Astarc Ventures’ Salil Musale on investing in startups
Summary
According to Salil Musale, Managing Director, Astarc Ventures, the best way to choose to invest in businesses is by getting a sense of people building the businesses and technologies.This is why he moved back to India from Africa when he kept hearing about the momentum in the Indian startup ecosystem, especially in areas like automotive and agriculture, and how the sectors were getting disrupted with new innovations.This led him to establish Astarc Ventures, an early-stage VC fund. Since we have built many businesses, it is the value-add that I wanted to bring to these companies, Salil shares.Ranveer Allahbadia, popularly known as BeerBiceps, is a man of many talents. Apart from being a creator, he is also an entrepreneur and a motivational speaker.Watch this episode of Influencers Inc by YourStory to hear his story as he delves into the nitty-gritties of being a creator.The role of an intimacy coordinator is to uphold the performance consent of the actor while filming intimate scenes, and at the same time, make sure that the vision of the director is achieved.Aastha Khanna may well be on her way to becoming Indias first intimacy coordinator, ensuring the comfort and well-being of actors who have agreed to participate in intimate scenes on sets. Read more.At Bombay Shaving Company, Chirag Taneja realised direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands face a lot of problems such as lower cash on delivery (CoD) conversion rates, return to origin (RTO) orders, and rising customer acquisition costs.In 2020, he founded GoKwik that solves for ecommerce, issues like increasing cash-on-delivery and check-out conversion rates and reducing return orders for clients. Pune-based brain stroke and neurology healthtech startup iCardin (Nuclius Health Pvt Ltd) has reportedly raised $100,000 from UK-based businessman Jitendra Patel, who operates the Grandbydale drugstore business.Before you go, stay inspired withNow get the Daily Capsule in your inbox.