Neil Desai
InvestorManaging Director, Public Equities & Partner, Atreides Ventures at Atreides Management
United States
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About
Neil Desai joined Atreides Management in September 2023 as Managing Director, Public Equities and Partner at Atreides Ventures. He previously spent 11 years at Putnam Investments as a portfolio manager of a long-short TMT fund and the Putnam Global Technology Fund, and earlier held roles at Crosslink Capital, Tudor Investment Corp/Raptor Capital Management, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, and Merrill Lynch. He holds an AB in Economics from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Experience
- Atreides Management, LPManaging Director, Public Equities | Partner, Atreides Venturescurrent2023 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- Putnam Investments / bluescale capitalPortfolio Manager / bluescale capital / Global Technology Fund2012 — 2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- bluescale capitalPortfolio Manager2012 — 2023Greater Boston
- Invest in Girls, Inc.Board Member2015 — 2020Greater Boston
- Crosslink CapitalPartner2009 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- TUDOR INVESTMENT CORPORATION (Raptor Capital Management)Analyst2004 — 2009Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Thoma BravoSenior Associate1999 — 2003San Francisco Bay Area
- Merrill LynchAnalyst1997 — 1999New York, New York, United States
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Financial ModelingInvestmentsDue DiligenceAlternative InvestmentsEquitiesCorporate DevelopmentEmerging MarketsFinanceGrowth EquityLanguages Gujarati
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- Who is Neil Desai?
- Neil Desai joined Atreides Management in September 2023 as Managing Director, Public Equities and Partner at Atreides Ventures. He previously spent 11 years at Putnam Investments as a portfolio manager of a long-short TMT fund and the Putnam Global Technology Fund, and earlier held roles at Crosslink Capital, Tudor Investment Corp/Raptor Capital Management, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, and Merrill Lynch. He holds an AB in Economics from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
- Where does Neil Desai work?
- Neil Desai is Managing Director, Public Equities & Partner, Atreides Ventures at Atreides Management.
- Where did Neil Desai go to school?
- Neil Desai studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Duke University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics); Queen Mary University of London (Economics).
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Also worked at Crosslink Capital37
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