Aakash Kumar

Operator-to-investor: Aakash transitioned from operator roles (founder, product and strategy at startups and later product/monetisation and growth leadership at Indus OS, Housing.com and Disney+ Hotstar) into venture investing. His operator background is a central part of his investing approach — he partners closely with early-stage founders on product, GTM and monetisation. z47+2

Early-stage active angel and VC: He has been an active angel investor for a decade (public bios reference ~100+ founders backed) and now leads early-stage investing at Z47 and DeVC. His investment interests often include consumer, enterprise AI, gaming, web3/blockchain and frontier technologies. z47+2

Product and monetisation expertise at scale: Public interviews and talks credit him with leading growth and monetisation at Hotstar (ad + subscription), describing his role in building ad-tech and subscription flows that materially scaled the business. youtube+1

Community & founder‑facing builder: Through DeVC and his public engagement (podcasts, events, community sessions) he plays an active role in community building — running a collective that offers operational and GTM support to very early founders. devc+1