EP 9: Transitioning from a Founder to Investor - Kushal Bhagia (CEO - FirstCheque) | Early Stage Investing | Fundraising | The Startup Operator
The Startup OperatorMay 30, 202000:46:34

EP 9: Transitioning from a Founder to Investor - Kushal Bhagia (CEO - FirstCheque) | Early Stage Investing | Fundraising | The Startup Operator

Kushal is the CEO of First Cheque - a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups. He started his career by founding Nayi Disha to build motion-based educational games for kindergartners. Kushal transitioned from a founder to an operator in 2015 and was then a part of upGrad’s early core team building key corporate partnerships. In this episode, we talk to Kushal on what it's like to transition from a founder to an operator to an investor, learnings from meeting early-stage startups, and what founders can learn to build a successful company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Kushal is the CEO of First Cheque - a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups. He started his career by founding Nayi Disha to build motion-based educational games for kindergartners. Kushal transitioned from a founder to an operator in 2015 and was then a part of upGrad’s early core team building key corporate partnerships. 


In this episode, we talk to Kushal on what it's like to transition from a founder to an operator to an investor, learnings from meeting early-stage startups, and what founders can learn to build a successful company.

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message