Nikhil Basu Trivedi is Partner at Shasta Ventures, leading investments in a variety of consumer-oriented businesses. He also has a strong interest in industries that have yet to be transformed for the better by mobile and web technology, including healthcare, education, energy, and the life sciences. Nikhil has co-sponsored many of Shasta's investments since joining the team in 2012. In 2015, he was named to Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 list for Venture Capital.

We talk to Nikhil about D2C business trends, the success of subscription business models, and metrics that matter to investors.

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