Salone Sehgal On Building An Institutional Fund For Games And Interactive Media With Indian Silicon Valley

Every founder who pitches Lumikai is measured against the 5Cs, and the framework says as much about how Salone Sehgal built the fund as it does about who it backs.

On the Indian Silicon Valley podcast, host Jivraj Singh Sachar sits down with Salone Sehgal, Founder and Managing Partner of Lumikai, for an hour-long conversation on building a vertically focused fund for interactive media, digital platforms and games in India.

Salone traces her early career and the influences that led to Lumikai, the parameters that shape its investment decisions, and the fabric and ethos that define the fund. She walks through the 5Cs of character, competence, clarity, commitment and curiosity, explains how interactive media is disrupting traditional industries, and shares how she builds the foresight to stay ahead. The conversation also turns personal, covering the role of coaching, separating the urgent from the important, her leadership learnings and her core advice for women in venture capital.

If you want the long version of how a specialist fund gets built, and the person building it, set aside the hour.

Press play and pull up a chair.