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Why 70% of India Is Invisible to VCs | Jyotsna Krishnan (Elevar/ EPIC)
Category: Business
Duration: 01:50:41
Publish Date: 2025-08-06 06:30:00
Description:

India’s real economic engine isn’t in big cities - it’s in the 400 million+ people building, trading, and growing across Middle India.  

In this episode of the Founder Thesis Podcast, host Akshay Datt speaks with Jyotsna Krishnan (Managing Partner, Elevar Equity;  CEO and Co-Founder, Epic World) on how to invest, build, and scale startups for India’s underserved majority.  

With 15+ years in impact investing, Jyotsna shares how Elevar Equity has backed 50+ companies, catalyzed $3B+ in follow-on capital, and impacted over 60 million low-income households - proving that profit and purpose aren’t mutually exclusive.  

She also introduces Epic World and Epic Intelligence, a data platform designed to map the $10 trillion informal economy of entrepreneurial households in India.  

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