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Aakash Jain

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Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners

San Francisco, California

Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M

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About

Partner and VU cohort alum, previously a venture fellow at Jump Capital and co-founder of the Chicago Booth Angel Network. Has an investment banking background at Morgan Stanley and Financial Technology Partners, with degrees from Chicago Booth, Cornell and Jacobs University.

Experience

  1. VU Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Financial Technology Partners / FT PartnersFintech Investment Banking2015 — 2017San Francisco, CA
  3. Jump CapitalVenture Capital Fellow (MBA Intern)2014Chicago, IL
  4. Morgan StanleyVice President, Interest Rate Derivatives (Electronic Trading), Fixed Income S&T2011 — 2013London, United Kingdom
  5. Morgan StanleyQuant, Interest Rate Derivatives (Pricing & Risk), Fixed Income S&T2007 — 2011London, United Kingdom
  6. Morgan StanleyEngineer, Bond Pricing & Risk, Fixed Income Technology2005 — 2007New York, NY
  7. The Australian National UniversityResearch Intern, Robotic Systems Lab2003Canberra, Australia

Skills & more

Venture Capital24Fixed Income21

Languages English · German

From Aakash's professional profile.

Colleagues at VU Venture Partners

Alessandro Zago
Frontier Tech Team - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners
Alina Feingold
Healthcare Team - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners
Amelia Palermo
Healthcare Team - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners
Andreas Harting
Enterprise Team - North America, Europe, & LatAm 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
Ankur Sethi
Consumer Team - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners

Network11

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
Andrew Zalasin
General Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners
Bevon King
Investor at VU Venture Partners
Bo Yang
Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners
Christine Concepción
Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners
Christopher Gaeta
Associate at VU Venture Partners
De Zhang
Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners
Deadra Williams
Investor at VU Venture Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Aakash Jain?
Partner and VU cohort alum, previously a venture fellow at Jump Capital and co-founder of the Chicago Booth Angel Network. Has an investment banking background at Morgan Stanley and Financial Technology Partners, with degrees from Chicago Booth, Cornell and Jacobs University.
Where does Aakash Jain work?
Aakash Jain is Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners.
What check size does Aakash Jain write?
Aakash Jain typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
Where did Aakash Jain go to school?
Aakash Jain studied at University of Chicago (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management); Cornell University (Master's Degree, Computer Science).

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