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Dec 30, 2022

2022 Year in Review & 2023 Expectations

2021 was the year of outliers. The year when ‘Golden Tap’ overflowed leading to VC funding ballooning to an all-time high. Last year, I had written a 2-part series on my first year at Bertelsmann India Investments- Part 1 and Part 2. 2022 has been a complete contrast. It’s as…

Venture Capital

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2022 Year in Review & 2023 Expectations
2022 Year in Review & 2023 Expectations
Venture Capital

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Jan 20, 2022

1 Year with Bertelsmann India: Learning and Reflections (Part 2 of 2)

This is the second part of a two-part series of my past year at Bertelsmann India. Folks can read the first part here before diving into this one. Below I share a few reflections and learnings over the past year as part of the investing team at BII Fund. I…

Startup Funding

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1 Year with Bertelsmann India: Learning and Reflections (Part 2 of 2)
1 Year with Bertelsmann India: Learning and Reflections (Part 2 of 2)
Startup Funding

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Jan 18, 2022

1 Year with Bertelsmann India: Learning and Reflections (Part 1 of 2)

I like December quite a lot. The weather is great, things become more relaxed towards the second half as families unwind and look forward to Christmas and the upcoming new year. And the best part is getting time for reflection and introspection on the year gone by, on the goals…

Startup Funding

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1 Year with Bertelsmann India: Learning and Reflections (Part 1)
1 Year with Bertelsmann India: Learning and Reflections (Part 1)
Startup Funding

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Dec 2, 2021

Digitizing the final frontier in lending- Debt collection and NPA Resolution

Background The earliest form of lending system originated some 3,000 years back in ancient Greece and Rome. In ancient Greece, unsecured loans were given in maritime trade with creditors keeping 25% of the profit in cases of success. In India, loans were first mentioned in texts dating 2000 B.C. where…

Debt Settlement

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Digitizing the final frontier in lending- Debt collection and NPA Resolution
Digitizing the final frontier in lending- Debt collection and NPA Resolution
Debt Settlement

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Jun 20, 2021

Gene Editing, CRISPR and BioHacking- The Ultimate Frontier to Alter Humanity?

‘I have a mixed feeling about CRISPR, to be honest. On one hand, it feels awesome to be a part of it but on the other, it also brings a powerful sense of responsibility’- Dr. Jennifer Doudna, CRISPR Founder This article is partly inspired by a Netflix documentary called Unnatural…

CRISPR

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Gene Editing, CRISPR and BioHacking- The Ultimate Frontier to Alter Humanity?
Gene Editing, CRISPR and BioHacking- The Ultimate Frontier to Alter Humanity?
CRISPR

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Feb 7, 2021

30 Months of Impact Investing: Lessons and Reflections

‘We need to start to talk about money in ways that dethrone it and make it subject to human ethics and standards of love and decency’- Joel Solomon, The Clean Money Revolution In Jul 2018, I had joined Acumen Fund, an early-stage impact fund in India, and wrote about my…

Impact Investing

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30 Months of Impact Investing: Lessons and Reflections
30 Months of Impact Investing: Lessons and Reflections
Impact Investing

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Jan 7, 2021

Is Home Healthcare Market Ready to Take off in India?

Context As the country remained locked down during the Apr-Jun period in 2020, millions of chronic patients were deprived of appropriate medical help. Home service providers stepped in to fill a critical gap and home visits by doctors, blood tests at home for diseases such as diabetes, thyroid rose sharply. …

Home Health Care

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Is Home Healthcare Market Ready to Take off in India?
Is Home Healthcare Market Ready to Take off in India?
Home Health Care

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Oct 17, 2020

Can Pay after Placement/ ISA Models Reimagine Upskilling in India?

What is Pay after placement model? Pay after placement (or Income Sharing agreement) is a debt-free alternative to education loans. In ISA, once a student is placed, she/ he pays a certain percentage of their monthly income for 2–3 years as the cost of the education program. …

Income Sharing Agreements

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Can Pay after Placement/ ISA Models Reimagine Upskilling in India?
Can Pay after Placement/ ISA Models Reimagine Upskilling in India?
Income Sharing Agreements

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Sep 18, 2020

Is India Ready for a Plant-Based Meat Revolution?

What is Plant-Based Meat and Origins In 1971, Frances Lappe wrote a revolutionary bestseller ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ on American’s eating habits. In a period of rapid population growth, she contended that there was plenty of food for everyone. The problem was that more food went to nourish animals…

Plant Based Meat

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Is India Ready for a Plant-Based Meat Revolution?
Is India Ready for a Plant-Based Meat Revolution?
Plant Based Meat

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Aug 14, 2020

Nutraceuticals Market: The Hidden Gem in the Health & Wellness Space

As a child, I used to love Disney’s cartoon on the Adventures of Gummi Bears. The Gummi Bears had a magic potion which gave them super agility with rapid bouncing skills. I wished that I could have this superpower someday! Fast forward to 2020, the nutraceutical market is probably the…

Nutraceuticals

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Nutraceuticals Market: The Hidden Gem in the Health & Wellness Space
Nutraceuticals Market: The Hidden Gem in the Health & Wellness Space
Nutraceuticals

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Keshav Bagri

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Venture Capital, Blogger, Travel Enthusiast, Ex- Goldman Sachs

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