Maulik Mehta
Senior Associate at Arc Ventures
Maulik Mehta
Senior Associate at Arc Ventures
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Senior Associate
2019 - Current
Arc is an early-stage venture fund, LP to over 50 venture funds, & possesses a direct portfolio of over 60 startups across North America. EU & Israel • Assembled a deal flow pipeline of 3000 startups which later transacted into 600 investment memo’s and 18 investments • Sourced and analyzed over 400 venture funds and ranked them on brand, track record, pedigree of the GP • Led the Investment process: sourcing, due diligence, preparing investment memos and presenting them to the partners • Assisted portfolio with value add such as follow-on financing, sales, and hiring, which resulted in a cost-saving of $150,000 • Formulated an investment thesis, created an initial deployment model, and built the fundraising pitch deck for Arc Ventures • Got a pitch? Drop a line - mmehta@arc-vc.com
Mentor
2018
The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture backed initiative focused on accelerating startups whose revenue comes from Enterprise. The accelerator backs teams with distinctive technical founder's and provides $40k notes, a fellowship of high potential founders, highly sought after mentors, customer development and a structured path to fundraising.
Venture Capital Intern
2019 - 2019
Corporate Venture Capital Intern
2019 - 2019
Summer Research Intern
2019 - 2019
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. • Built and Managed a customer acquisition strategy which garnered ten new enterprise customers with no marketing spend • Iterated business models on scalability and stickiness to formulate a product-market fit which saw revenue grow by 50%
Impact Investing Intern
2018 - 2019
Social Venture Circle is the world’s largest and most active early-stage impact investing network investing in impact & ESG. • Leveraged my connections in the startup eco-system and created 40 eco-system partners to share deal flow and create jobs
Associate Intern
2018 - 2018
Founders Embassy is an accelerator designed for international and immigrant entrepreneurs committed to making a positive impact on the world. • Identified a pain point in venture capital financing and formulated a thesis around immigrant founders & extensive growth • Sourced and performed a deep dive analysis on over 540 prospective investments, funded nine startups
Associate - Investments & Portfolio Development
2017 - 2018
Mumbai Angels is India’s most renowned angel investing network with a venture capital arm that invests in Indian start-ups & early stage companies. • Oversaw due diligence on prospective investments, funded 14 sector-agnostic startups raised over $10 Million in funding • Assembled performance metrics from over 120 portfolio companies securing 30 exits, Intern to Associate in 10 months. • Identified key risks associated with investments and developed a risk mitigation plan for 45 portfolio companies
Strategy Analyst Intern
2017 - 2018
Azuro is India’s first professional property management service funded by venture capitalists and several private equity investors. • Assisted company to raise a third round of funding well over $3 Million; reported directly to the CEO and helped them get acquired by India’s largest real estate brokerage. • Developed algorithms in transition with risk analysis on differentiated leads which reduced the closure timeline by 40% • Negotiated an exclusive deal with ten of India’s largest developers well over $5 Million
Head Of Analysis
2016 - 2017
PSL India uses football as a medium to teach and impart life skills to children aged from 4-16 • Redefined odds of 400/1 and transformed a team of 20 students to win the School Football Championship. • Secured a partnership with one of premier league clubs based in UK, Crystal Palace Football Club. • Achieved quarter on quarter growth rate with an increase in revenue of at least 33% in every quarter