E134: Edul Patel (Co-founder & CEO, Mudrex)

Edul Patel is the Co-founder & CEO of Mudrex, a crypto exchange platform on a mission to democratize investing, with its primary goal being to make crypto investing easy and accessible to all. The company has raised over $22M from Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners, Tribe Captial, QED Investors and Arkam Ventures. Edul brings with him over 10 years of experience deep-rooted in finance, entrepreneurship, and building tech-driven applications. Previously Co-Founded Niffler, which was acquired by Tapzo where he led the product team to build the core infrastructure and the app. . . . Episode Notes: Intro (1:50) How Edul got into entrepreneurship (2:45) Why so many IITians become founders (6:45) Overcoming insecurities as a founder (13:13) Learnings as a second-time entrepreneur (17:40) The origin of Mudrex (22:02) How Indian VCs viewed crypto in 2017 (29:36) The crypto and web3 movement: why community matters (35:15) Building investor confidence in crypto after recent events (42:17) What Edul has learned about himself as an operator (45:45) . . . Social Links: Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠Edul on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edul on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Desi VC on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Akash Bhat on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠Akash Bhat on LinkedIn