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Karn Dasgupta

Vice President at WestCap

London Area, United Kingdom

Overview 

Karn Dasgupta is currently a Growth Investor at WestCap in London, specializing in post-seed, seed, and pre-seed investments in sectors such as analytics, payments, and FinTech. With a background in investment banking at Lazard and experience at Providence Equity Partners, Karn brings strong financial analysis skills and leadership to his role, contributing to the growth and success of various startups in the London area.

Work Experience 

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WestCap

  • Vice President

    2023 - Current

    WestCap is a strategic investor and operator in growth equity that partners with visionary leaders to build generational companies. WestCap’s team is comprised of seasoned entrepreneurs and company builders who work side-by-side with founders to help companies scale. WestCap has made notable investments like Airbnb, StubHub, iPreo, Addepar, Hopper, iCapital, GoodLeap, and NYDIG. The firm has offices in New York, San Francisco and London.

  • Senior Associate

    2022 - 2022

WestCap is a strategic operating and investing firm that focuses on tech-enabled, asset-light marketplaces.

westcap.com
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Providence Equity Partners

  • Associate

    2020 - 2022

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Lazard

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2017 - 2020

Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.

Raised $400,000,000.00.

lazard.com
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HSBC Global Banking and Markets

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2016 - 2016

    Placed in the Advisory Team. Particular focus on credit analysis and impact of credit ratings relating to M&A and ECM transactions, spanning across multiple sectors.

Oversees relationships with the venture capital community and connects their portfolio companies to the right people at HSBC.

business.us.hsbc.com
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Deutsche Bank

  • Researcher

    2012 - 2012

    Being placed in the commodities structuring department I was able to gain a first hand perception of the impact of real world economics on a more direct level in addition to gain crucial understanding in the intricate working of commodities markets and the influences and impacts events in politics, economic and international affairs have on these markets.

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

db.com
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The JM Group

  • Researcher

    2011 - 2011

    Undertook a project to retrieve, update and compile information on all candidates previously placed by the firm in the last 5 years and above a set salary threshold in order to improve relations between the firm and previous candidates. Also provided reports of those who are currently hiring managers to find sources for further clients, in addition to research task on the recruitment process of some of the company’s largest corporate clients.

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