Our guest today is Mohanjit Jolly, partner at Iron Pillar, a relatively young, mid-stage, growth capital provider that has notched up a small roster of very promising tech startups on its portfolio, which is into its second fund now. In this episode, Mohanjit talks about his career, which had multiple interesting transitions, the companies Iron Pillar is backing, and the value that the partners bring to them in the world’s biggest tech markets.

Notes:

(00:40) Intro to The Daily Tech Conversation

(00:53) Our guest today — Mohanjit Jolly, partner at Iron Pillar

(01:30) A snapshot of Mohanjit’s career — from Ludhiana, Punjab to VC investor

(07:25) Iron Pillar’s investment thesis

(09:23) The playbook at Iron Pillar for portfolio companies to scale

(16:06) Examples of companies that Iron Pillar has invested in, including Fund II

(32:35) Thoughts on India’s deep tech ecosystem and signs that it is growing

More about Mohanjit and Iron Pillar

https://ironpillarfund.com/people/mohanjit-jolly/

Theme music courtesy Free Music & Sounds:

https://soundcloud.com/freemusicandsounds