Where does Naeem Arastu work?

Naeem Arastu is Managing Director at BlackRock.

What check size does Naeem Arastu write?

Naeem Arastu typically writes checks of $100K – $75M.

Where did Naeem Arastu go to school?

Naeem Arastu studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); The Wharton School (BS, Finance & Accounting).

Naeem Arastu

Investor

Managing Director at BlackRock

United States

Writes $100K – $75M checks · typically $25M

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Naeem: together at Credit Suisse

Naeem: together at The Wharton School

About

Naeem Arastu is an unusually hands-on investor who leads M&A, sits on Investment and Executive Committees, and draws on two decades of special-situations, distressed-for-control experience and 10+ turnaround board roles.

Invests in

AgTechConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechSaaS

Experience

BlackRockManaging Directorcurrent2026 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
Skyview CapitalManaging Director, President2021 — 2026Los Angeles, California, United States
Solace Capital Partners, LLCManaging Director2015 — 2021
Oaktree Capital ManagementVice President2006 — 2015
Credit SuisseAnalyst2004 — 2006

Skills & more

BloombergPrivate EquityLBOValuationInvestment BankingHedge FundsFinancial AnalysisFinancial ModelingCorporate DevelopmentDue DiligenceCorporate FinanceVenture Capital

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Mergers & AcquisitionsAlternative InvestmentsEquitiesEmerging MarketsInvestmentsCapital MarketsPortfolio ManagementFixed Income

From Naeem's professional profile.

Colleagues at BlackRock

Adebayo Ogunlesi

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Global Infrastructure Partners at BlackRock

Alex Claringbull

Global Head of Index Investments at BlackRock

Alister Hibbert

CIO and Head of the Strategic Equity Team at BlackRock

Andre Bourbonnais

Executive Officer at BlackRock

Andrea L. Petro

Director at BlackRock

Andrew Dickson

Director at BlackRock

Andrew Landman

Deputy Head of Asia Pacific, Head of Asia Pacific Wealth at BlackRock

Anthony Joseph Sugrue

Director at BlackRock

Frequently asked questions

Who is Naeem Arastu?: Naeem Arastu is an unusually hands-on investor who leads M&A, sits on Investment and Executive Committees, and draws on two decades of special-situations, distressed-for-control experience and 10+ turnaround board roles.
Where does Naeem Arastu work?: Naeem Arastu is Managing Director at BlackRock.
What does Naeem Arastu invest in?: Naeem Arastu invests in AgTech, Consumer, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, SaaS.
What check size does Naeem Arastu write?: Naeem Arastu typically writes checks of $100K – $75M.
Where did Naeem Arastu go to school?: Naeem Arastu studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); The Wharton School (BS, Finance & Accounting).

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Tim DraperFounder of Draper Associates Mike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

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Also attended The Wharton School2,000

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of Conviction Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round Capital Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Kunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan Capital Jack AbrahamFounder, CEO & Managing Partner of Atomic

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Shared employers

Also worked at Skyview Capital8

Erica CurelloVice President, Business Development at Mainsail Partners Jonathan HubermanGeneral Partner at Navigate Ventures Nicholas WheelerInvestor at Bosch Ventures Alex SoltaniCEO and Chairman at Skyview Capital Jeff WhiteManaging Partner at Skyview Capital Edward ColechiaInvestor at Lead Edge Capital

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Also worked at Solace Capital Partners, LLC1

Xavier CorzoChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Freeman Spogli

Also worked at Oaktree Capital Management35

William WangPartner at Highland Creek Partners Vikram MenonPrincipal at Aquarian Holdings Eliza PranskyPrincipal Head of Client Services at Aquarian Holdings Brandon LevitanInvestor at Madison Dearborn Partners Steve KimPartner, CFO and CCO at Arrowroot Capital Divya SudhakarPartner at Geodesic Capital

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Also worked at Credit Suisse1,013

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill Ventures Nik StoronskyCo-founder & CEO of Revolut Vlad YatsenkoCo-founder & CTO of Revolut Ryan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity Partners

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