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Bessemer hires Pankaj Mitra as India partner

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Pankaj Mitra joins the India team as partner, focusing on AI, enterprise technology and cybersecurity investments

He arrives from the corporate development team at Cisco, where seven years went into deals and acquisitions, and earlier worked at Infosys

The hire follows the $350 million India fund close in March; the firm has backed over 80 Indian startups since 2006

Pankaj Mitra becomes a partner in Bessemer's India team.
He will lead bets in AI, enterprise tech and cybersecurity.
He is an IIT Kharagpur alumnus.
At Infosys he was part of the founding team of its $500 million innovation fund.