On Impact Investing with Bharath Visweswariah, Omidyar Network India

Use Case

The job of the Venture Capitalist, as has been mentioned on the show before, is in many ways to predict change and place bets that are likely to give returns. However, for an impact investor, it’s not just about predicting change but also about creating change.

Bharath Visweswariah, Director of Investments at Omidyar Network is one such investor who has, by way of placing strong bets like The Ken and Newslaundry, definitely lead the frontiers to sectoral change from the forefront.

After a successful career in the corporate world first as Project Manager at Mckinsey and then as the Managing Director at CEB, Bharath moved to the world of impact, setting up the University of Chicago’s India centre and then as the Director of Antara Foundation before joining his present role at Omidyar Network where he leads investments in civic-tech, media, citizen engagement and now his newfound passion - legal tech!

It’s a great listen, and we could not have hoped for a better person to have on the show to talk about the topic.

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