Startup Fridays Ep 24: Aspiring VCs must be coach, captain, and player - Amit Anand, Jungle Ventures

Startup Fridays Ep 24: Aspiring VCs must be coach, captain, and player - Amit Anand, Jungle Ventures

Author: Forbes India - The Startup Fridays Podcast October 1, 2021 Duration: 41:55

Our guest today is Amit Anand, founding partner at Jungle Ventures in Singapore. In previous stints, Amit has held executive positions in sales and business development roles at Progress Software, STT Communications-backed and Singapore-based Elipva, and at Tata Infotech Ltd, in India. In 2006, Anand turned entrepreneur when he founded Ettamina Studios, a Singapore-India based animation studio. He founded Jungle Ventures with Anurag Srivastava in 2012. Anand is a Kauffman Fellow, one of the earliest from South East Asia, and currently also a member of the Singapore government's advisory council on the ethical use of artificial intelligence and data. He holds a Bachelor’s degree with a major in computer science


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