About
Alisha Bhanji holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an engineering degree from the University of Waterloo. She has held roles in manufacturing design at Apple, robotics research at NASA JPL, and founded a technology startup focused on liquid crystal lens cameras. Her investment experience spans private equity and early-stage ventures across technology, industrials, healthcare, and services sectors, with particular focus on AI and infrastructure.
Experience
- Audax Private EquityMBA Summer Associate2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Vertu CapitalPrivate Equity Investor2022 — 2023
- Scope Photonics IncCo-Founder & Chief Engineering Officer2019 — 2022Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRobotics Engineering Coop2019United States
- AppleManufacturing Design - SQE2018 — 2019United States
- Thalmic LabsOptics Engineering Intern2018Canada
- Harvard UniversityResearch Intern2017United States
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearch Intern2016United States
- Evolution EngineeringEngineering Intern2016Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA2023 — 2025
- University of WaterlooBachelor’s Degree, Nanotechnology Engineering2014 — 2019
- Strathcona-Tweedsmuir SchoolInternational Baccalaureate2011 — 2014
Skills & more
Project Management9Customer Service7COMSOLMicrosoft Office11Microsoft Word9Microsoft Excel6Matlab7MATLAB3PythonLeadership19Management7Teamwork15
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Public SpeakingTeam LeadershipLanguages English · Gujarati · Hindi
From Alisha's professional profile.
Colleagues at Clairvest Group Inc
Adam Paterson
Associate at Clairvest Group Inc
Alex Simmons
Sr. Associate at Clairvest Group Inc
Alexander Carbone
VP at Clairvest Group Inc
Alicia Hutson
Investor at Clairvest Group Inc
Anchal Dembla
Sr. Associate at Clairvest Group Inc
Andy Sung
Investor at Clairvest Group Inc
Angus Cole
MD at Clairvest Group Inc
Austin Sinclair
VP at Clairvest Group Inc
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Alisha Bhanji work?
- Alisha Bhanji is Sr. Associate at Clairvest Group Inc.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,969
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital; architect of Invest America; BG2 co-hostAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Also attended University of Waterloo343
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital; CEO of 8090; All-In co-hostKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC
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Also attended Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School3
Shared employers
Also worked at Vertu Capital2
Also worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory71
Frank RotmanCo-Founder and Partner Emeritus at QED InvestorsKevin DunlapCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Calibrate VenturesRoger CarterVP of Engineering at Prime Movers LabAndrew ChanFounder · Managing Partner at Atas VCShalini HauptAssociate at Clocktower VenturesGeorge UgrasGeneral Partner at AV8 Ventures
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Also worked at Apple459
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also worked at Harvard University273
Rachel HansenInvestor at Index VenturesDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Logan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechWalter KowtoniukInvestor at Third Rock VenturesJefte DrijversInvestor at Third Rock VenturesSamuel ArbesmanVenture Partner at Lux Capital
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