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Derek Walkush

Investment Partner at Variant

New York, New York

Overview 

Derek Walkush, an Investment Partner at Variant.fund in New York, has a background in quantitative and qualitative research, digital marketing, and web content writing. With experience at top firms like Accolade Partners and Altus Power America, Derek's career highlights include being a Mortara Undergraduate Research Fellow at Georgetown University and interning at Paradigm Companies in finance.

Work Experience 

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Variant

  • Investment Partner

    2022 - Current

    early stage token fund.

Variant is an early-stage venture firm investing in crypto networks & platforms building The Ownership Economy.

variant.fund
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Accolade Partners

  • Investment Intern

    2021 - 2021

    Nationally ranked fund of funds with $3b+ AUM. Focus on hard to access funds with exposure to HC and Tech. Launched one of the first institutional blockchain fund of funds.

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Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

  • Mortara Undergraduate Research Fellow

    2020 - 2021

    Quantitative (data analysis on Stata / R) and qualitative (literature and document review) International Political Economy research.

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Altus Power America, Inc.

  • Student Analyst

    2020 - 2021

    Blackstone-backed solar project finance firm with $850m+ deployed in 300+ MW across US. 100+ MW of portfolio acquisitions in 2020.

Altus Power is a provider of clean electric power, specializing in solar generation, energy storage, and charging infrastructure.

Raised $2,353,500,000.00 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, CPP Investments, Blackstone Credit and Blackstone Credit.

altuspower.com
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Paradigm Companies

  • Finance Intern

    2020 - 2021

    DMV real estate developer with $2b+ AUM.

Paradigm specializes in offering a wide range of services including construction, real estate development and property management services.

paradigmcos.com

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