8: Abhi Kumar (M12)

<p><strong>Abhi Kumar</strong> 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 &amp; peer engagement for M12 across APAC.</p> <h3>SHOW NOTES</h3> <ul> <li>The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00)</li> <li>M12's focus in India and its investments (8:40)</li> <li>Favorite part about his job at M12 (10:40)</li> <li>Skills that he picked up from his experiences in the US and Hong Kong that ended up becoming valuable in India (12:15)</li> <li>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)</li> <li>Turning points in his life (17:35)</li> <li>What does he struggle with (20:10)</li> <li>Favorite failure (23:00)</li> <li>Rapid-fire questions (25:00)</li> </ul>