Creating Impact at Scale | Chalo & Grip Invest
The most sustainable way for a country to develop its transportation infrastructure is by encouraging more use of public transport.
Car ownership comes with a whole host of issues like traffic jams, pollution, etc. Some of the best places to live in the world have more public transport usage than private vehicles. And in India, just like every other country - the solution to this problem has been found by startups.
Chalo makes lives easier for millions who use buses for commuting. The Mumbai-based startup is on the road to becoming one of the first unicorns in the public transportation space.
In the first part of a two-part absolutely riveting conversation, Nikhil Aggarwal shares his journey of building Chalo.
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In 2019, Nikhil Aggarwal exited Chalo and joined World Bank as a consultant in transport practice. The yearning to fulfil his entrepreneurial journey drove him to give entrepreneurship another go, and so Grip Invest was born!
Grip Invest is making structured debt available to end consumers directly, removing the middlemen from the process like banks and NBFCs. Grip Invest allows consumers to directly lend to corporates and earn a much higher rate of interest than saving via fixed deposits and other such instruments.
Nikhil gets candid about his journey of building this investment platform.
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Additional readings:-
1.How this fintech start-up wants to bring the rich man’s investment into smaller hands
2.Grip Investments Shows the Power of an Idea Lies in its Execution
3.How millennials are investing and diversifying their portfolios
Before you go……the analytics only tell me so much, I want to hear what you feel and think about the conversations.
Mail me at ad@thepodium.in with your comments & feedback or if you just want to hear my comments on your startup idea - I love getting your emails!
Until the next founder's thesis📕,
Your host, AD