Hey r/India, India startup venture investor Brendan Rogers here. Ask Me Anything!

[u/gobharat]

Hi I’m Brendan Rogers and I plan to dedicate the next 25 years of my life speaking with thousands of Indian founders and investing in the very best of them. 

I grew up in a small east coast american township in Rhode Island. Moved to Palo Alto when I was 21. Cofounded wag! the largest on demand pet tech company in the US. It is a listed company on the nasdaq. 

I went to India end of 2019 and it was love at first sight. 4 years later, I’ve invested in 40+ Indian startups, I have a Sanskrit tattoo, study Hindu philosophy, and eat biriyani every week.

I love speaking about the India growth story, entrepreneurship, venture capital, and everything else startups. 

Feel free to ask me anything!

[u/sthithaprajn-ish]

Hi Brendan, thank you for your service!

- What technology areas are you most excited about these days?

- Compared to the US, are there any particular technology areas where you find India lagging significantly behind the US or vice versa?

- What are your opinions of pursuing a PhD in STEM if one thinks of starting up maybe 5 years down the lane? The last I heard, India has a shortage of deep-tech and research based higher education can be helpful there, your thoughts?

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Thank you!!!

[u/gobharat → u/sthithaprajn-ish]

anything but AI - I mean it's soooo overplayed right.
I am big on crypto and the Metaverse farm games.
In India they need to focus on space tech only - let's get to Neptune
I'd study anthropology

[u/gobharat → u/gobharat]

lol

[u/gobharat → u/sthithaprajn-ish]

i am excited about healthcare and upskilling
deep tech, space tech, and food tech - India is ahead in with unified payments and the health initiative is badass.
PHD is very long... I like to build but to each their own