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Masha Khusid

Partner at Drive Capital

Columbus, Ohio

Overview 

Masha Khusid is a Partner at Drive Capital in Columbus, Ohio, with a successful track record of investing in companies at various stages, including Planned, Birdseye, Astrus, Nautical Commerce, and SoloLearn. She has held previous roles at Jump Capital, Lighter Capital, KKR & Co. L.P., and KeyBanc Capital Markets, showcasing a diverse and established career in investment and finance.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2019 - Current

    Investments: Astrus AI, Birdseye*, Sparx, Hopper*, Nautical Commerce*, Landline*, Planned*, Sololearn* Boards denoted with *

Drive Capital is a private investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs in building long-term, sustainable businesses.

  • Investor

    2018 - 2019

Jump Capital is a thesis-led, sector-focused, and operating-centric venture capital firm specializing in Seed/Series A.

  • Investment Director

    2016 - 2018

Lighter Capital offers tech entrepreneurs with access to non-dilutive financing to help grow their companies without giving up equity.

Raised $246,022,000.00 from i80 | Group, Invest Victoria, ATLAS SP Partners, Apollo, iPartners, i80 | Group, National Australia Bank (NAB), Silicon Valley Bank, Voyager Capital and Credit Suisse.

  • Associate

    2014 - 2016

KKR India Asset Finance is a non-banking financial company that provides systemically important Non-Banking services.

  • Associate

    2011 - 2015

    Technology industry expert in modeling, pitching and execution. Transaction experience with institutional term loan market and buy and sell-side M&A. Areas of focus include: SaaS, Legal Tech, FinTech, and Cloud Storage.

KeyBanc Capital Markets is a corporate and investment bank providing capital markets and advisory solutions .

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