Shripati Acharya co-founded Snapfish, an online photo service later bought by HP, and after returning to India he volunteered with Nandan Nilekani on Aadhaar, the country's digital identity system, before joining Prime Venture Partners, where he likes being the first investor in a company, sometimes even at the idea stage. His investing style is shaped by years of studying public companies like Amazon and HDFC Bank, paying close attention to management and culture, and he often describes stalled startups as being in limbo land, pushing founders to act rather than drift, all while describing himself as more patient than most because he sees a startup journey as a marathon, not a sprint.