About
Financial industry veteran with 22 years across Asia, Europe, and North America who led equity trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Now an active early-stage investor in deep tech, healthcare, and AI.
Experience
- CLAI VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Starshot CapitalVenture Advisorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NZVCPartnercurrent2021 — present
- Angel Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI)Fellow2022 — 2024Stanford, California, United States
- Propel(x)Advisor2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- NomuraManaging Director, Head of Equity Trading2013 — 2015Hong Kong
- Merrill LynchManaging Director, Head of Equity Trading1998 — 2013Tokyo, Hong Kong
- UBSDirector1993 — 1998Zurich, NY, Singapore
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI)
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMS1991 — 1993
- Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Civil Engineering1987 — 1991
- Stanford University
Skills & more
Start-upsEquitiesEquity TradingEquity DerivativesInvestmentsFinancial MarketsInformation TechnologyLeadershipAngel InvestingAstronomyStart-up Ventures
Languages English · German · Hindi · Japanese
- Venture Deals — Kauffman Fellows Academy
- CFA
From Ajay's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda
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Also attended Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI)1
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur53
HemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesAshish GuptaChairman and Partner at MFV PartnersVeenu ChoudharyDirector, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Shantanu NigamManaging Partner at SeedToBNakul MandanFounder & Partner at AudaciousJatin GargAI Lead at Audacious
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Also attended Stanford University1,575
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at CLAI Ventures2
Also worked at Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI)4
Also worked at Propel(x)2
Also worked at Nomura107
Aftab MathurManaging Director at Temasek at Golden Gate VenturesClare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsThomas JuvinManaging Director Europe at Burda Principal InvestmentsMarkInvestor at Boundary CapitalSercan OzcanPartner, Finance & Operations at AlleyCorpElisabeth SpencerAssociate — Endurance at Energize Ventures
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