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1,041 people in our graph share verified history with Alisha — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Pallavi GandhiunlockedAlisha: together at Vertu Capital (2022–2023)
×2Alisha: together at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
×7Alisha: together at Apple
Alisha: together at Vertu Capital
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.
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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
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
Anne Mette de Place Filippini
Investor at Clairvest Group Inc
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alisha Bhanji?
- 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.
- Where does Alisha Bhanji work?
- Alisha Bhanji is Sr. Associate at Clairvest Group Inc.
- Where did Alisha Bhanji go to school?
- Alisha Bhanji studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); University of Waterloo (Bachelor’s Degree, Nanotechnology Engineering); Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School (International Baccalaureate).
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Also attended University of Waterloo641
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Shared employers
Also worked at Vertu Capital3
Also worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory120
Frank RotmanCo-Founder and Partner Emeritus at QED InvestorsInca ComanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture PartnersKevin DunlapCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Calibrate VenturesRoger CarterVP of Engineering at Prime Movers LabAndrew ChanInvestor & ConsultantShalini HauptAssociate at Clocktower Ventures
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Also worked at Apple776
Jim 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.AISteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation
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Also worked at Harvard University482
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