In the first episode of Unscripted, a series of candid conversations with fund managers on where, how and why they invest, Blume Ventures partner Arpit Agarwal talks about his journey into venture capital, his investing approach and why deeptech has a long way to go before breaking out in India.
For Agarwal, startups were a way of life long before India’s startup ecosystem had even formed. Folks who have been around long enough will remember him as one of the organisers of the first Barcamp in Bangalore back in 2006. He later co-founded HeadStart, which is now the country’s largest early stage startup community.
At Blume Ventures, which he joined in 2014 as the firm’s sixth full-time employee, Agarwal specialises in deeptech and climate-tech investments. His bets include i.Do, Optimized Electrotech, Euler Motors, Spinny and Battery Smart.
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