Swathi Dhamodaran
InvestorAssociate, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital Advisors
San Francisco Bay Area
About
Swathi Dhamodaran holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and a Computer Science degree from NIT Trichy. She currently leads Strategic Finance & Analytics at Airbnb and brings experience spanning venture capital, software development, and Goldman Sachs, where she built execution systems for trading desks. Over four years in venture capital, she invested in and advised enterprise software and AI companies including Atomicwork, Bluecopa, and Scribbledata, while conducting user research and supporting product and go-to-market strategy for early-stage startups.
Experience
- AirbnbStrategic Finance & Analyticscurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Trifecta CapitalAssociate, Growth Equity2023 — 2025Mumbai
- PickyourtrailFounder's Office Consultant2023 — 2024
- Blume VenturesAnalyst, Investment Team2021 — 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Goldman SachsSoftware Developer, Global Markets Division (Formerly Securities)2020 — 2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Goldman SachsAnalyst, Global Markets Division2019Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- YNOS Venture Engine CC Pvt. Ltd.Machine Learning Intern2018Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Skills & more
Management9Public Speaking6Leadership10JavaMicrosoft Excel2Microsoft Word2PowerPoint2Microsoft Office4C1HTML1Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)1JavaScript2
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PHPC++PhpMyAdminMySQLBack-End Web DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentProduct Road MappingAnalyticsResearchProject ManagementCustomer ServiceEconomicsLanguages English · Hindi · Tamil
- Future of People, Power and Politics — 10-in-10 + Gigatonne
- Goldman Sachs MyLearning - Securities Analyst Track 2020 — Financial Edge Training
- Blockchain architecture & its applications — NPTEL
- Stock market-Introduction — EQSIS
- Introduction to modern application development-Hasura — NPTEL
From Swathi's professional profile.
Colleagues at Trifecta Capital Advisors
Abhijit Joshi
Director, Credit at Trifecta Capital Advisors
Abhishek Gupta
Partner, Credit at Trifecta Capital Advisors
Aditya Singh
Analyst, Credit at Trifecta Capital Advisors
Arijit Sarkar
Director, Credit at Trifecta Capital Advisors
Atul Satpathy
Senior Associate, Credit at Trifecta Capital Advisors
Ayush Gupta
Head of Finance, Credit at Trifecta Capital Advisors
Daivik Raval
Associate Vice President, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital Advisors
Deepak Mohan
Partner, Financial Solutions at Trifecta Capital Advisors
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Swathi Dhamodaran?
- Swathi Dhamodaran holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and a Computer Science degree from NIT Trichy. She currently leads Strategic Finance & Analytics at Airbnb and brings experience spanning venture capital, software development, and Goldman Sachs, where she built execution systems for trading desks. Over four years in venture capital, she invested in and advised enterprise software and AI companies including Atomicwork, Bluecopa, and Scribbledata, while conducting user research and supporting product and go-to-market strategy for early-stage startups.
- Where does Swathi Dhamodaran work?
- Swathi Dhamodaran is Associate, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital Advisors.
- Where did Swathi Dhamodaran go to school?
- Swathi Dhamodaran studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (MBA); University of Chicago (Master of Business Administration - MBA); National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Major in Computer Science & Engineering).
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Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business492
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Also attended University of Chicago349
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesSam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Clay FisherInvestor at Spark CapitalJonas CiplickasPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersJulia Gonzalez SandersPartner and General Counsel at Crosslink Capital
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Also attended National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli26
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Shared employers
Also worked at Airbnb158
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalBrian CheskyCo-founder & CEO of AirbnbJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbNathan BlecharczykCo-founder & CSO of Airbnb
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Also worked at Trifecta Capital19
Rahul KhannaManaging Partner at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsLavanya AshokPartner, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsAbhishek GuptaPartner, Credit at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsDeepak MohanPartner, Financial Solutions at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsArijit SarkarDirector, Credit at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsSaurabh SinghPartner, Credit at Trifecta Capital Advisors
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Also worked at Blume Ventures8
Radhesh KanumuryManaging Partner at SUVAN VENTURESKarthik ReddyCo-Founder and Partner at Blume VenturesArpit AgarwalPartner at Blume VenturesHersh GulatiPrincipal at RPSG Capital VenturesJitesh LuthraEIR at Leo Capital VenturesKaushik SAssociate Vice President at Together Fund
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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,505
Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDavid VélezFounder & CEO of NubankTarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi
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