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deep-nisharDeep (Dipchand) Nishar ('90): 'We had long summer, let's plan end of it'

The Times of India--Business (November 7, 2019)

'We had long summer, let's plan end of it'

BENGALURU: Deep Nishar ('90), senior managing partner (Americas) at SoftBank Vision Fund, says investment sentiment is turning cautious across the globe. He says investors are advising portfolio companies that they are at the tail end of a very historic bull market and so must be prudent with cash. The IIT-Kharagpur alumnus, who has worked at Google and LinkedIn in senior roles, and sits on the board of online grocer Grofers, told TOI that he's excited to see a new breed of entrepreneurs in the country who are focusing on the bottom and middle of the pyramid, people for whom value is more important than convenience.

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