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Why everyone should pay more attention to India

1. Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath advices students to stay in India; here’s why

Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath took Twitter to share some advice with students who wish to go abroad. He has said that whenever students ask him for advice, he asks them to stay in the country as it will most likely have the best opportunities in future.

he wrote, “Globally, one in five people below 25 is from India. 47% of Indians, about 650 million, are below the age of 25. This group of young Indians has some unique characteristics.”

“Educated digital natives with global ambitions,” he added.

Zerodha's Nithin Kamath advices students to stay in India; here's why

2. Why everyone should pay more attention to India…

An excellent report on India. 

It covers the following areas

• Population

• Demographic dividend

• Internet

• The rising soft power of India

• Culture

• Content creators

• Technology ecosystem in India

Why everyone should pay more attention to India...

A podcast

1947 Rise Operator-angels podcast with Umang Kumar, Partner at CarDekho.

We also covered:

- How does he evaluate founders
- His investing process
- Industries he is excited about
- Wins, misses and learnings
- How to construct a cap table
- Role of luck
- who is he outside of work

& more!

Full conversation ☀️ https://bit.ly/3EVdg2k

Worth your attention:

1. Investment in agri tech startups jumps 2-fold to $4.6 bn in FY22 Link

2. Investors remain cautious despite uptick in November funding at $1.27 billion Link

3. India to have 700 million gamers by 2025: Report Link

4. KreditBee raises $80 million in Series D round Link

5. Cred to acquire lending-as-a-service firm CreditVidya Link

6. DeHaat raises $60M Series E funding led by Sofina and Temsek Link

7. Zetwerk makes fourth acquisition this year Link

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