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Karan Wadhera

Managing Partner at Casa Verde

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Karan Wadhera is the Managing Partner at Casa Verde, where he has successfully invested in a variety of companies across different stages and sectors, such as Growlink, MoonPay, and Eaze. With a strong background in equities and capital markets, he has held key roles at prestigious firms like Goldman Sachs and Nomura Securities, showcasing his expertise in sales trading and equity research. Wadhera's career highlights include serving as the Head of Regional Sales Trading at Instinet Incorporated in Asia, managing director at Cashmere Asia, and leading sales trading for Nomura Securities in India. His current role as Managing Partner at Casa Verde involves investing in innovative companies within the AgTech, SMB Software, and Consumer Internet sectors in the Los Angeles/Southern California region.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2016 - Current

Casa Verde Capital is a venture capital firm specialized in seed investments.

  • Strategic Advisor

    2014

Jason of Beverly Hills sells high end diamond pieces to the world’s elite.

  • Head of Regional Sales Trading (Asia Ex-Japan)

    2013 - 2015

    A Nomura Company

Instinet, along with its subsidiaries, provides online security brokerage and electronic trading services.

  • Managing Director

    2008 - 2014

    Cashmere Asia is a Los Angeles/Mumbai based entertainment firm that helps Western artists and brands break into Asian markets. Cashmere Asia uses a comprehensive approach which incorporates unique content and collateral into both traditional and pioneering media outlets. This technique maximizes the benefit to the artist/brand by establishing a platform for growth and sustainability in new markets. Correspondingly, parties that align themselves with these artists/brands will see unique opportunities for revenue generation and garner maximum visibility for their product.

  • Head of India Sales Trading - Equities

    2009 - 2013

  • Vice President - Equities

    2008 - 2009

    Helped begin Indian Infoline's first Institutional Equities desk.

  • Indian Equities (Mumbai)

    2006 - 2008

    Moved to Mumbai to help begin Goldman Sachs' first Equities desk in India. In charge of managing the largest global relationships for the firm as it related to India.

  • Pan-Asia Sales Trading (Hong Kong)

    2005 - 2006

    Sales-Trading covering int'l clients looking to invest in Asia ex-Japan. Specific focus on India.

  • Institutional Equities - US Sales (San Francisco)

    2004 - 2005

    Worked on the Institutional Equities Sales desk to cover West Coast clients.

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

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