Welcome to the Vested Finance podcast! In this session, Darwin Arifin, a co-founder at Vested Finance discusses D2C with Pankaj Naik, Executive Director and Co-Head of Digital and Technology Investment Banking @ Avendus. On Pankaj: Pankaj is a seasoned banker with 20 years of banking experience. Prior to Avendus, he worked at J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch. Pankaj holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta. On Avendus: Avendus is the leading investment bank for technology deals in India. It has advised tech companies such as Lenskart, Swiggy, Nykaa, BookMyShow, Policybazaar, Ola, Acko, Zenoti, Mettl, to name a few. Date uploaded: Wednesday, 16th December 2020 Co-hosts: Darwin Arifin & Kaihan Lin Guest: Pankaj Naik Show Notes: (0:18) Who is Pankaj Naik? (0:53) Everything India: D2C, capital funding surrounding Covid, and the India-China relationship (1:13) The rise of D2C (3:14) Compatibility with the D2C model (5:15) The Digital Middlemen (8:02) The future of D2C in India (11:35) Impact of Chinese FDI in India, on the grand scheme of things (14:21) Startup funding: Adapting to the lockdown in India (15:55) On raising funds during these tumultuous times (17:43) For more on Pankaj and his work... Click here to access the D2C Brands report by Avendus. Follow Pankaj on... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pankaj-naik-b42b2b4/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/pankajrnaik/ Blog: https://vested.co.in/blog/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vestedfinanceco/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vestedfinance/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/vested-finance/ Website: https://www.vested.co.in/