Kapoor: Indians are inherently charitable when given streamlined online giving options
Kunal Kapoor · Kunal Kapoor on building Ketto, the largest Crowdsourcing platform in India · Jan 12, 2021 · at 4:47
Kunal Kapoor, co-founder of crowdfunding platform Ketto, rejects the common investor perception that Indians are uncharitable.
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“Our belief is that Indians are actually very charitable. It's just that we give in very different ways. And if we meet that something that was streamlined and we bought that online, then you would see a lot more Indians coming forward and doing charity.”
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