Varsha Venugopal

And obviously, that has implications on the cost effectiveness of the model.

At the moment, most of the team is based in India and that was always the plan.

I am based in London and the plan is that I go back and forth.

One thing we have heard from Charity Entrepreneurship, and I think it's fairly standard advice by Vi Combinator and others, is the role of a co-founder.

And I think I was quite lucky early on to find Fiona.

And the idea is that she would very soon be moving to India, be based there.

So most of our team will be based there with me going back and forth as and when needed.

Is there benefit for me being in London?

Yes and no.

Yes, from the perspective of potentially linking to funders in this part of the world and maybe also in the US.

It's more a personal decision because I'm on a certain trajectory and I already was before I came into this.

It's much harder for me to move.

If I didn't have those restrictions, I mean, I have a family here and if I could convince all of them, I would probably move to India.

Yes, I have family in India and I was born and I grew up there.

Possibly.

Yeah.

So India is, of course, a big country and my middle class experience may not be the same as people in other regions and different income levels.

But having said that, because I grew up there, I'd like to think I can tap into my personal and professional networks.

Maybe I also understand some of the local context and politics better.

And I'd like to think I can also relate better to my team and the end users in different ways.