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Akshat Jain

Building at GoKwik

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Overview 

Akshat Jain, an MBA graduate from IIM Bangalore and ex-Associate Vice President at Matrix Partners India, is currently leading building initiatives at GoKwik and actively involved in angel investing. With a background in investment banking at Deutsche Bank and research at BCG, he excels in cross-functional team leadership and business strategy, focusing on sectors like Education and FinTech.

Work Experience 

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GoKwik

  • Building

    2023 - Current

    Tinkering with new ideas

  • Angel Investor

    2023

    Select Investments: - Freakins: Gen-Z focussed fast-fashion brand (Invested in Seed alongside Matrix Partners & Blume Ventures) - Wootz.work: B2B engineering procurement company (Invested in Seed alongside Matrix Partners & Nexus Venture Partners) - Stealth: Gaming venture (Invested in Seed alongside PeakXV Ventures & Nexus Venture Partners)

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Matrix Partners India

  • Associate Vice President

    2019 - 2023

    - Led consumer-tech & fin-tech investments at the fund - Focus areas: E-commerce, D2C brands, Financial services, Ed-tech, Health-tech - Investments & Board associations: GoKwik, Freakins, DSLR, Onecard, Liquiloans, Avail Finance

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Deutsche Bank

  • Investment Banking Intern

    2018 - 2018

    Received Full-time Offer Part of the EMEA ECM Desk - Worked on a live transaction for a $250m Initial Public Offering of a Turkish luxury retail client - Prepared a RfP for a potential IPO by UK's fastest growing food delivery company - Assisted in multiple client pitches and sector updates

DB Capital Ventures invests in early-stage and emerging growth businesses and is a venture capital firm based in New York.

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The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

  • Associate Researcher

    2016 - 2017

    Assisted global BCG consultants in research and analysis on client cases. Worked across sectors like Consumer, Financial Institutions, Technology, Media &Telecom (TMT), etc. Primarily a part of the Public sector & Strategy practice. Spent most of the time covering India and SEA.

BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.

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