E44: Kunal Khattar (General Partner, AdvantEdge)

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Kunal is a serial entrepreneur & investor with 20+ years of global experience. His previous ventures include Carnation (exit to Mahindra Group), Laurus Labs (IPO NSE & BSE), Aptuit Inc., InfoPro Solutions Inc. (exit to Aptuit), Razorfish and Vodafone. Kunal has completed his Economic (Hons) from Delhi University, MBA from FSM and MS from Northwestern University’s Kellogg & Medill Graduate Schools.

In this episode we will cover:

  1. Learnings from 2020 (2:40)

  2. Where are the opportunities within the mobility sector (9:02)

  3. The future of EV in India (22:50)

  4. How can VCs influence regulation within the mobility sector (40:50)

  5. Opportunities and pitfalls within the last-mile and middle-mile delivery sector (51:07)

  6. Why did Kunal decide to become an investor? (1:07:40)

  7. Importance of sector focused funds vs generalists (1:15:00)

  8. Rapid fire (1:28:02)

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