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Mahesh Ramakrishnan

Venture Investor at Escape Velocity. Optimist.

New York, New York

Overview 

Mahesh Ramakrishnan is a Venture Investor at Escape Velocity in New York, with a background as a Founder of Mahamaya Foundation for Dogs and experience at top firms like Apollo Global Management and Goldman Sachs. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and has made a mark in the investment world through his roles as a Seed Investor and Private Equity Associate.

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.

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