Naveen Tewari
The Neon Show
Lessons From India's First Unicorn Founder on Building Large Businesses | Naveen Tewari
- Published
- July 3, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 2m
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- Last updated
- Aug 23, 2026
Discusses Most founders build one unicorn. Naveen Tewari built two.InMobi started with a simple bet: mobile wo…
Summary
Most founders build one unicorn. Naveen Tewari built two.InMobi started with a simple bet: mobile would become the world's most important computing platform, and advertising could make it free for everyone. Every Indian VC said no. Naveen flew to San Francisco on a maxed-out credit card and returned with a $7 million round from Kleiner Perkins and Ram Shr…
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Most founders build one unicorn. Naveen Tewari built two.InMobi started with a simple bet: mobile would become the world's most important computing platform, and advertising could make it free for everyone. Every Indian VC said no. Naveen flew to San Francisco on a maxed-out credit card and returned with a $7 million round from Kleiner Perkins and Ram Shriram. Later came a $200 million investment from Masayoshi Son. Overnight, InMobi became India's first unicorn. Then he did it again.Glance, bui