Motivational event specialist Josh Talks raises funding from 3 angel investors
Josh Talks was started in the year 2015 by two twenty one year olds - Shobhit Banga and Supriya Paul with a simple mission to raise the aspirations of young India. Over the last two years, the organisation has scaled its conferences to over 25 cities in India and reached out to more than 65000 attendees on ground and 25 million+ viewers online.
Josh Talks content is now available to watch on Youtube, Facebook, JIO Chat, Dekkho, YuppTv, Uber, Scoopwhoop & more. Their recently launched Podcast is rated 30 on Itunes, in all of India and has been trending on Saavn & BookMyShow - Jukebox ever since the launch.
The fundraise was a medium to get strategic mentors and advisors on board who can help launch and grow Josh Talks in vernacular languages i.e. Telegu ,Tamil, Bengali ,Marathi and Bhojpuri and help scale the movement to the masses. Speaking about the funding, Shobhit Banga, Co-founder of Josh Talks, said, “The last two years have been a proof of concept for us and the money we have raised now is to scale our content and take it to larger audiences and people all across India."
Supriya Paul - Co-Founder added, 'Our target audience comprises of 16-25 year olds in Tier 2, Tier 3 & Tier 4 cities - who are completely unexposed and don’t know what the world has to offer. The funding and guidance from the investors will help us launch in vernacular languages and create an impact among this audience.”
Girish Mathrubootham – Founder, Freshworks said, “In today's fast-paced life, young people often lose track of what is important and we need a platform like Josh Talks to remind them. Everybody needs heroes they can relate to. Being a diverse country with many languages we need to reach the Indian youth present in every nook and corner, so going into vernaculars is a no-brainer and I am convinced Josh Talks is the right team for that job."
Commenting on the association, Apurva Chamaria, Global Brand Director, HCL, said, “India is a country which has extreme diversity in languages. A small portion of our population is left unexplored only because they are not English speaking, and this is where Josh Talks comes into play. They reach out to this audience and inspire those whose aspirations & dreams die due to societal conditioning, family businesses etc. at an early age. It is this genuine ability to impact and inspire and uplift the lives of millions of people that has me connected to Josh Talks since the very beginning.”
Rohit Chanana, Head, Strategy & Finance – Hero Corporation said, “It is very clear to me that Shobhit and Supriya are out to make a change in people’s lives. It is my belief that when you are driven by a higher purpose and core values; the probability of success is extremely high. Just like in the case of Josh Talks.”
Josh Talks, has recently partnered with Facebook to launch a campaign #StartAb to inspire 1,00,000 young individuals to take up entrepreneurship by April 2018.
As a part of the campaign, they have held conferences in ten Tier 2 cities in the current financial year, and are targeting twenty more cities like Meerut, Surat, Baroda, Shillong, Jammu and more. They are also slated to do 200 workshops across colleges in fifteen small cities in the country in order to help develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem within this age group.
