48 | Rajeev Mantri, Venture Investing and India’s Economic Prospects

My guest today is Rajeev Mantri (@RMantri). Rajeev is the founder and managing director of India-focused venture capital firm Navam Capital. Prior to founding Navam, Rajeev worked as a venture capital investor at New York-based Lux Capital, focusing on investments in deep technology ventures.

In this conversation, we cover deep tech investing within India, and A New Idea of India.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Rajeev Mantri.

 

For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on  https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep48 

 

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Show Notes:

[00:00:31] - [First question] - Background

[00:02:09] - How does writing and investing complement each other? 

[00:03:25] - What is Deep Tech Investing

[00:04:45] - What has Rajeev learned from Josh Wolfe?

[00:08:23] - Difference in deep tech investing in the US vs India

[00:16:09] - How to find deep tech investments?

[00:20:38] - Commonalities in deep tech founders?

[00:22:55] - How to promote more people starting deep tech companies?

[00:26:45] - How did the book “A New Idea of India” come about?

[00:28:58] - What is India’s ‘North Star’ and the concept of Dharma

[00:34:52] - Will India become a cultural superpower?

 

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Connect with Rajeev:

Navam Capital: https://www.navamcapital.com/team/  

Follow Rajeev on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RMantri 

Connect with Rajeev on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmantri/ 

Buy Rajeev’s Book - “A New Idea of India”: https://amzn.to/3uvKelm / https://www.anewideaofindia.com/

 

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