, Gulf, Caspian Sea, Russia, Siberia, Arctic, Far East, you know, this whole arc.
  • ▶ 30:28 Rajiv Sikri Russia became a very diminished country. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 35:37 Siddhartha Ahluwalia I think what, what also happened is when India got its independence, uh, Pandit Nehru started looking up to Russia more than the West, right?
  • ▶ 39:12 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Today, you mentioned that Russia and US are at 18 times in the scene
  • ▶ 45:57 Rajiv Sikri The fact that Russia is under sanctions means our trade with Russia is affected. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 48:43 Rajiv Sikri And, uh, you know, they just ignored whatever Russia wanted, and Russia was too weak. 10 times in the scene
  • ▶ 52:38 Rajiv Sikri There's Russia, which is no longer the Russia of the 19 nineties, but a rejuvenated and more self-confident Russia. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 57:55 Rajiv Sikri That how the United States has frozen the assets of the Russian, the, the sovereign funds of Russia have been frozen. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 59:53 Rajiv Sikri Therefore, we need to have good relations with the oil producing countries because India has deficit in oil and gas, and that's why our relations with the Gulf countries, Russia, Venezuela, Angola, Nigeria, all these oil producing… 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:10:31 Rajiv Sikri Well, now the Americans have brought China and Russia much closer, which I think is a strategic mistake from American point of view, because Chinese, uh, American thinkers like Brzezinski and others, and earlier also have all argued that… 2 times in the scene

Millionaire Investor On PM Modi, India Opportunity, & Wealth Creation | Mark Mobius | Neon Show Oct 23, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 10:46 Mark Mobius Russia was closed.
  • ▶ 18:46 Mark Mobius So China was a very, very big winner for us and Russia, by the way, we were invested in Russia and that did very well. 2 times in the scene

$10 Trillion Goal, Reverse Brain Drain & IPO Market I Nansi & Siddhartha On India’s Bright Future Aug 16, 2024 · 5 mentions

Flipkart’s Success Secrets, VC Power Law, And IPO Market : RTP Global Partner, Nishit Garg Jul 20, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:16 Nishit Garg So our founder Leonard, uh, he originally hails from Russia, then became an academician in Canada.

G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant On UPSC, Working With PM Modi, Incredible India & Amrit Kaal I Neon Show Apr 27, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 39:13 Amitabh Kant Uh, bharat ne, ah, prithahan mantri menteri ji ki leadership mein, sot pratishat prathishat consensus build up kiya, sare major issues pe, aur russia, ukrain issues pe, jis pe, UN kuchh charcha ni kar paaya tha, ham eek consensus bana kar,…

Watch This BEFORE Buying Banking Stocks I Deepak Shenoy I Capitalmind I Neon Show Mar 1, 2024 · 1 mention

Dr. C Rangarajan on Dr. Manmohan’s Legacy, 1991 Reforms & Future Economic Plans I The Neon Show Feb 9, 2024 · 1 mention

Deepfakes, AGI, Jobs Under Threat & More | DevRev Founder, Manoj Agarwal | Neon Show Feb 2, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:26 Siddhartha Ahluwalia So those are the kind of risk that it was seven years ago when Russia was accused of interfering with us elections to bring president Trump in.

India’s Spending Habits, ONDC, Building 10club & More I Bhavna Suresh I Neon Show Dec 6, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 37:42 Siddhartha Ahluwalia First time in global history, two wars going on parallel, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and don't, they both are the such wars, they don't have an end in sight.

UPI Struggle Story, India vs The World, BRAIN DRAIN Challenge I Sharad Sharma I iSPIRT I Neon Show Nov 10, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 54:16 Sharad Sharma So a lot of this reverse brain drain that happened, which is people from Russian, uh, Russia came into Israel or like Indians are coming back to India is turned out to be important.

From TaxiForSure to Koo: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Aprameya Radhakrishna Apr 3, 2023 · 1 mention

The Joys of COMPOUNDING with Gautam Baid! Feb 7, 2022 · 2 mentions

Kshitij Jain, Founder Joveo, a 2x founder on must-have skills for entrepreneurs Sep 20, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 36:09 Kshitij Jain And, uh, they said, Hey, you know, I, we believe that we can grow this cross border sales business that, uh, uh, I started in APAC and why don't you go and do it from there across, uh, APAC, Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, Russia,…

Power of Storytelling ft. Roshan Abbas, Investor | Entrepreneur | Actor | Director | Producer Aug 9, 2021 · 1 mention

Somesh Dash, IVP on learnings from the crisis of 2002 & 2008 and investing in resilient companies Jun 29, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 51:23 Somesh Dash Um, I actually think that, you know, companies across the world in Brazil, Russia, China, India will be able to recruit that same talent over time, and it'll be a wake-up call to Silicon Valley, hopefully a wake-up call to our public…

Understanding Exits and Investing in High Growth Startups with Dhruv Kapoor, Sistema Asia Capital Jun 21, 2020 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 10:13 Siddhartha Ahluwalia I believe it's a Russian conglomerate which built a fund in India and would love to know about Sistema's journey. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 16:19 Dhruv Kapoor We, uh, had a journey of about, uh, two years with, with the Quicksilver, where we actually helped them open their Russia operations. 2 times in the scene
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