1947 Rise
1947 Rise
Shiva Singh Sangwan
8: Abhi Kumar (M12)
31 minutes Posted Oct 18, 2021 at 12:33 pm.
The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India
M12's focus in India and its investments
Favorite part about his job at M12
Skills that he picked up from his experiences in the US and Hong Kong that ended up becoming valuable in India
If he had recently moved back to India, what would he work on? India is a lot different than what it was back when he moved back? Advise to Indians living abroad and thinking about moving back to India
Turning points in his life
What does he struggle with
Favorite failure
Rapid-fire questions
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Abhi Kumar heads M12 Asia, the venture arm of Microsoft. He leads series A-C venture equity investments for M12 in Asia (ex China), partnering with stellar entrepreneurs and teams to help amplify their growth. Develop the brand, ecosystem partnerships & peer engagement for M12 across APAC.
SHOW NOTES
The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (
1:00)
M12's focus in India and its investments (
8:40)
Favorite part about his job at M12 (
10:40)
Skills that he picked up from his experiences in the US and Hong Kong that ended up becoming valuable in India (
12:15)
If he had recently moved back to India, what would he work on? India is a lot different than what it was back when he moved back? Advise to Indians living abroad and thinking about moving back to India (
14:20)
Turning points in his life (
17:35)
What does he struggle with (
20:10)
Favorite failure (
23:00)
Rapid-fire questions (
25:00)