E109: Sanam Rawal (Partner, Metamorph)

The Desi VC with Akash Bhat

Sanam Rawal is the Founder and Partner at Metamorph (previously known as Passion Connect), a Blume Ventures-incubated human resource advisory platform that helps startups grow with talent acquisition, talent branding, acquisitions, research, learning and development and more. With offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, and Pune, Metamorph has assisted in the hiring of more than 800 candidates, including CEOs and senior vice presidents for well-known startups such as Unacademy, Slice, HealthifyMe, Dunzo, Cashify, Purplle, and many more.

Episode Notes:

1. How did Sanam become involved in the world of venture capital? (3:45)

2. Sanam's perspective on working within the Blume ecosystem (15:25)

3. A glimpse into the early days at Metamorph (18:36)

4. How does talent matching occur at the portfolio level? (26:08)

5. What makes founders choose to work with Metamorph despite having their own HR teams? (30:10)

6. The role of HR firms in M&A processes (35:04)

7. Overcoming challenges when working with portfolio startups (42:57)

8. Metamorph's strategy for hiring the best employees to support startup growth (48:45)

9. Addressing the reverse brain drain phenomenon (51:50)

10. Key takeaways from building and developing Metamorph (54:06)

11. Sanam's proudest achievement during her time at Metamorph (1:00:33)

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