India, Oct. 31 -- The Indian start-up story runs on a timer. It has seven years to grow, cash out, and move on. That's long enough to build an app and not something like the semiconductor industry. This seven-year cycle rewards speed, not substance. The clock runs out long before real innovation starts.

In the world of deep tech what it means is that a company at work to build high tech products such as semiconductor chips for instance does not need seed money; it needs faith money - capital that can wait a decade for results. But India's venture ecosystem isn't built for patience. This came up during a conversation with Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Neysa AI Sujith Janardanan.

This has to do with the fact that most Indian funds are ...