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Rishaad Currimjee

Investor

General Partner at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc

Mauritius

About

Rishaad began his career managing a high-yield portfolio on Wall Street, then spent a decade in operating and founding roles across Delhi startups (including a failure and an exit) and led turnarounds within his family's Mauritius businesses. Before Golden Sparrow he actively invested in AI and SaaS startups. He holds a BA from Williams College and an eMBA with honors from INSEAD.

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Experience

  1. Golden SparrowGeneral Partnercurrent2023 — presentBangalore
  2. Currimjee JeewanjeeCEO - Commercial2014 — 2023Mauritius
  3. CIDP - Centre International de Développement PharmaceutiqueCo-Founder and CEO2009 — 2014Delhi, India
  4. Startup - IMILChief Financial Officer2006 — 2008Delhi
  5. Bharti Airtel LimitedHead of Mergers and Acquisitions2004 — 2006Delhi
  6. INGAsset Management - High Yield Fund2001 — 2004New York

Education

  1. INSEADGlobal Executive MBA (distinction / top 10%)2013 — 2014
  2. Williams CollegeBachelor of Arts - BA1997 — 2001
  3. Chartered Financial AnalystLevel 1
  4. On DeckFellow (ODX)2022

Skills & more

Venture Capital8B2B Software6climate tech5deep tech1E-Commerce1FinTech1Software as a Service (SaaS)Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Financial AnalysisStart-ups

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Same school

Also attended INSEAD697

Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesStephane KurganInvestor at Index VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate Ventures

+ 691 more

Also attended Williams College87

Chase ColemanFounder & Partner of Tiger Global ManagementSteve CaseChairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOLChris PicardoPartner at Madrona investing at the intersection of life science and computer science, plus consumer tech and Web3Isabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer HippeauNino MarakovicPartner, CEO at Sapphire VenturesAlex MarshallPartner & General Counsel at Generation Investment Management

+ 81 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Bharti Airtel Limited8

Ruchir GoduraEnterprise SaaS & GTM Architect at SenseAI VenturesAmar ThomasHead Strategy at Brand CapitalMohit BhatnagarManaging Director at Peak XV PartnersBrijesh DamodaranPartner at AuxanoVeenu MittalCFO at Anicut CapitalAbhay SethDirector of Commercial Innovation at Swinburne Innovation Studio

+ 2 more

Also worked at ING60

Jan AvontsInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersTom MendozaInvestor at EQT VenturesAlexander WortmannPartner at TCVProf. Dr. Jan Peter BalkenendeVoorzitter at NoaberSanne van ErpInvestment manager at NoaberMeltem TumerAssociate at Fly Ventures

+ 54 more

Deals · 2

Agnikul CosmosSolo GP

via Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc

Relativity SpaceSolo GP

via Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc

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