Ashish Banka

Founder, Goosebumps | Media Maven | Rural Marketing Advocate | Championing Positive Work Culture | Ex.Co-founder, IWMBuzz & Eggfirst | Stanford Seed Spark | Doctorate in Leadership | Times 40u40 | Angel Investor

πŸ“ IndiaπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 1 investmentsπŸ“… 5 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Oct 2021
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Angel Investor
Oct 2021
Inflection Point Ventures was started in 2018 with the aim of driving exponential value creation by being India’s most accessible & efficient network connecting a diverse investor community with a carefully set of curated startups. IPV is an early-stage angel investing platform, which provides both monetary and non-monetary support to the startups, as well as complete transparency around valuation, findings during due diligence, and personal interest (if any) to its investors. Today, it has 14,000+ angel investors, with the community having expanded beyond CXOs to include HNIs who come from varied backgrounds, professions and areas of expertise. IPV caters to investors pan India, and overseas, giving them access to startups and deals, making the group location and region agnostic. Since inception, we have invested in 250+ startups, with more in advanced stages of negotiations. IPV evaluation process screens startups and presents to investors only those, we feel have the potential to scale up. Till date we have considered startups spanning various industries such as Healthcare, Sports and Fitness, Retail Finance, HR, AI in hiring, Education, Supply Chain and Logistics etc, which shows that we do not have any predefined restrictions. For more information please visit our website.
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2023
Founder
Oct 2023
Weve all experienced those exhilarating moments when our skin tingles with excitement. Thats precisely what we aim to create with our work – that visceral, emotional response that sends shivers down your spine. Goosebumps represents the unforgettable, the extraordinary, and the remarkable stories we strive to tell. Its not just a word; its an experience we promise to deliver. When you collaborate with Goosebumps, youre not just getting an agency; youre partnering with a team that excels in crafting compelling narratives that evoke goosebumps – those moments of intense emotion and connection with your audience. Our name is a reflection of our passion for storytelling. We see every project as an opportunity to create a goosebump-inducing experience for your audience. Whether its through captivating video content, innovative rural advertising or a 360 degrees campaign, our goal is to make your brand resonate in a way that gives people goosebumps. Welcome to Goosebumps – where we turn stories into spine-tingling experiences."
2021
Co-founder & CEO
Dec 2021
Eggfirst is a specialist rural advertising and digital agency, crafting national rural brands via mainstream advertising and digital marketing. Established in 2004, Eggfirst has built more than 2700 rural brand campaigns through insightful consumer understanding (of rural India), powerful creativity and thoughtful media outreach. Digital advertising has been a critical and integral component of our outreach In the last decade odd. While nobody really knows what came first, we believe its Eggfirst :) An agency that certainly believes in not being a fence-sitter. An agency that believes in moving ahead with conviction. We certainly take pride in bring an agency thats As Good As Our Word. We love the consumers of rural India, or Bharat as we fondly call it. Our drive is, Bharat Badhtaa jaaye, hum haath bataayein. If you love Bharat as much as we do, Lets Connect! Write into ourword@Eggfirst.com or call +91 9870787892 https://www.eggfirst.com/
Angel Investor
Oct 2021
Inflection Point Ventures was started in 2018 with the aim of driving exponential value creation by being India’s most accessible & efficient network connecting a diverse investor community with a carefully set of curated startups. IPV is an early-stage angel investing platform, which provides both monetary and non-monetary support to the startups, as well as complete transparency around valuation, findings during due diligence, and personal interest (if any) to its investors. Today, it has 14,000+ angel investors, with the community having expanded beyond CXOs to include HNIs who come from varied backgrounds, professions and areas of expertise. IPV caters to investors pan India, and overseas, giving them access to startups and deals, making the group location and region agnostic. Since inception, we have invested in 250+ startups, with more in advanced stages of negotiations. IPV evaluation process screens startups and presents to investors only those, we feel have the potential to scale up. Till date we have considered startups spanning various industries such as Healthcare, Sports and Fitness, Retail Finance, HR, AI in hiring, Education, Supply Chain and Logistics etc, which shows that we do not have any predefined restrictions. For more information please visit our website.
2017
Founder and Head of Business
Mar 2017
IWMBuzz (IWM Publishing & Communication Pvt Ltd) One of the fastest growing media and entertainment companies in India in the space of internet publishing (content creation and distribution), branded content, live events, and influencer marketing.