About
Sanket Merchant is one of four Partners at PeakSpan Capital, where he leads coverage of Cyber & Digital Infrastructure and EdTech. He joined the firm in 2017 as one of its first non-founding team members and has focused on growth-stage B2B software and applied AI companies, serving on more than 12 boards. Earlier in his career he worked in the Technology, Media & Telecom Group at Houlihan Lokey on software M&A and financing transactions, and was a consultant at FactSet Research Systems. He holds a B.B.A. in Finance with an Economics minor from the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEdTechSaaS
Experience
- PeakSpan CapitalPartnercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PeakSpan CapitalPrincipal2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- PeakSpan CapitalVice President2020San Francisco Bay Area
- PeakSpan CapitalSenior Associate2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- PeakSpan CapitalAssociate2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- OpkeyMember - Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentDublin, California, United States
- SOCRadar® Extended Threat IntelligenceMember - Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentNewark, Delaware, United States
- AbreMember — Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentCincinnati, Ohio, United States
- KudoboardMember - Board of Directorscurrent2021 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- BongoMember - Board of Directorscurrent2021 — presentLoveland, Colorado, United States
- YodeckInvestorcurrent2020 — presentAthens, Attiki, Greece
- Fuel50Observer - Board of Directorscurrent2019 — presentOrange County, California, United States
- MindBridge AiMember - Board of Directorscurrent2019 — presentGreater Ottawa Metropolitan Area
- Epignosis eLearning solutionsInvestorcurrent2017 — presentAthens, Greece
- CyaraInvestorcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- QwilMember - Board of Directors2019 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
- Inference SolutionsObserver - Board of Directors2018 — 2020Greater Melbourne Area
- Houlihan LokeyTechnology Investment Banking2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- FactSetConsultant | Global Banking & Brokerage2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of BusinessBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance2007 — 2011
Skills & more
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EconomicsData ModelingAnalyticsCorporate FinanceAccountingFactSetMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficePowerPointMicrosoft WordBloombergLanguages Gujarati · Hindi
- ASU+GSV Summit 2023 Attendee — ASU+GSV Summit
- Series 79 — FINRA
- Series 63 — FINRA
From Sanket's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business42
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Shared employers
Also worked at SOCRadar® Extended Threat Intelligence3
Also worked at Kudoboard1
Also worked at MindBridge Ai4
Also worked at Qwil2
Deals · 2
AbreBoard seat
via PeakSpan Capital Partners · filed Jun 2025 · $13M raise
SOCRadar Cyber Intelligence Inc.Board seat
via PeakSpan Capital Partners · filed May 2024 · $22M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
