1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With BV Jagadeesh, Managing Partner at KAAJ Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Great! In terms of geography, you’ve invested in India and Silicon Valley. What is your group’s investment thesis in terms of geography?

BV Jagadeesh: Primarily because I like to spend more time with the entrepreneurs, I like to do more companies out of Silicon Valley. My heart is still in India. I do have about two or three companies in India. I want to limit myself with that. Otherwise, it starts to eat into my morning and evening times which are very important to me. SVQuad is primarily centered around US-based companies.

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