Gaurav Thakkar works out of Silicon Road Ventures' Mumbai office, giving him a hands-on role sourcing startups in India, and his career mixes time in venture investing, Rockstud Capital, BDO, and Morgan Stanley, so he brings both financial and startup experience to his work. He pays close attention to India-specific areas like sustainability, indigenous manufacturing, space tech, and defence tech, pushes founders to get their financial management and compliance in order early, looks for companies that own their whole workflow instead of just one part of it (as he described with Revspot.ai), and also mentors upcoming investors and founders through programs like HireVC's VC Fellowship and LaunchPilot.