Karun Arya of GetVantage on the Early Days, How GetVantage Provides Business Loans in 7-10 days, India's New Digital Infrastructure and his Lessons on Entrepreneurship

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Karun is part of the founding team and Chief Growth Officer of GetVantage. GetVantage invests between $25k - $2.5m in emerging business in India across certain sectors, like eCommerce, SaaS, gaming, cleantech. Karun is also an investor and advisor in GajiGesa, who’s founder Vidit was on this podcast earlier. Karun has a PR and comms background and has 15 yoe at both corporates and scale-ups like Uber and Rolls Royce, before starting GetVantage.

Listen to this episode for lots of insights on

• The early days of GetVantage: The idea, the team, the technology, first traction
• The USD 500 - 1,500bn SME funding gap and how GetVantage is helping close it
• How GetVantage is able to provide business loans within 7 to 10 days (!)
• The Indian government’s breakthrough initiatives to build a national digital infrastructure
• Karuns journey from India to the US to Singapore to India, and the change he sees
• Karun’s lessons on PR and comms and key tactics for others to up their game
• Karun’s lessons on entrepreneurship, and the importance of always remaining a student

Enjoy listening!