55: Harsh Shah (Fynd) | "Four ways of sourcing deals" | 1947 Operators

Harsh Shah is the co-founder of Fynd.  

Fynd is India's largest omnichannel platform helping retail businesses accelerate growth. 

Fynd was acquired by Reliance in 2019. Harsh is a prolific angel investor. He has made over 60 investments till date.  

Timeline: 

00:00 Top Moments 

00:13 Intro to pod with Harsh 

01:21 What drove Harsh to angel investing and what was his first angel investment? 

05:18 How does Harsh source, pick, and win deals? 

07:48 What triggers Harsh to invest? 10:21 What were his biggest wins and misses and learning from them? 

16:52 His advise to operators looking to start angel investing 

18:40 How would he go about constructing a cap table? 

22:25 If money and attention are not needed anymore what would he work on? 

24:12 How much of his success would he attribute to luck and why? 

24:50 What is his relationship with money? 26:12 Who is Harsh outside of work? 

27:21 What’s his favorite country?