Vinod Khosla

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To many entrepreneurs, the name Vinod Khosla is synonymous with Silicon Valley, startups and venture capital. Khosla co-founded Sun Microsystems (SUNW), and as a former general partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, helped launch pioneering Web portal Excite (IAC) and semiconductor company NexGen, which was purchased by microprocessor company AMD (AMD), among other ventures.

VCs & Their India Investing Strategies -

Last November, at IBF’s Investing in India conference, Vinod Khosla noted that India tends to be ten years behind China. “So if you missed the boat on China, you don’t want to miss the boat on India,” said Khosla. You could feel the anxiousness in the room. Since then, VCs have kept a close eye on India, leading to reports of an all too familiar scenario. Too much money chasing too few deals, and a dearth of very early stage funding.