About

Vivek Kaushik is a Co-Founder of Hungry Foal, a food tech venture that aims to make nutrition tasty, affordable and accessible to all. He co-founded the company with Japna Rishi Kaushik and has been leading it since its inception. Hungry Foal manufactures and sells healthy and nutritional food products in Tier 2,3,4 cities of India. The company is a bootstrapped venture that later went on raising funds from Angels, State Bank of India, seed funding from GAIL (India) Ltd under its startup initiative, ‘Pankh’ and Pre Series A funding from renowned national & international investors. Vivek has also co-founded Aarambh Ventures, one of the top 5 Startup Accelerators in Delhi / NCR, INDIA. At Aarambh, he worked with startups where an Innovator's solution to a problem is being capitalized by an entrepreneur to create an Economic Impact. He is passionate about SMEs, technology-based businesses, and social entrepreneurship. He has a diverse experience spanning across non-profits, information technology, mobile wallets, food tech, and social enterprises. He co-founded a social enterprise that developed one of the fastest-growing online job portals for informal/blue-collar workers in India. He conceptualized and launched Oxigen's B2C Fin-Tech Product, Oxigen Wallet. Vivek is skilled in advising and helping individuals and startups in developing and executing strategic plans, setting-up and administering budgets, going from idea to large scale deployment, Fund Raising, P&L Leadership, Growth Planning, Business Strategy & Development, Product Strategy & Development, Business Operations & People Management, Impact Investment, Social Enterprises. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance from icfai business school, Gurgaon, and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree from Punjabi University, Patiala. He also completed his Intermediate from Jai Hind Inter College, Charthawal, Muzaffarnagar. Vivek's relevant experience in the industry is 15.45 years.