Ashish Gupta: Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in India Part-2
By kamla bhatt • Jan 5th, 2008Category: Bangalore, Business & Tech, Diaspora, Featured, Ideas, India, VC & Private Equity Funding
We continue with our candid conversation with Ashish Gupta, co-founder of Helion Ventures. In Part-2 of our conversation Ashish talks about entrepreneurship and innovation in India. Ashish is an entrepreneur turned investor, who has had a successful exit in India through Daksh that was acquired by IBM.
Ashish says we have reached an inflection point in entrepreneurship in India. What does that inflection point mean to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists and investors? What does Ashish have to say about the constant refrain from the Indian entrepreneurship community about the shortage of funds and mentors in India? How do you create an ecosystem to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in India? Are there enough angels and seed money available in India?
Ashish says not enough people have made money through entrepreneurship in India. Tune in to find out what else he has to say about entrepreneurship, innovation and creating an ecosystem for entrepreneurship in India.
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
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