Bhargavi Varma is the founder of Brown Girl Angels, a global angel and VC collective of South Asian women mobilizing their capital and investing in South Asian female led startups. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter - Brown Girls, Money Moves and our global dinner series, Brown Girls, Desi Dinners and stay connected.
Bhargavi Varma is the founder of Brown Girl Angels, a global angel and VC collective of South Asian women mobilizing their capital and investing in South Asian female led startups. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter - Brown Girls, Money Moves and our global dinner series, Brown Girls, Desi Dinners and stay connected.

In this episode, host Bhargavi Varma is joined by Charles Hudson and Amrita Saigal to talk about conviction in venture capital and how backing founders with a mission is key to making profit. Charles demonstrates the power that comes from conviction of self and ideas; something he found in Amrita as a founder. Discover how Amrita's journey from engineering to entrepreneurship led to the creation of a sustainable diaper brand, and learn about Charles' approach to investing in diverse founders and innovative consumer products.
We get into the real-world challenges of consumer goods, the rise of elegant sustainability, and how early-stage bets shape the future of startups.
About The Founder:
Amrita Saigal, Founder and CEO of Kudos, a direct-to-consumer sustainable baby diaper startup. She created Kudos to provide elegant, sustainable diapers and has grown into a household name, been invested in by Gwenyth Paltrow and Mark Cuban, and is sold in Target. Previously, Amrita created Saathi- a sustainable sanitary pad company, and led Biz Dev at Google X.
About The Investor:
Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner and Founder of Precursor Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in the first institutional round of investment for the most promising software and hardware companies. Notably, Superhuman, Co-Star, MarcoPolo.
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Brown Girls, Bold Moves is hosted by Bhargavi Varma. Find out more about Brown Girl Angels here. The show is made by editaudio. It’s edited, mixed and produced by Megan Hayward. Our Production Manager is Kathleen Speckert. Our Associate Producer is Kam Grewal. Theme music for Brown Girls, Bold Moves is by Kunal Merchant, Prateeksha Srivastava, and 6091 from Indo Warehouse.
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