Josh Talks

Josh Talks
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia
FoundedJanuary 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01)
Founder
Headquarters
Gurgaon
RevenueIncrease ₹19 crore (US$2.3 million) (FY24)[1]
Positive decrease ₹−9.88 crore (US$−1.2 million) (FY24)
Websitejoshtalks.com

Josh Talks is an Indian media platform headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana which hosts content in 10 languages.[2][3] Josh Talks was awarded with the National Media Award [4] by Honorable President of India, Ram Nath Kovind and also featured in Forbes magazine 'Asia 30 Under 30' list for 2018.[5]

History

The company was founded in 2015 by Shobhit Banga and Supriya Paul.[6][7][8] It is seed-funded by investors such as Ritesh Malik (Founder of Innov8), Sumit Ranka (Founder of Thinkpot) amongst other names in the Indian investor circuit.[9]

Josh Talks began its journey with conferences in 2014 in Delhi and Bengaluru. The speakers were social activists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, academics, administrators, sportspeople, authors, musicians, actors and other artists.[10][11][12]

The marquee Josh Talks LEAP 2016 took place October, featuring 24 speakers and 5,000 attendees.[13][14][15] In August 2017, the company has been on the road with monthly conferences in various tier 2 cities across India.[16]

Josh Talks on 27 February raised $1.5 million in pre-Series A funding round led by New York-based Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF).[17]

Awards

President Ramnath Kovind honouring National Media award to Josh Talks co-founder Supriya Paul

On 25 January 2019, Josh Talks was awarded with the National Media Award [4] by Honourable President of India, Ramnath Kovind for #MakeYourMark campaign to create awareness and engagement amongst the first time voters.[18] The company was named in a list of "Top 50 Startups of India" for 2017 by Economic Times.[19]

Partners

Some of the major partners of Josh Talks are UN Women, United Nations Development Programme, ILO, DICCI, Indian Army,and among many others. One of Josh Talks' major partners is Facebook with whom they conduct conferences, workshops & bootcamps to encourage entrepreneurship in India.[20]

The company's content can be found on YouTube, Facebook, iTunes,[21] Saavn[22] amongst other online platforms.

Josh has covered over 1,000+ speakers with over 8.93 Million subscribers on YouTube[23] and 999,000+ fans on Facebook.,[24] and receives 20 Million views monthly.[25]

Speakers

Some of Josh Talks' speakers have been Boman Irani, Anurag Kashyap,[26] Sonam Wangchuk, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, Zeishan Quadri, and Ankur Warikoo.[27][citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "10 year old Josh Talks posts Rs 19 Cr revenue in FY24, cuts losses by 25%". Entrackr. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Meet India's young & popular entrepreneurs". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ^ "The ballot cruiser: 26-year old Supriya Paul on Josh Talks and more". newindianexpress.com. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "NATIONAL AWARDS" (PDF). ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Anushka Sharma, PV Sindhu make it to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list". india.com. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ^ "DSIM- Digital Marketing Blog". Digital Marketing Blog - DSIM. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Josh Talks: How 22-year-old duo harness power of stories to move and motivate people in Chandigarh". The Indian Express. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  8. ^ "About Josh Talks & How We are Changing The World". Josh Talks. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  9. ^ Borpuzari, Pranbihanga (13 December 2016). "Why Josh Talks has the energy to be bigger & better than TED Talks". The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  10. ^ "The premise of Josh Talks: Ordinary people, extraordinary journeys". hindustantimes.com/. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Josh Talks 2015: Stories that inspired Delhi - DU Beat". DU Beat. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Josh Talks Hosts 6th Event in Delhi, Speakers Inspire the Audience". The Quint. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Delhi Gears Up For 'JOSH TALKS LEAP 2016' - Media Infoline". Media Infoline. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  14. ^ "I will own the most valuable event IP in 5 years- Shobhit Banga, Josh Talks". Everything Experiential. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Josh Talks looks to inspire Indian youth through stories; check out how". The Financial Express. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Josh Talks Kochi 2017". Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR). Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  17. ^ www.ETtech.com. "Josh Talks raises $1.5M funding led by New York-based fund MDIF - ETtech". ETtech.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  18. ^ "President of India awarded Josh Talks with the National Media Award". www.fashionlingua.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  19. ^ THS, Team (2 April 2017). "Top 100 disruptive Indian startups to look out for in 2017". The Hacker Street. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  20. ^ Sangwan, Sujata. "In Association with Facebook Josh Talks Aims to Inspire Young Minds Through the Power of Stories". BW Disrupt. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  21. ^ "Josh Talks by Josh Talks on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Josh Talks | Listen on Saavn #SaavnOriginals". Saavn. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Josh Talks". YouTube. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  24. ^ "Security Check Required". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  25. ^ "An Interview with Co- Founder of Joshtalks.com, Shobhit Banga and Supriya Paul". sites.google.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  26. ^ The Economic Times (13 December 2016). "Why Josh Talks has the energy to be bigger & better than TED Talks". Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  27. ^ The Times of India. "Josh Talks is here to inspire people - Times of India". Retrieved 16 July 2018.