Episode 6: Investing in consumer brands for Bharat! Ft. Arjun Vaidya, Co-Founder, V3 Ventures

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ACLR8 Founder Academy

Karan Jindal

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Episode 6: Investing in consumer brands for Bharat! Ft. Arjun Vaidya, Co-Founder, V3 Ventures

ACLR8 Founder Academy

49 minutes 26 seconds

1 year ago

Episode 6: Investing in consumer brands for Bharat! Ft. Arjun Vaidya, Co-Founder, V3 Ventures

Today’s guest at the founder academy, is someone who has been a founder and investor. ⁣

As a founder, Arjun founded Dr. Vadiya’s. Scaled it to one of the fastest growing Ayurveda D2C brands in the country and sold it for 100 crores in 4 years. ⁣

As an investor, Arjun founded V3 ventures and raised over $100M to invest in some of India’s best consumer brands. ⁣

In this episode we discussed:⁣

Arjun's personal journey while growing up and what inspired him to entrepreneurship⁣
Building and scaling Dr. Vaidyda's⁣
Selling Dr. Vaidya's to RPSG group for INR 100 crores⁣
Journey as an angel investor and Arjun's top 3 investments featuring Lahori Jeera, P-TAL and Knya Med⁣
Starting V3 Ventures and raising a $100M fund to invest in consumer brands
Advice to early stage founders on fund raising⁣
Top sectors and categories Arjun is excited by⁣
Top investments from the fund featuring - Kuku FM & Dil Foods⁣
Investing with Empathy and building a partnership with founders
Importance of work life balance ⁣
Rapid fire with Arjun featuring many things people don't know about him. ⁣

⁣Catch the full episode and let us know what you think.⁣

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Content Timelines:⁣

00:00 - Pre-cap⁣
01:30 - Intro⁣
02:35 - Arjun's personal journey⁣
04:02 - Building Dr. Vadiya's⁣
08:20 - Figuring out your strengths and MOAT while building a D2C brand⁣
10:45 - Challenges in raising money for Dr. Vaidya's⁣
11:50 - Selling Dr. Vadiya's for INR 100 crores⁣
16:50 - What inspired Arjun to start angel investing⁣
18:50 - 3 of Arjun's top investments as an angel⁣
23:45 - Starting V3 ventures and raising $100M for the first fund⁣
30:00 - Importance of content creation for brands and founders⁣
31:05 - 3 categories that V3 ventures is excited by⁣
37:00 - Unique investments from V3⁣
40:30 - Transition from founder to investor⁣
43:00 - 3 questions that founders need to answer before starting a brand⁣
44:00 - Rapid fire with Arjun⁣
46:30 - Arjun's association with ACLR8⁣
48:00 - Future of WA commerce in the country featuring Business on Bot⁣
49:10 - Ending remarks