Goenka: The scarcity of Indian D2C unicorns will change within two years
Abhishek Goenka · The PLAYBOOK To Win The D2C Market Ft. Abhishek Goenka, Head & CIO RPSG Capital Ventures · Nov 28, 2022 · at 32:05
Abhishek Goenka, Head of RPSG Capital Ventures, addresses the disparity between India's numerous tech unicorns and its very few D2C unicorns.
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“Probably this is the reason why, you know, we haven't seen and heard you know, too many D to C unicorns, but I'm quite certain in the next couple of years, this thing would change.”
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