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Rishit Parikh

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Associate at Illinois Ventures

United States

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About

Rishit Parikh is a venture investor at Illinois Ventures focused on early-stage funding opportunities. He works with entrepreneurs developing new business concepts.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Experience

  1. Illinois VenturesVenture Investorcurrent2024 — present
  2. Ingenious AdvisorsHead Dealscurrent2020 — present
  3. Upshift PartnersPrivate Equity Investor2024 — 2025
  4. SUM VenturesVenture Investor2024Los Angeles, California, United States
  5. ah! VenturesVenture Partner2021 — 2023
  6. A Big Indian StoryAngel Investor2022 — 2023Pune, Maharashtra, India
  7. unremot (Techstars '21)Angel Investor2021 — 2023Delaware, United States
  8. TiE MumbaiMember2022 — 2023

Skills & more

Early-Stage Startups3Presentations2Networking2Market Research2Portfolio Management2Deal Sourcing3Investments3Venture Capital3Finance6Digital Marketing5Data Science5Programming5
+12 moreBusiness DevelopmentPrivate EquityLeadershipIntellectualDecision-MakingAttention to DetailTeamworkInterpersonal SkillsStrategic ThinkingEmotional IntelligenceCritical ThinkingInterpersonal Communication
  • Passed Level II of the CFA Program (90th+ Percentile) — CFA Institute
  • Passed Level I of the CFA Program (90th+ Percentile) — CFA Institute
  • Financial Literacy — SIES College of Commerce & Economics
  • Python — Aptech
  • Autocad — CAD Center
  • Tally ERP 9 — SIES College of Commerce & Economics
  • Sustainable Finance — United Nations
  • Financial Programming and Policies: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis — International Monetary Fund
  • Fundamentals of Digital Marketing — Google Digital Garage
  • Machine Learning with Python — IBM

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Colleagues at Illinois Ventures

Christopher Valera
Operations Coordinator at Illinois Ventures
Dennis Hesch
Chairman, Executive VP, The Carle System at Illinois Ventures
Guy Padbury
SVP, Oncology Clinical Pharmacology at Illinois Ventures
Jacob Kinsey
Senior Director at Illinois Ventures
Jay Walsh
Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation, University of Illinois at Illinois Ventures
Jeffrey Brown
Professor, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at Illinois Ventures
Joanna Groden
Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois Chicago at Illinois Ventures
Mark O’Connor
Associate at Illinois Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Rishit Parikh?
Rishit Parikh is a venture investor at Illinois Ventures focused on early-stage funding opportunities. He works with entrepreneurs developing new business concepts.
Where does Rishit Parikh work?
Rishit Parikh is Associate at Illinois Ventures.
Where did Rishit Parikh go to school?
Rishit Parikh studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Science - MS, Finance); R. A. Podar College of Commerce & Economics (Masters, Business Management); University of Mumbai (Bachelor of Management Studies, Finance).

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