1Mby1M AI Investor Forum: Piyush Kharbanda, General Partner at Vertex Ventures (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Interesting. I gave a talk recently at Kellogg about Indian startups: Past, Present, and Future. The recording will be available soon. We’ll publish it and you can take a look. One of the things I said is that India has this background in the services industry; the services industry came out of low-end services, BPO, et cetera. But now with human-in-the loop AI services, wherever there is a do-it-for-me scenario, this is actually to India’s advantage, especially if the services can be done from India.

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Colors: Ainhoa I

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Ainhoa I

Ainhoa I | Sramana Mitra, 2018 | Watercolor, Ink | 9  x 12, On Paper

May 22 – 686th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 686th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to Pitch and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to Attend to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be Interested.

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685th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Manu Rekhi, Inventus Capital Partners

Manu Rekhi, Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.

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685th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: May 15 – AI Investment Thesis with Manu Rekhi, Inventus Capital Partners

During this week’s roundtable, we had Manu Rekhi, Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners, discussing his firm’s AI investment thesis.

Techjays

As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Philip Samuelraj from Menlo Park, California, pitch Techjays.

Pitchlabz

Then we had Varun Kapoor from Dubai, UAE, pitch Pitchlabz.

Lino

Next we had Bharat Vohra from Amritsar, Punjab, India, pitch Lino.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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1Mby1M AI Investor Forum: Piyush Kharbanda, General Partner at Vertex Ventures (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What have you invested in that has passed all these diligence tests and emerged as something that looks like it could stand on its own without getting blindsided.

Cloud Stocks: How is Atlassian Going to Handle Usage-Based Pricing for AI Agents?

Enterprise collaboration solutions provider Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM) recently announced its third quarter results that outpaced past market expectations. However, a slightly weaker outlook sent the stock falling 18% in the after-hours trading session.