The success of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a networking group set up over two decades ago by Indian technologists in the Valley, has done much to boost the growing profile of Indians as angel investors in the US startup ecosystem.
Veteran investors such as Kanwal Rekhi who founded early-stage venture fund Inventus Capital Partners said the rising graph of Indian origin investors is a result of early gains recorded by TiE. "The US State Department brings delegations from across the world to us (TiE) and uses us as a role-model," he said.
Much of this attention is also due to the rise of India as a market for cutting edge technology. In 2009, when Nexus Venture Partners funded US-based start-up Cloud.com, founded by Sheng Liang, it provided the fledgling firm with access to the Indian market.
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