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Bangalore Palace was the venue for Invest Karnataka 2016 in February that year. The southern state of Karnataka is home to investment hungry Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley.   © AP

MOULISHREE SRIVASTAVA, KrASIA

BANGALORE -- Six years ago, when Teruhide Sato, founder of the Tokyo-based venture capital company Beenos, offered Satyen Kothari an investment proposal during a meeting in Mumbai, he was disappointed. 

Kothari, the co-founder of Citrus Pay, a payment platform, was flattered by the offer but decided to politely turn it down. The amount was too small. 

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