Akshat Jain
Building at GoKwik
Akshat Jain
Building at GoKwik
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Overview
Work Experience
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)
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
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
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.
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2017 - 2019
Exchange Program
2018 - 2018
BA(H)Economics
2013 - 2016
Class XII
2011 - 2013
Class X
2006 - 2013