Vishal left a successful legal career after conducting an intensive "14 days of coffee" sprint where he interviewed people across industries about their relationship with work, money, ambition, and power—a reflective, values-driven pivot that still informs how he evaluates founders' motivations and ethics today. He helped build 500's Southeast Asia franchise from when you could probably fit all the VCs in the entire ecosystem into a small living room, and has developed a structured thematic map for where he believes the region's next wave of value will come from, including sustainable cities, rural digitization, and creator economies. Vishal left a successful legal career after conducting an intensive "14 days of coffee" sprint where he interviewed people across industries about their relationship with work, money, ambition, and power—a reflective, values-driven pivot that still informs how he evaluates founders' motivations and ethics today. He helped build 500's Southeast Asia franchise from when you could probably fit all the VCs in the entire ecosystem into a small living room, and has developed a structured thematic map for where he believes the region's next wave of value will come from, including sustainable cities, rural digitization, and creator economies.