Anup Jain, Orios Venture Partners, on identifying the best founders a investing in Consumer Brands
Anup worked with some top of the line consumer brands like - Bata, Yum! Restaurants International (Pizza Hut), Whirpool, and PaG among others for over 20 years of his career.In 2015 he started his own family office through which he mentored and Angel Invested in several startups over the next 2 years.In 2017 he joined Orios Venture Partners, where he currently focuses on retail, fintech, healthTech, edTech and D2C brands.Some popular startups in its portfolio - PharmEasy, Zostel, MoneyOnClick, CountryDelight, Gully Network, BeatO among others.In this podcast, Anup shares his experience of identifying top-quality founders and how their portfolio companies are combating with the lockdown due to Covid-19. Notes - 00:42 - Working at Consumer Brands to joining Orios Venture Partners05:11 - Thesis behind investing in Portfolio companies - Multiple pain points, Founders a Team with quality execution experience08:06 - Investing in BeatO - Personal assistant for managing Diabetes09:10 - Investing in MoneyOnClick - Personal loan for salaried professionals09:52 - Investing in Gully Network Retail11:58 - What are their portfolio companies doing to survive through Covid-19?16:08 - Exploring new investments vs re-investment in existing portfolio companies18:15 - Helping out Portfolio companies with - Extending runway a Optimising operations19:25 - Is it a suitable situation to consider an MaA?21:45 - PharmEasy being the crown-jewel of Orios Venture Partners26:12 - Sectoral outlook for potential tailwinds during Covid-19
