Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

Experience

Investor & Advisor Finance
Investor & Advisor
8/2016 - Present
Working on blockchain and cryptocurrency projects.

Also, in personal capacity, investor / advisor to the following in the areas of strategy, BD, finance and fundraising:
Credibase (backed by NEA and Menlo)
Parabo Press (backed by Lightbox, Gund, First Round Capital)
Advisory Board Member at The Better India
StalkBuyLove (backed by Kalaari Capital)
Fynd (Ser A, backed by FJ Labs, Rocketship)
MechMocha (Ser A, backed by Accel & Shunwei)
Lightbox Ventures Finance
Principal & Founding Member
7/2012 - 12/2016
Founding member at a $200M AUM fund focused on consumer tech opportunities in India, with a deep operational approach. Key role in overall fund management (raising of $100MM Fund II, portfolio construction, LP relationships, etc.). Led evaluation of new investment spaces. Managed 4 investments with day-to-day engagement with the CEOs
EverFi Start-Up
Vice President, Business Development & Strategy
8/2010 - 6/2011
Joined as an early employee, served through a hyper-growth phase. Originated and managed acquisition of Outside The Classroom, owner of the world's largest online course at the time, which doubled the company’s size and enabled entry into the higher ed market. Also helped launch a new financial education product (Buttonwood).
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) Finance
Investor
7/2008 - 8/2010
Investments in adtech, edtech, e-commerce and cleantech: Millennial Media (IPO, acq. by AOL for $238MM), OPOWER (IPO, acq. by Oracle for $532MM), ChannelAdvisor (IPO), AddThis (Acq. by Oracle for $200MM), Gilt Groupe (Acq. by Saks), EverFi, Suniva, Videology. Originated edtech coverage effort, leading to first investment. Board Observer at 4 companies
UBS Finance
Analyst - Tech Corp Fin + M&A
6/2006 - 6/2008
Advised client teams by developing valuation frameworks and pro-forma analyses for M&A transactions and capital raises. Transactions: NEC’s acquisition of NetCracker ($300 MM), sale of Gemstar TV Guide to Macrovision ($2.8 BN), sale of Fotolog
to Hi-Media ($100 MM), credit facility for Dell ($500 MM), NASDAQ IPO (shelved) of Web18