Ajay Sharma
Partner at Communitas Capital Partners
New York
Overview
Work Experience
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
2022 - Current
Oversee deal sourcing, due diligence, execution, fundraising, organizational P&L, and fund operations for Communitas Capital Partners an early-stage VC firm founded by the former CEOs of the NYSE, Reuters, and Instinet.
Communitas Capital is a new venture capital firm founded by financial industry veterans Doug Atkin.
Director of Finance
2020 - 2021
Reported directly to CFO & Co-Founder. Oversaw and built a team to bring operational rigor to finance including managing corporate finance, FP&A, and strategic finance functions.
Rhino is a licensed insurance agency that gives renters financial alternatives to security deposits.
Raised $140,756,951.00 from Tiger Global Management, Lakehouse Ventures, Lakestar and Kairos HQ.
Principal
2019 - 2020
Led the sourcing, due diligence, and investment executing efforts for Communitas Capital Fund I. Investments included Alchemy, Starkware, Coin Metrics, ComplyAdvantage, Gloat, Premialab, Sylvera, and others.
Communitas Capital is a new venture capital firm founded by financial industry veterans Doug Atkin.
Principal & Founding Member
2016 - 2019
Founding member of JetBlue Technology Ventures, the CVC arm of JetBlue Airways. Investments included Tomorrow.io, Joby Aviation, Gladly, FIlament, and Zunum Aero.
JetBlue Ventures invests in and partners with seed-stage startups improving the future of travel and hospitality.
Market Analytics Associate
2010 - 2014
Partnered with Managing Director of Aladdin Product & Platform Analytics to lead product development of new risk analytics measuring performance, attribution, and security analytics for term loans and high-yield credit
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