Palo Alto-based Trident Capital invests in Nelisoft, a Pune based engineering solutions company focussed on construction sector

US-based venture capital and private equity fund Trident Capital has funded over 100 companies globally and has been actively involved in funding software companies out of India before India “was discovered by venture capital,” says Trident Capital managing director Venetia Kontogouris . Ms Kontogouris has been in the VC industry since 1989. Trident Capital has over $1.6 billion under management. Its latest investment in India, late last week, was in the decade old, Rs 65 crore Neilsoft, a specialist engineering solutions company focused on the construction sector. Excerpts: