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741 people in our graph share verified history with Jay — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Miranda GuerrerounlockedJay: together at ZS (2019)
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Jay: together at ZS
About
First joined Picus as an intern in 2023 and rejoined in 2025 as an independent Investment Advisor focusing on India and SEA investments; previously spent two years at McKinsey. Holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a chemical technology degree from ICT Mumbai.
Experience
- Picus CapitalVice Presidentcurrent2026 — present
- Picus CapitalSenior Associate2025 — 2026
- McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2025India
- McKinsey & CompanyJunior Associate2023 — 2025India
- Picus CapitalVisiting Investment Associate2023Germany
- McKinsey & CompanySummer Associate Intern (Offered PPO)2022Mumbai
- Bain & CompanyAssociate2021Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- ZSDecision Analyst Associate2019 — 2021Pune Area, India
- EmpaResearch Fellowship2018Dübendorf, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
- North Carolina State UniversitySummer Research Fellow2017Raleigh, North Carolina
Skills & more
Matlab programming9German A18R programming7Nanotechnology14Polymer Science9C11Marketing10Social Services9material science5Research10Materials Science7Polymer Chemistry3
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NanomaterialsFinancial AnalysisData AnalysisFinanceStrategic PlanningCorporate FinanceManagement ConsultingFinancial MarketsLanguages English · German
- Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) — The University of Georgia
- Analyzing Big Data R — Harvard University
From Jay's professional profile.
Colleagues at PICUS CAPITAL
Abhijay Thacker
Investment Advisor at PICUS CAPITAL
Alex Smola
CEO and Co-Founder of Boson AI at PICUS CAPITAL
Alexander Samwer
Founding Partner at PICUS CAPITAL
Amit Jain
CEO at Rewired
Andreas Stryz
CTO at FINN at PICUS CAPITAL
Andy Cohen
SVP of Sales at Bill.com at PICUS CAPITAL
Annika in der Beek
Chief People Officer at Statista at PICUS CAPITAL
Anselm Bauer
Co-Founder at Alasco at PICUS CAPITAL
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jay Patel?
- First joined Picus as an intern in 2023 and rejoined in 2025 as an independent Investment Advisor focusing on India and SEA investments; previously spent two years at McKinsey. Holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a chemical technology degree from ICT Mumbai.
- Where does Jay Patel work?
- Jay Patel is Investment Advisor at PICUS CAPITAL.
- Where did Jay Patel go to school?
- Jay Patel studied at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General); Institute Of Chemical Technology (BTech - Bachelor of Technology, Materials Science).
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Also worked at ZS84
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