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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

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