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
- Sahsen Ventures, LLCPartnercurrent2025 — presentGreater Seattle Area
- BlackRockManaging Director - Hedge Fund Research2006 — 2025
- Quellos Group, LLCAssociate2006 — 2007Seattle
Skills & more
Hedge Funds10Alternative Investments5Equities1ValuationInvestment StrategiesAsset ManagmentInvestmentsDue Diligence1Financial AnalysisAsset Allocation1Capital Markets2Asset Management1
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BloombergLanguages English · Spanish
From Smit's professional profile.
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 Pomona College (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics); University of Cambridge.
Same school
Also attended Pomona College68
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Also attended University of Cambridge1,141
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sahsen Ventures, LLC1
Also worked at BlackRock317
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