Ishan Sachdev

General Partner

2022 - Current

Partner

2021 - 2022

Deciens is an early-stage venture fund focused on FinTech

Vice President

2018 - 2020

Software growth equity; formerly Providence Strategic Growth. $14B+ AUM.

Co-Founder and Managing Director

2014 - 2018

MIT Alumni Angels is an angel group made up of MIT alumni, focused on investing in technology and life sciences startups founded by members of the MIT community (students, alumni, faculty, etc.), and is affiliated with the MIT Alumni Association. http://www.mitalumniangels.com/

Research Associate

2013 - 2015

Researched financial inclusion in emerging markets, with a focus on mobile money services. Developed framework for successful mobile money deployments codified in HBS Working Paper, and held conference for C-Level executives from the key organizations globally to discuss the state of the industry Paper - https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/mobile-money-services-design-and-development-for-financial-inclusion Conference - https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/conferences/2014-financial-inclusion/Pages/default.aspx

Summer Policy Advisor, Office of Capital Markets

2012 - 2012

The Office of Capital Markets was formed during the financial crisis to bring people with private-sector markets experience to Treasury, and advises on all financial markets-related policy. Worked on issues including components of the Dodd-Frank Act (the Orderly Liquidation Authority and the Central Clearing of OTC Derivatives), a retrospective of past financial crises (both US and international), and the JOBS Act.

Assistant to the President

2009 - 2010

Managed process to sell iPay, a portfolio company of Bain Capital Ventures and Spectrum Equity Investors, resulting in $300M acquisition by Jack Henry & Associates in June 2010. iPay provides a SaaS solution for online bill payment and remittance, allowing users to make any payment they like directly from their bank’s internet banking portal.

Associate

2007 - 2009

Venture Capital investor at the $1.5B venture affiliate of Bain Capital. Fund focuses on early stage venture and growth equity investments across a wide variety of industries. Helped invest $31.45M across five companies, with a principal focus on FinTech.

Proprietary Trader

2005 - 2007

Trader on proprietary trading desk within Structured Credit Trading. Desk invested for the firm account, and strategy involved an arbitrage of credit derivatives and illiquid debt instruments.