Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Investment in India

Getting ready for the panel discussion on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Investment in India. On stage from left to right: Moderator Praneet Garg, Managing Director, Asia Alternatives, Kashyap Deorah, Founder & CEO of Hypertrack, and Ritesh Banglani, Investment Team, Stellaris Venture Partners. 

Enjoying drinks on the patio. From left to right, Guest of Asia Alternatives, Jishnu Battacharjee, Nexus Venture Partners, Rahul Sarin, Avendus, and Savior Susan, Nexus Venture Partners

Asia Alternatives Co-Founder, Rebecca Xu, enjoying chatting with guests. 

Asia Society Northern California Members and Guests enjoying pre-discussion drinks on the patio.

From left to right: C. Richard Kramlich, Asia Society Northern California Board Member & Chairman & Co-Founder New Enterprise Associates, Zheng Yu Huang, President, Committee of 100, and Margaret Conley, Executive Director of Asia Society Northern California.

Networking on the patio. 

Welcoming words by Margaret Conley, Executive Director of Asia Society Northern California. 

Guests enjoying the lively panel discussion.

From left to right: Moderator Praneet Garg, Managing Director, Asia Alternatives, and panelists Kashyap Deorah, Founder & CEO of Hypertrack, Ritesh Banglani, Investment Team, Stellaris Venture Partners, and Jishnu Bhattacharjee. 

Praneet Garg, Managing Director, Asia Alternatives’ Hong Kong office expertly moderating the discussion. 

Kashyap Deorah, HyperTrack’s Founder and Chief Executive answering Praneet's rapid fire questions. 

Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners, a pioneer of investing in innovative companies building global technology products leveraging India and technology-led businesses for India. 

Ritesh Banglani from Stellaris Venture Partners Investment Team answering questions about investing in companies solving uniquely Indian problems, especially those applying new technologies to their industry for the first time. 

Margaret Conley, Executive Director of Asia Society Northern California welcoming questions from the audience.

Bhavani Kalisetty, Google, asking questions. 

From left to right: Anup Gupta, Nexus Venture Partners and Guest.

Akihiko Yasuda, Asia Alternatives, and Sandeep Murthy, LightBox Ventures enjoying dinner. 

Srikanth Seelin, Metlink Associates, and guest enjoying dinner. 

From left to right: Ron Shah, Nina Ventures, Oksana Riabichko, Botprise and Kishan Bulusu, Botprise

Alice Singh, CM Capital Advisors, Jessie Qiu, Asia Alternatives and Guest enjoying dinner.