$2bn InMobi Founder’s Ride to Yulu

🎙️Founders Unfiltered Ep-88:
Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.
Join us as we talk to Amit Gupta, the Co-Founder & CEO of Yulu about their story.
Amit graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2000. Later, he completed an executive programme at Harvard Business School.
His professional journey included roles as a software engineer at Aditi Technologies, an assistant manager at Citifinancial India, a manager at Andale, and a founder and advisor at Analyticsworks. He also held a global board member position at MMA.
In 2006, he co-founded InMobi, and later, in 2017, he co-founded Yulu.
🏢 About Yulu:
Yulu is India's largest shared micro-mobility service provider, using electric two-wheelers to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution in urban India.
Yulu’s technology-driven mobility platform uses IoT, ML, and AI for demand-supply management and efficient operations. Currently, Yulu is present in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, and Greater Mumbai.
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00:26 Rapid Fire Round
10:56 Amit’s Entrepreneurial Journey
16:05 The InMobi Story
20:12 Amit’s Early Mistakes
22:28 InMobi Mafia
25:35 Say Hello to Yulu!
28:28 Learning from China
32:52 Staying Loyal to the Problem
37:39 Pivoting the Right Way
39:42 Unforeseen Problems
41:22 Yulu’s Claim to Fame
42:50 Surviving Covid
45:50 Understanding Yulu’s Scale
48:42 Shared Mobility to Retail
55:21 Business Avenues in Mobility
01:01:40 #Unfiltered Feedback