# VC10X - The Origin Story of Impact investing - Vineet Rai, Co-founder & Chairman, Aavishkaar Group

An episode of [VC10X - Investing, Venture Capital, Asset Management, Family Office, Wealth Management](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1632806986), 2 Apr 2024, 47 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/a453ddd4/podcast/play/84867786/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-3-2%2F4aa2915b-577e-fb01-9534-9d2a983e29be.mp3

Vineet Rai is a co-founder & Chairman of Aavishkaar. The Aavishkaar Group is focused on developing the impact ecosystem in Asia and Africa, and manages assets in excess of USD 1 billion across equity and credit, with 6,000+ employees across India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Kenya. We talk about - - The story how Vineet started Aavishkaar back in 2001 alongside his wife - How was "Impact Investing" founded and Aavishkaar's key role in it? - Aavishkaar being the only Indian fund that is a case study in Stanford Business School with not one, but 3 case studies done at Aavishkaar - How is "Impact investing" different from mainstream VC investing? - Relevance of impact investing in developed and developing countries - Helping the Bangladesh government seed the local investing ecosystem with a Fund of Funds model - How founders struggle with "Martyr syndrome"? & lots more Links: ⭐Sponsor: Podcast10x - End-to-end podcasting agency for VCs - https://podcast10x.com Aavishkaar website - https://aavishkaargroup.com/ Follow Vineet on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineet-rai-536160 Follow Vineet on X - https://x.com/Raivineet 🎙️Hosted by Prashant Choubey Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab/ X - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Subscribe to VC10X on Youtube - https://youtube.com/@vc10x VC10X is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts.

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