The Patient Capital Paradox: Sarjeet Yadav on Redefining Venture Capital for Sovereignty
Colonel (Retd.) Sarjeet Yadav, a decorated combat veteran turned defense tech investor, views risk not as the enemy of safety but as an opportunity that must be deliberately designed and mitigated—lessons forged in counterinsurgency and now applied to strategic investing. He backs only founders who deeply understand the soldier-user, build true sovereign capability (beyond mere assembly), and practice “active patience” through rigorous milestones, while rejecting consumer-style timelines that dilute deep-tech defense products. In an incomplete ecosystem, his core discipline remains “holding ground”: structured endurance with purpose, because India’s technological sovereignty will be earned through decades of credibility, not quarters of hype.