TiE Silicon Valley Funding Fridays with Mohanjit Jolly

October Funding Fridays puts founders in curated in-person 1:1 meetings with an active institutional investor at TiE Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto office. The Friday, October 16, 2026 session runs 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at 480 South California Ave, Suite 201. The featured VC is Mohanjit Jolly, Partner at Iron Pillar, a venture growth fund that frames a built-from-India, built-for-the-world model for technology companies scaling globally. Host copy promises direct pitch time, candid feedback on expansion and fundraising strategy, and introductions tailored to stage and sector.

TiE Silicon Valley’s Funding Fridays franchise is one of the Bay’s more durable Indus-diaspora founder-to-investor paths, sitting beside the chapter’s angels program and Investors Day stack. This edition is not a panel with soft networking afterward. It is a short morning of curated meetings inside Suite 201, so capacity and fit matter more than an open RSVP. Same-day Mentor Connect with Kamal Anand also appears on the TiE calendar; do not assume you can stack both without checking confirmation emails.

This is right for founders who are actively raising and can show a real product plus a clear ask for growth capital. Skip it if you need a public ticket, a career mixer, or only a general AI fireside chat. Bring a tight one-pager and know your round size, geography of customers, and why Iron Pillar’s India-to-world lens fits. Caltrain or 101 morning traffic into California Avenue still needs a buffer; Suite 201 is not a lobby walk-in.

If Off the Record on October 14 is your practitioner night, use this Friday for capital conversations rather than stacking two pitch formats the same week. Apply on the live TiE SV event page and wait for scheduling confirmation before blocking travel from San Francisco or the South Bay. Re-check the listing if the featured VC or meeting window shifts closer to October 16.