Mahesh Ramakrishnan
Venture Investor at Escape Velocity. Optimist.
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2024 - Current
The Mahamaya Foundation works with shelters and healthcare organizations globally that provide care to abandoned and homeless dogs. Today, we work with the Samarpan Foundation, and three independent shelters to provide food, rabies vaccines, and shelter care for abandoned dogs in Varanasi. Learn more at mahamayadogs.org
Seed Investor
2022
Founder of Early-Stage Investment Firm Escape Velocity Ventures. Learn more at ev3.xyz.
Escape Velocity is a thesis-driven venture and consulting firm that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage.
Private Equity Associate
2020 - 2022
Apollo is an asset management firm that focuses on the private investment-grade and fixed-income markets.
Raised $5,587,507,641.00 from BNP Paribas, Barclays and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.
Investment Banking Analyst
2018 - 2020
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Investment Banking Summer Analyst
2017 - 2017
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Special Situations Summer Analyst
2016 - 2016
Fortress is an investment management firm that manages alternative assets in private equity, liquid hedge funds, and credit funds.
Macro Hedge Fund Summer Analyst
2015 - 2015
Private Equity Summer Analyst
2015 - 2015
Case Study Team
2015 - 2015
Learned patience in asking hard questions.
Partners Fund Summer Analyst
2014 - 2014
Fortress is an investment management firm that manages alternative assets in private equity, liquid hedge funds, and credit funds.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2014 - 2018
Made it
2022