How do VCs decide which startup to invest in? Find out at TIA BLR 2016.

Entrepreneur or not, you’re likely to be familiar with an oft-repeated maxim startup founders live by: build products people love. What about investors – what principles are used to guide them to success? How do they find investable companies and how do they support them as they grow?

To address your burning questions, Mohit Bhatnagar, managing director of Sequoia Capital and Willson Cuaca of East Ventures will join us at the inaugural Tech in Asia Bangalore 2016. The conference takes place on July 6 and 7 at Manpho Convention Centre.

The startup ecosystem is just getting started in Asia. Investments are up 13.5 percent from the same period last year, largely led by the boom in series A funding (source: Tech in Asia’s March investment report).

While one can easily access the macro trends of money pouring into Asia, the finer details as to how venture capitalists make these day-to-day decisions remain lost on most. To help us understand practices from a VC’s perspective, Mohit and Willson will sit in on an investor’s panel to tell it all.

In this session, get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the different approaches VCs across markets employ. Hear also the firsthand accounts of how they have backed some of the promising startups we know today. Once the money’s in the bank, it’s only the start of (what is ideally) a long working relationship. What forms of support should investors avail to their startups so they can thrive?

Entrepreneur or investor, the answers to these questions are bound to be gems for your present and future ventures.

The investors’ panel

Mohit Bhatnagar is the managing director at Sequoia. He sits on the board of several high growth Indian startups. Prizm Payments, Zomato, Micromax Mobile,Citrus Payments, and OneAssist are a few of them.

Willson Cuaca is co-founder and managing partner at East Ventures. He invests in early stage startups in Indonesia and Singapore. These include Tokopedia, PriceArea, Redmart, and he actively looks for consumer web and mobile companies to invest in. (Disclosure: East Ventures is also an investor of Tech in Asia. See our ethics page for more information).

Tech in Asia Bangalore 2016 is happening on July 6 and 7. Don’t miss out on India’s up-and-coming international tech conference – get your passes by this Friday (29 April) and save 20 percent with the code tiablr20!

Indian citizen? Head here to pay the local price starting from US$99 for a Startup Pass.

Catch up on the rest of our Main Stage speaker introductions for TIA BLR 2016 here:

Richa Kar, founder of Zivame and Girish Mathrubootham, founder of Freshdesk

Kunal Kapoor, co-founder of Ketto