Manish Singhal, pi Ventures

After graduating from IIT Kanpur in 1992, Manish worked with several top firms - Tata Elxsi, Motorola, Ittiam Systems & Sling Media.In 2013 he started LetsVenture which enables Angel Investors, Family Offices and Funds to discover and invest in early-stage and growth startups.Post that, in 2016, he started pi Ventures, which primarily invests in AI, IoT & Blockchain companies.Some of his portfolio companies are FrontdeskAI, Wysa, and SigTuple among others.In this podcast, Manish shares his experiences of investing and helping entrepreneurs build AI Startups. Notes - 00:40 - From Graduating IIT Kanpur in 1992 to starting pi Ventures in 201606:50 - Keys learnings while building Venture firms10:58 - Learning from path-breaking Entrepreneurs14:08 - Unsolved problems & prospects for upcoming startups in AI16:54 - Criteria for evaluating AI companies27:52 - Helping in building AI Startups28:22 - Convincing VCs to invest in AI Startups30:15 - Challenges while fund-raising as a VC37:26 - Advice for Founder’s who get lost in their JourneySend us Fan Mail