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He!s associated with several start-ups (redBus, Fonemine, Ozone Media, Insta-
health) and two early-stage Indian VC funds, Seed Fund and Ojas Ventures.
Sanjay has been writing on entrepreneurship and venture capital for over 10 years
now. He!s a frequent speaker at academic institutes and industry events and is
involved with IIM (B)!s NSRCEL, TiE Bangalore and Nasscom in driving entrepre-
neurship. As adjunct faculty, he takes a course “Business Plan Workshop” at the
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