Manu Iyer manages Bluehill Capital, an early-stage VC fundfocused on deep-tech startups in the clean-tech, IOT, AI&ML, industrial, med-tech and hardware spaces, in India and abroad. Bluehill Capital has deployedcapital in12investments and has actively invested around various deep-tech ecosystems and incubators including the IITs, IISc, NITs and others.As an Electrical Engineer from IIT Madras, he has a passionate interest and deep understanding of the EV ecosystem in India. Post completion of his MBA from Duke University in the US he worked in Financial Services.He then shifted base to India, to start off on his own. Manu is an active angel investorin his personal capacity having invested in over 50 startups. He is also a TIE Charter Member. Manu serves on the board of severalcompaniesandworks closely with various startups in the ecosystem to guide and mentor them.