About me

Founding Partner, Favcy Venture Builders and 1stCheque by Favcy Investment Committee Member, Openbook VC Former Founder, PGB Digital and DiscountKar.De Harshit holds a Bachelor’s degree of Financial and Investment Analysis from Shaheed Sukhdev College Of Business Studies, University of Delhi. He also holds an NSE Certification in Financial Markets (Derivatives, Commodities and Technical Analysis) from the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange and from the International Institute of Financial Markets. As one of the Founding Partners at Favcy Venture Builders, Harshit leads the Investments vertical for the Favcy, the largest venture builder in India. He works closely with more than 5,000 angel investors in helping them find lucrative startup investment opportunities and in structuring their startup portfolio to generate optimal returns. Through the experience he has gathered in the digital startup ecosystem with Favcy and through his prior entrepreneurial stints, he brings on-ground experience of having built startups from the zero to one journey. At the Shaheed Sukhdev College Of Business Studies Incubator, University of Delhi, he gathered early startup experience as the co-founder of PGB Digital and later as the founder of DiscountKar.De. With DKD, a restaurant-focussed technology and discounts platform, Harshit gathered experience in building and scaling a consumer tech brand across 3 cities in India. The early success of the venture enabled a few hundred restaurants to acquire thousands of new customers through the platform’s user base. Harshit was the recipient of the Most Promising Student Entrepreneur award at SSCBS for the success demonstrated. As one of the three co-founders of PGB Digital, Harshit worked with Small and Medium Businesses in helping them grow through digital-first initiatives and through performance advertising on digital platforms. Through PGB’s support on digital marketing spends across industries ranging from sports to ed-tech, clients were able to generate positive return on their investments north of 5x.