Domkundwar: India's Next Fintech Wave Will Separate Infrastructure from Brands
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Vaibhav Domkundwar, founder of Better Capital, explains his thematic approach to early-stage investing in Indian fintech.
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“Let's say in FinTech, we saw a first generation of companies in India that were largely doing, Sort of a digital transformation, right? Digital lending, digital payments, and things like that, but I think we are now going to see a new generation of companies which are actually creating a new generation of products, and we'll have, let's say, fintech infra, which will separate out from fintech distribution and brands, for example, right?”
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