Aakash Jain
InvestorAssociate at VU Venture Partners
San Francisco, California
Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M
About
Partner and VU cohort alum who was a venture fellow at Jump Capital and co-founded the Chicago Booth Angel Network in Silicon Valley. Former investment banker at Morgan Stanley and FT Partners with degrees from Chicago Booth, Cornell and Jacobs University.
Experience
- VU Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Financial Technology Partners / FT PartnersFintech Investment Banking2015 — 2017San Francisco, CA
- Jump CapitalVenture Capital Fellow (MBA Intern)2014Chicago, IL
- Morgan StanleyVice President, Interest Rate Derivatives (Electronic Trading), Fixed Income S&T2011 — 2013London, United Kingdom
- Morgan StanleyQuant, Interest Rate Derivatives (Pricing & Risk), Fixed Income S&T2007 — 2011London, United Kingdom
- Morgan StanleyEngineer, Bond Pricing & Risk, Fixed Income Technology2005 — 2007New York, NY
- The Australian National UniversityResearch Intern, Robotic Systems Lab2003Canberra, Australia
Education
- University of ChicagoMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Finance
- Cornell UniversityMaster's Degree, Computer Science
- Jacobs University BremenBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS)
- Frankfurt International SchoolInternational Baccalaureate (IB)
Skills & more
Venture Capital24Fixed Income21Derivatives22Product Management2Capital Markets4Investment Banking6Portfolio Management6Investments5Risk ManagementQuantitative Analytics3Electronic Trading3Bonds4
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Corporate FinanceFinancial ModelingValuationPrivate EquityDue DiligenceFinancial AnalysisFinanceBusiness StrategyStrategyTrading SystemsMicrosoft ExcelC++Languages English · German · Hindi
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Colleagues at VU Venture Partners
Alejandro Chardon
Associate at VU Venture Partners
Alessandra (Sandra) Habermann
Senior Associate at VU Venture Partners
Andrew Zalasin
General Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners
Andy Goldstein
Partner - Western Europe at VU Venture Partners
Angie Wang
Principal - Asia-Pacific Investment Team at VU Venture Partners
Antonio Lavia
Investor at VU Venture Partners
Arpan Ajmera
Prinicipal - North America, Latam & Europe at VU Venture Partners
Asta Galinyte
Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners
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Alejandro ChardonScout
Associate at VU Venture Partners
Bernardt VogelScout
Senior Associate at VU Venture Partners
Chris MullalyScout
Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners
Darryl BandoroScout
Principal, Investor Relations at VU Venture Partners
Irina LaninScout
Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners
Alessandra (Sandra) Habermann
Senior Associate at VU Venture Partners
Andrew Zalasin
General Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners
Antonio Lavia
Investor at VU Venture Partners
Arpan Ajmera
Prinicipal - North America, Latam & Europe at VU Venture Partners
Asta Galinyte
Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners
Austin Ritter
Analyst at VU Venture Partners
Bevon King
Investor at VU Venture Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Aakash Jain work?
- Aakash Jain is Associate at VU Venture Partners.
- What check size does Aakash Jain write?
- Aakash Jain typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Financial Technology Partners / FT Partners33
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Also worked at Jump Capital20
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Also worked at The Australian National University19
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