In a follow-up to our previous podcast episode about why Beyond Capital Ventures invests in Africa, our Managing Partner Eva Yazhari and Partner Nicholas Java discuss our firm’s dual focus on Indian startups and their importance in not only emerging markets but in the global economy as a whole.
In this insight-packed episode, Eva and Nicholas share data around India’s ascendant role in the global marketplace, as well as BCV’s unique approach and outlook to finding, vetting, and supporting Indian entrepreneurs who continue to contribute to and shape India’s evolving economy and the nation’s role on the global stage.
- Nicholas shares this episode’s Data of the Day, a defining point concerning investment in Indian startups in 2024 (1:22)
- He continues on to drop knowledge about the current and future states of India’s burgeoning economic landscape and consumer market (2:13)
- Eva explains why debt capital is essential for startups in emerging markets like India (6:39)
- Eva and Nicholas discuss pervasive biases that exist in regard to investing in Indian entrepreneurs (7:51)
- How Beyond Capital Ventures is contributing to India’s economic development overall by supporting and promoting startups — such as BCV portfolio company Lal10 — to the rest of the world (12:36)
- How entrepreneurs in emerging markets such as India are carefully striking a “sacred balance” between various stakeholders, including government, shareholders, customers, and communities (17:58)
- The idea behind BCV’s Equitable Venture structure and what it means for India’s founder ecosystem (23:24)
What is The Beyond Capital Podcast?
Tune into the Beyond Capital Podcast to discover how the C-Suite thinks about social impact as a business grows. Learn about how social values and causes integrate into a company's operations, product, culture - and ultimately - its success.
Eva and Ed have built, scaled and sold companies worth millions. We are active early-stage investors with more than 20 current investments. We sit on private and public-company boards, and we believe strongly in business as a force for good.
From the CEO of a company serving two and a half million healthy school meals a week to one of the world’s first and most successful recycling entrepreneurs, in each episode our candid conversations show how and why profit can be married with purpose. Inspiring leaders will articulate their philosophies and share the mark their business will leave on the world. You will be inspired by these stories to explore your own possibilities for social impact because money and meaning can co-exist!