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403 people in our graph share verified history with Smit — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Luca FerraresiunlockedSmit: together at SDA Bocconi (2017)
×2Smit: together at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Smit: together at SDA Bocconi
×7Smit: together at Indian School of Business
About
Director with over a decade of experience in investment banking, corporate development, and strategy. Board observer at portfolio company LeverageEdu; previously led strategy and corporate development at a Yubi subsidiary and worked in corporate development at upGrad and investment banking at EY.
Experience
- ETS CapitalDirector - M&A and Investmentscurrent2024 — present
- YubiDeputy Vice President - Strategy & Corporate Development2022 — 2023Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- upGradSenior Manager - Corporate Development2021 — 2022Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- EYSenior Associate- Investment Banking2017 — 2021Mumbai Area, India
- DeloitteDeputy Manager- Financial Advisory- Valuations2014 — 2016Mumbai Area, India
- Edelweiss Securities LimitedFinancial Analyst2012 — 2013Mumbai
- HDFC Standard Life InsuranceManagement Trainee- Accounts2012Mumbai
- Ashish Kamdar & Co., Chartered AccountantsArticle Assistant2008 — 2012Mumbai Area, India
Skills & more
Investment DecisionsBusiness Case PreparationStrategy ExecutionPerformance MetricsFinancial Planning1Project Management1Business StrategyBusiness PlanningFinancial Analysis4Financial Accounting2Corporate Finance2Financial Modeling1
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Colleagues at ETS Strategic Capital
Daniel Pollak
Senior Associate at ETS Strategic Capital
Emal Dusst
Managing Director & Head of ETS Capital at ETS Strategic Capital
Farhat Siddiqui
Advisor at ETS Strategic Capital
Isabelle Hau
Advisory Board - AI & Learning Innovation at ETS Strategic Capital
Jonathan Lau
Advisory Board - Product & Strategy at ETS Strategic Capital
Malone Ma
Principal at ETS Strategic Capital
Melanie Clayton
Executive Assistant at ETS Strategic Capital
Mike May
Principal at ETS Strategic Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Smit Desai?
- Director with over a decade of experience in investment banking, corporate development, and strategy. Board observer at portfolio company LeverageEdu; previously led strategy and corporate development at a Yubi subsidiary and worked in corporate development at upGrad and investment banking at EY.
- Where does Smit Desai work?
- Smit Desai is Director at ETS Strategic Capital.
- Where did Smit Desai go to school?
- Smit Desai studied at Indian School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); SDA Bocconi (Master of Business Administration - MBA); CFA Institute, USA (CFA Level 2, Corporate Finance).
Same school
Also attended Indian School of Business182
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Also attended SDA Bocconi120
Giuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesLuca FerraresiProject Specialist at P101 VenturesChristophe de MontillePartner at Beyond Capital VenturesSure Kose UlutasExperts | Human Resources and Culture at 212Gabriele RicciChief Data & Technology Officer at Takeda VenturesMarwan ChahbounExecutive Director at The Spartan Group
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Also attended The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India373
Vivek KothariController at Sierra VenturesAnupama SrinivasInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesKshitij GolwalkarInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesDipanjan BasuCo-Founder & Partner at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpAdarsh MenonPartner at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpAmit KulkarniChief Financial Officer at Fireside Ventures Advisory Llp
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Also attended R.A.Podar College of Commerce & Economics9
Tarak DoshiAssociate - Sustainability Solutions at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpAnooj VikamInvestor at A91 PartnersNimisha NagarsekarCo-founder & Partner at Sixth Sense VenturesAkshata AgarwalPrincipal at Curiosity VCRishit ParikhAssociate at Illinois VenturesShilpa SehgalPartner at Equanimity
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Shared employers
Also worked at Yubi4
Also worked at upGrad8
Weisheng NeoPartner at QualgroKartik KalaVP Marketing at Arkam VenturesKushal BhagiaFounder at All In CapitalAkash SharmaSoftware Development Engineer at Elevation CapitalSarthak DubeyFounder at MitigataPhalgun KompalliFounder at Upgrad
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Also worked at Deloitte2,000
Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewSteve AnaviCo-founder & President of QontoNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesRaychel BailonVP of Finance at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at Investinor
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