Startup Fridays S2 Ep.10: Satya Bansal on the journey from his grandfather’s ‘bahi’ to an international banker and climate VC investor

<p>Satya started life in a village, some 80km north of Jaipur city, in Rajasthan.</p> <p>He earned a chartered accountant’s qualification and attended an advanced management programme at Harvard Business School. In a career that spans more than 30 years, he rose to become a top executive in private banking, first at ICICI Bank, in Singapore, and then at Barclays, where he was chief executive of private banking in India for more than 10 years.</p> <p>He started Blue Ashva in 2019 and the firm is investing about $150 million in startups that are attempting to solve big problems in energy, food security, climate change, and economic immobility of those at the bottom of the pyramid.</p> <p>More about Satya Bansal and Blue Ashva Capital:</p> <p>https://www.blueashvacapital.com/story</p> <p>Theme music courtesy Free Music &amp; Sounds:</p> <p>https://soundcloud.com/freemusicandsounds</p>