Mr Sudhir Sethi is Founder, Chairman & Managing Director of IDG Ventures India, an early-stage technology venture capital fund backed by IDG, the world’s largest IT-focused media company. Sudhir founded IDG Ventures in 2006 after 26 years in the technology and venture industry. IDG Ventures India invests across the country in all areas of technology and technology enabled services.
Prior to joining IDG Ventures India, Sudhir served as a President and Executive Director of Infotech Enterprises, India’s premier design engineering and GIS services leader. Previously, he was a General Partner for Walden International for four years where he was responsible for leading their venture capital operations in India. Sudhir served the IT industry for twelve years as a senior executive at Wipro and five years at HCL, both leading global IT service firms.
In 2001, Sudhir was recognized by Red Herring as one of the leading venture capitalists in the country. He has been named among the Top Ten IT Professional by Dataquest. Sudhir also served on the Investment Committee of UTI Ventures for four years, on Advisory Board of Westbridge Capital (now Sequoia Capital) and on the Board of Advisors at N. S. Raghavan Center for Entrepreneurship, IIM Bangalore. Sudhir was the seed investor in Mindtree Consulting and served on the Board for 4 years. He has also served on the Board of Directors at Infotech Enterprises, Venture Infotek, Jobstreet, Webvision and Webdunia. Mr Sethi today serves on the Boards of Manthan Systems, ConnectM, 3D Solid Compression, Aujas Networks, iViZ, Perfint and US IVCA (India Venture Capital Association) as well as Emploi Globale Consulting.
Sudhir holds B.Tech in Engineering and an MBA Degree from FMS, Delhi. |
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