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Abhishek Agarwal is an angel investor-turned-fund manager with 13+ years in the Indian Financial Market and Start-up Ecosystem. He started his career as a research analyst and is now the Founder of Rockstud Capital. He has a proven track record of successfully investing in both Startups and Listed Equities space. Rockstud Capital is India's first hybrid fund that invests in early-stage startups and listed equities traded on NSE in India. Key takeaways from the episode:  What does Pioneer Investcorp do? What was Abhishek's role there? Why did he choose to specialize in the cement sector? How important was this role for Abhishek in developing his entrepreneurial career? What was Abhishek's role in Fortune Interfinance? What was the switch like from a research analyst to a director? What were the challenges for setting things up in the family business? What was the trigger that told Abhishek that he must branch out on his own? How is being an intrapreneur different from being an entrepreneur? What was Abhishek's first investment?  Where is this company today? Why did Abhishek decide to move from investing and syndicating from angel networks to set up his own fund? how many investments did he make before starting Rockstud Capital? How was the idea behind Rockstud Capital conceptualized? What does Rockstud mean? What was the genesis of launching a hybrid fund when the VC fund itself was a new concept in India? What was the whole experience like raising capital for the first time? What was the thesis Abhishek was going after when he was looking to invest in companies? What was the most challenging startup that he invested in? What are Abhisheks top 2 favorites in listed equities and startups? When should a founder press the accelerator when it comes to PR? After screening a bunch of startups, what's Abhishek's biggest advice to founders?    ---   Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/damanitalks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/damanitalks/support

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-agarwal-rockstud/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Abhishek Agarwal</a> is an angel investor-turned-fund manager with 13+ years in the Indian Financial Market and Start-up Ecosystem. He started his career as a research analyst and is now the Founder of Rockstud Capital. He has a proven track record of successfully investing in both Startups and Listed Equities space. <a href="https://www.rockstudcap.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rockstud Capital</a> is India's first hybrid fund that invests in early-stage startups and listed equities traded on NSE in India. Key takeaways from the episode: <ul> <li>What does Pioneer Investcorp do? What was Abhishek's role there? Why did he choose to specialize in the cement sector? How important was this role for Abhishek in developing his entrepreneurial career?</li> <li>What was Abhishek's role in Fortune Interfinance? What was the switch like from a research analyst to a director? What were the challenges for setting things up in the family business? What was the trigger that told Abhishek that he must branch out on his own? How is being an intrapreneur different from being an entrepreneur?</li> <li>What was Abhishek's first investment?  Where is this company today? Why did Abhishek decide to move from investing and syndicating from angel networks to set up his own fund? how many investments did he make before starting Rockstud Capital?</li> <li>How was the idea behind Rockstud Capital conceptualized? What does Rockstud mean? What was the genesis of launching a hybrid fund when the VC fund itself was a new concept in India? What was the whole experience like raising capital for the first time?</li> <li>What was the thesis Abhishek was going after when he was looking to invest in companies? What was the most challenging startup that he invested in? What are Abhisheks top 2 favorites in listed equities and startups?</li> <li>When should a founder press the accelerator when it comes to PR? After screening a bunch of startups, what's Abhishek's biggest advice to founders? </li> </ul> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/damanitalks/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/damanitalks/message</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/damanitalks/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/damanitalks/support</a>

Episode XXXiv- Abhishek Agarwal, Founder of Rockstud Capital

In this episode of Market Meditations, the focus is going to be Oncology with guest Abhishek Agarwal. Currently, the head of strategy for oncology at GSK he believes that oncology is where most medical innovation comes from that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer, and foresees that we will see many forms of cancer becoming livable within our lifetime. The research on cancer prevention is happening, and the bigger question is how society will pay for it, a more challenging problem, according to Agarwal.

#54 - Keeping a Pulse on Oncology: Guest Abhishek Agarwal

I was joined by @Abhishek Agarwal, who is a Co-Founder at @Pappco Greenware. Pappco Greenware is a sustainable food packaging provider. So basically, packaging such as takeaway boxes, bowls, plates and more that are made from sustainable materials.  Pappco is a bootstrapped company that has grown very fast and is now serving some of the largest hotel chains in India and are now going global!    Single-use Plastic waste is one of the biggest problems that we face in India and I learned so much from Abhishek who is working to solve this problem! Some of the key takeaways from the podcast that I took were:    Just do it: If you have an idea that you feel has value, you have to just get started. You may not be an expert right away, but you will learn and become one through the journey Get your hands dirty: The best way to learn is by getting your hands dirty and working on every aspect of the supply chain. Abhishek talks about how he has worked on everything from packaging their products to delivering them to the post office. This way, he learned every aspect of the business and this is helping him greatly as they continue to scale.  When being a leader, don’t ask your team to do anything that you wouldn’t do yourself. Abhishek talks about the importance that working on the ground floor with his teams made when growing Pappco.     If you’re looking to create an impact in India and want to know how to build a project from scratch, this podcast is definitely for you!

I was joined by @Abhishek Agarwal, who is a Co-Founder at @Pappco Greenware. Pappco Greenware is a sustainable food packaging provider. So basically, packaging such as takeaway boxes, bowls, plates and more that are made from sustainable materials.  Pappco is a bootstrapped company that has grown very fast and is now serving some of the largest hotel chains in India and are now going global!    Single-use Plastic waste is one of the biggest problems that we face in India and I learned so much from Abhishek who is working to solve this problem! Some of the key takeaways from the podcast that I took were:   <ol> <li>Just do it: If you have an idea that you feel has value, you have to just get started. You may not be an expert right away, but you will learn and become one through the journey</li> <li>Get your hands dirty: The best way to learn is by getting your hands dirty and working on every aspect of the supply chain. Abhishek talks about how he has worked on everything from packaging their products to delivering them to the post office. This way, he learned every aspect of the business and this is helping him greatly as they continue to scale. </li> <li>When being a leader, don’t ask your team to do anything that you wouldn’t do yourself. Abhishek talks about the importance that working on the ground floor with his teams made when growing Pappco.   </li> </ol> If you’re looking to create an impact in India and want to know how to build a project from scratch, this podcast is definitely for you!

Pappco: Building a more sustainable India, one dish at a time with Co-Founder Abhishek Agarwal