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Pia Sawhney

Former Founding Partner Emeritus at Armory Square Ventures

Brooklyn, New York, United States

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About

Founding Partner Emeritus who helped direct ASV's core operations from inception and served as Head of Strategy, advising the team and portfolio companies on fundraising, hiring and business development. A former investment banker (started at JP Morgan Chase in 1999), biologist, journalist and documentary filmmaker; she cofounded the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation.

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Experience

  1. Armory Square VenturesCofounder and Partner Emerituscurrent2013 — presentNew York State
  2. EnsaafSenior Associate2016 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. The Fletcher School at Tufts UniversityGraduate student2011 — 2013
  4. FreelanceProducer/Director2003 — 2011http://datadeliberations.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html
  5. Human Rights WatchOnline producer2006 — 2008
  6. PBS/FrontlineAssistant Producer, "Newswar: Secrets, Sources and Spin"2006http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/preview/
  7. JPMorgan ChaseAnalyst, Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities1999 — 2001https://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/jpmorgan

Skills & more

Operations ManagementOperations AdministrationOperational ExecutionVenture CapitalStartupsEditing20Broadcast6Television14Film Production6Digital Media2Blogging2Documentaries17
+8 moreMultimediaEditorialFilmNewspapersVideoInternational RelationsRadioStorytelling

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Who is Pia Sawhney?
Founding Partner Emeritus who helped direct ASV's core operations from inception and served as Head of Strategy, advising the team and portfolio companies on fundraising, hiring and business development. A former investment banker (started at JP Morgan Chase in 1999), biologist, journalist and documentary filmmaker; she cofounded the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation.
Where did Pia Sawhney go to school?
Pia Sawhney studied at Columbia University (Master of Fine Arts, Nonfiction Writing); The Fletcher School at Tufts University (MALD, International Security and Negotiations); New York University (MS, Biology and Broadcast Journalism).

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