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Bharat Sajnani

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VP Investments and Portfolio Development at Nielsen Innovate

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Bharat Sajnani is Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Datadog, where he leads initiatives across AI startups, hyperscalers, product strategy, and AI tooling, reporting directly to the CEO. Previously, he held leadership roles at Square in payments and fintech products, and at Blackstone and Nielsen in technology investments and M&A. He holds degrees from the University of Texas in electrical and computer engineering and an MBA from Harvard Business School, with early-stage startup experience as a founding engineer at NeonYoyo.

Experience

  1. DatadogSVP, Head of Corp Dev, Hyperscalers, Startups, FDE, and AI Toolingcurrent2026 β€” present
  2. DatadogSVP, Head Of Corporate Development, Hyperscalers, Startups and AI Tooling2024 β€” 2026
  3. DatadogSVP, Head of Corporate Development and New Platforms2022 β€” 2024
  4. DatadogVP, Head of Corporate Development and New Platforms2021 β€” 2022
  5. DatadogHead of Corporate Development2020 β€” 2021
  6. SquareM&A and Biz Dev Leader2017 β€” 2020
  7. NielsenSr Director of Corp Dev and Strategic Finance for Nielsen Digital2014 β€” 2017
  8. Fab.comHead Of Corporate Development and Finance2013 β€” 2014New York / London / Berlin
  9. BlackstoneVice President / Sr. Associate2010 β€” 2013Greater New York City Area
  10. DellDirector, Product Development - Dell Cloud Solutions2003 β€” 2008Austin, Texas Area
  11. NeonYoyo / InterwovenFounding Member / Backend engineer2001 β€” 2002
  12. NI (National Instruments)Software Engineer1998 β€” 2001

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityMaster of Business Administration (MBA)
  2. Harvard Business SchoolMBA2008 β€” 2010
  3. The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Science, Computer Engineering2002 β€” 2004
  4. The University of Texas at AustinB.S, Electrical Engineering1998 β€” 2001

Skills & more

BloombergStrategy46Strategic Planning5Financial Modeling25Private Equity15Venture Capital13Entrepreneurship7Mergers5Valuation13Start-ups23Competitive Analysis8Financial Analysis4
+12 moreBusiness StrategyManagement ConsultingProduct ManagementDue DiligenceBusiness DevelopmentCorporate FinanceFinanceMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate DevelopmentEmerging MarketsPortfolio ManagementAnalytics

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