Mohanjit Jolly

Current

• Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson
• Executive Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, India

Past

• Managing Director at Garage Technology Ventures
• Strategic Planning Manager at Mattel

Education

• University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Mohanjit Jolly’s Summary

As a venture investment professional, I have been working with startups for almost ten years in Silicon Valley. Now, I am heading to India carrying the DFJ flag to make a meaningful impact in the startup world there, with the goal of improving the quality of life for the masses through technology innovation. Let me know if I can help.

Mohanjit Jolly’s Experience

• Managing Director

  Garage Technology Ventures

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  June 1999 — May 2007 (8 years)

  Initially as an investment bankers, helped 20 companies raise $130M from VCs, angels and corporate venture arms. From 2002 until 2007, invested in 11 companies ranging from enterprise software, and application security, to network infrastructure, material science and web 2.0. Worked with companies including Kaboodle, Simplyhired, Packet Island, Media Publisher, Vigilistics, Razz, Lefthand Networks, Whitehat Security, Thermoceramix, Jibe Networks (CTRX), and Puresight (BCGI).

• Strategic Planning Manager

  Mattel

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  June 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 1 month)

  Was part of an MIT alumni group including Doug Glen, the CSO, that helped launch Intel Play, a JV with Intel to create tech toys. The charter of the group was to help with strategic planning/road map creation for the company, but also to look for technologies that coud be embedded in toys of the future. As part of the group, visited Dean Kamen, Caltech, MIT Media Lab and design schools to brainstorm ideas and create prototypes.