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The Long Game: Ujjwal on Systems, Resilience, and Nation-Building Through Capital
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The Long Game: Ujjwal on Systems, Resilience, and Nation-Building Through Capital

Ujjwal Minocha blends lessons from hospitality, alco-bev, poker, and deeptech to build a worldview where resilience outperforms brilliance and systems matter more than stories. As co-founder of Velmenni and investor at I9ovare Capital, he backs founders who can survive variance, design for chaos, and operate with discipline over noise. His core belief is simple: entrepreneurs are nation-builders, and the institutions they create not the recognition they receive are what truly endure.

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The Patient Capital Paradox: Sarjeet Yadav on Redefining Venture Capital for Sovereignty
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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.

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Lower Entry, Higher Exit: The Architecture of Angel Capital According to Dhiraj Kumar Sinha
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Lower Entry, Higher Exit: The Architecture of Angel Capital According to Dhiraj Kumar Sinha

Dhiraj Kumar Sinha blends a lawyer’s precision with an operator’s intuition, backing founders not with spreadsheets but with belief, dialogue, and disciplined entry. His philosophy reframes angel investing as 30% capital and 70% presence scaffolding built to support resilience, resolve ego clashes, and guide founders through ambiguity. By entering low, exiting high, and keeping trust at the center, he proves that in early-stage ventures, conversations compound faster than capital.

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Start Small. Build Deep. Think Long: The Zaran Bhagwagar Way
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Start Small. Build Deep. Think Long: The Zaran Bhagwagar Way

Zaran Bhagwagar is redefining India’s venture landscape by choosing depth over noise backing just three high-conviction startups a year and co-building them with disciplined attention. His philosophy, shaped by shop-floor lessons and years of deliberate grit, rejects vanity metrics in favor of alignment, value creation, and long-term resilience. In an ecosystem obsessed with speed and scale, he’s building habitats where meaningful ventures not momentary headlines can actually endure.

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