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Light Box and its bets on the India story: consumption, supply chains & an evolving customer

Vishal Krishna

In this episode we bring you Sandeep Murthy of Light Box. The venture fund has only invested in a dozen plus Indian startups and has been a partner to several startups by enabling their operations to scale. Sandeep talks about the growth of the India story and beyond in this podcast.

00:00 - Introduction to Light Box and the Indian venture opportunity
02:13 - India having changed in the last decade.
06:15 - Looking at India's consumer brand opportunity.
12:50 - Building a brand where there is little wastage.
21:00 - Being disciplined and focused to build a new India
29:00 - Investing as India evolved with tech.
36:36 - Investing is about helping the entrepreneur.
42:00 - Thinking about starting up, working with complexity
45:12 - Operating differently from other VCs
53:25 - Options for liquidity in the market.
01:04:35 - Being inspired by EDM

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