Rishabh Nijhawan
InvestorSenior Associate at Western Technology Investment
Silicon Valley
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Rishabh joined WTI in 2021 after interning in 2019. He was previously a data scientist at VMware building NLP and ML models.
Beyond investing
- Education
- Earned bachelor's degrees in both Economics and Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Experience
- Western Technology InvestmentSenior Associatecurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Western Technology InvestmentAssociate2023 — 2025Portola Valley, California, United States
- Western Technology InvestmentAnalyst2021 — 2023Portola Valley, California, United States
- VMwareData Scientist, Customer Intelligence2021San Francisco, California, United States
- VMwareIntern, Customer Insights and Analytics2021Palo Alto, California, United States
- ELSA, CorpData Science Intern2020Palo Alto, California, United States
- UC Berkeley Division of Data SciencesLearning Assistant for Data 8: Foundations of Data Science2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Western Technology InvestmentInvestment Team Intern2019Portola Valley, CA
- AllyOData Science Engineering Intern2018
- Cal FootballRecruiting Intern2017 — 2018Berkeley, California
- The Daily CalifornianLead Higher Education Reporter2018
- The Daily CalifornianNews Reporter2017 — 2018Berkeley, California
- Storefront Political MediaIntern2016San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Google AdWords4Java2PowerPoint3Microsoft Word3Swift2SQL1Python (Programming Language)1Economics5Search Engine Marketing4Government2Social Media3Research3
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iOS DevelopmentData AnalysisPublic SpeakingPolitical ResearchLanguages English · French · Hindi
- AdWords
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Colleagues at Western Technology Investment
Allison Lee
Principal at Western Technology Investment
Angela Perteet
Operations Manager at Western Technology Investment
Brittany Cadwalader
Director of Finance and SEC Reporting at Western Technology Investment
Dave Gravano
Investment Partner at Western Technology Investment
David Wanek
Investment Partner, CEO at Western Technology Investment
Dylan Bern
Principal at Western Technology Investment
Ekta Sheth
Accounting Ops Manager at Western Technology Investment
Greg Goldfarb
Investment Partner at Western Technology Investment
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rishabh Nijhawan?
- Rishabh joined WTI in 2021 after interning in 2019. He was previously a data scientist at VMware building NLP and ML models.
- Where does Rishabh Nijhawan work?
- Rishabh Nijhawan is Senior Associate at Western Technology Investment.
- What check size does Rishabh Nijhawan write?
- Rishabh Nijhawan typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Rishabh Nijhawan go to school?
- Rishabh Nijhawan studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics and Data Science); The Harker School.
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Shared employers
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