Iron Pillar India Trust III

Sameer Nath is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Iron Pillar. He was previously VP of Sales & Business Development at Intel, where he built and led revenue strategies across Asia. He has 20+ years of technology industry experience and is an active board member across Iron Pillar's portfolio companies.

Anand has 17 years of investment experience in technology companies across India and Asia. He brings a deep network in Asia Pacific and the Middle East for companies. His notable investments in Iron Pillar include Curefoods, FreshToHome, Servify and Skill Lync. Previously, Anand led Morgan Creek's Asia office in Shanghai. He also worked at Squadron Capital, Sequoia Capital India, and McKinsey & Co. Anand holds a PGDBM from Fore School of Management and a BBA from the University of Kerala.

Mohanjit has been working with and investing in technology start-ups in the US and India for over 20 years. He is one of a few VCs who has been on the ground as a partner in India and Silicon Valley. Mohanjit has led Iron Pillar's investments in Sibros, Jiffy, Uniphore, Vyome, Ushur and CoreStack. Before co-founding Iron Pillar, Mohanjit served as a Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson for 9 years, establishing their India operations, overseeing the India venture portfolio and coordinating business development efforts with Fortune 500 companies for DFJ's global portfolio. Prior to this, he was a Partner at Garage Technology Ventures, a Silicon Valley seed stage VC firm. His early years in California and Boston saw him help launch ViaSpace, a technology incubator in conjunction with Caltech and JPL and Intel Play, a joint venture between Mattel and Intel. He also worked at Itek Optical Systems, a manufacturer of high-resolution reconnaissance systems. Mohanjit serves on the Boards of The Unreasonable Group and The SETI Institute.

Ashok has over 21 years of experience in start-ups or start-up like environments within established companies in India. As a serial entrepreneur, he brings expertise in opportunity assessment, business plan development, brand Identity orchestration, offline retail and sales & business development. Ashok co-led Iron Pillar's investment in FreshToHome and also spends significant time on operational aspects of BlueStone. Before co-founding Iron Pillar, Ashok was the Co-Founder and CEO of Taxiguide.in, a pioneering (a year ahead of Ola and Uber in India) online portal bringing car rental operators and customers on one platform. Prior to this he spent 5 years at ICICI Bank and DBS Bank building their SME (Emerging Clusters) and Mid-Market (Enterprise) Banking businesses in Karnataka from scratch. Earlier, he was the Co-Founder and Project Director of Vertebrand Management Consulting, a boutique strategy consulting firm where he was responsible for delivery of consulting assignments for brands such as W, Ethos, SmithKline Beecham Pharma, Taj Group of Hotels, TI Cycles, Greaves Cotton, Featherlite, Hewlett Packard India Software Operations, TVS tyres and Titan. He began his career with S.B.Billimoria and Co in their Management Consulting Division. Ashok earned a PGDBA from ICFAI Business School, Bangalore, a CFA from ICFAI, Hyderabad and a B.E (Mechanical) from Bangalore University.