Asha Jadeja is a Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist who has invested in over 200 technology start-ups in the Bay Area. As an entrepreneur herself, her investing philosophy is designed to ignite young entrepreneurs into becoming disruptive change makers. Asha is a prolific thought leader rooted within the milieus of Stanford, UC Berkeley, Google, Hoover Institute, Council on Foreign Relations and Brookings USA. She is a limited partner in over 20 Bay Area venture funds, Acumen Fund NY and Kawasafi Fund, Africa. As a prolific collector of Indian art, Asha is currently engaged with Stanford University Cantor Art Museum in bringing top Indian artists into a global forefront. All of Asha’s venture and philanthropic initiatives in India have been designed to help the nation break free of this cycle of poverty.