Manu Iyer runs Bluehill Capital, an early-stage VC fund, focusing on hardware, clean-tech, and deep-tech startups, through which capital has been deployed for 8 investments in the space to date.

He is also a Partner in Bluehill Retail, a retailing and distribution business that partners with several international and Indian electronics, lifestyle, and apparel brands.

He is a B.Tech Electrical Engr from IIT Madras and has completed his MBA from Duke University in the US. After working in Financial Services in the US, he had shifted base to India, to start off on his own.