Amit Garg on his trajectory from Brazil to Founding Partner at Tau Ventures, seed stage AI-first health and enterprise tech VC in the heart of Silicon Valley

Episode 5 October 05, 2021 00:43:37
Amit Garg on his trajectory from Brazil to Founding Partner at Tau Ventures, seed stage AI-first health and enterprise tech VC in the heart of Silicon Valley
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Amit Garg on his trajectory from Brazil to Founding Partner at Tau Ventures, seed stage AI-first health and enterprise tech VC in the heart of Silicon Valley

Oct 05 2021 | 00:43:37

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Show Notes

Born in Brazil from parents who migrated from India, Amit moved to US for college and has been in California ever since. Post his education at Stanford and Harvard, he spent time as a product manager at Google and as a VC at Norwest Ventyre partners,  fund with over $10Bi in AUM that has been around since 1961. 

He is mission driven and health is the common denominator, in his words “it’s the foundation of everything”. At Tau Ventures, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, he invests in seed stage AI-first health and enterprise startups.

On top of it all, he is a 70.3 Ironman finisher, lives carbon neutral and has built a hospital in rural India. Listen in to hear more on the above and his positive outlook and lessons on life and the future. 

 

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