Meera Balakumar
Investment Committee Member at Adventures in Syncopation
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Advisor and Investor
2020 - Current
Concurrent and/or overlapping roles providing strategic advisory and hands-on execution to technology startups. I focus on honing go-to-market strategy, sales enablement, revenue operations and customer success. Advisor to several startups, including: M2M Capital, OpenLaw, SpectrifyAI, Navable, S64 Capital Innovaton, Ortus, Quottly Advisor to accelerators and venture studios, including: Veracity AI: Singapore-based venture studio accelerating AI software startups TechStars Accelerator Mentor JP Morgan Spring Cohort Samvid Ventures Fall Cohort U.S. SBA annual national accelerator funding competition panel judge
Investment Committee Member
2022
Venture investing in entrepreneurs with a performing arts background and in the early stages of building the next unicorn. We believe these entrepreneurs bring a unique mix of creative innovation, discipline and successful execution.
Head of Business Development
2019 - 2022
Technology solutions and strategic partnerships for CFOs of venture-backed SaaS companies.
Cogenics Consulting specializes in application implementation, data integration, EPM business planning and cloud solutions.
Advisory Board Member
2020 - 2021
Renewable energy projects for long-term clean power generation strategies.
Founder, CEO
2008 - 2019
Cloud-based utilities for alternative asset fund managers. Acquired.
Senior Associate
2004 - 2008
$6 billion of transaction mandates in North America, Europe and Asia.
Fulbright Fellow
2001 - 2004
Capital markets access for small enterprise finance in Asia and Africa.
Faculty of Economics
2001 - 2002
Collaborated with Dean of Faculty of Economics to analyze South African capital markets and corporate governance in African countries.
Senior Analyst, Technology Investment Banking
2000 - 2001
Technology investment banking.
Analyst, Investment Banking
1998 - 2000
Banc of America Montgomery Securities.
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