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Meera Oak

Partner at Alumni Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Meera Oak is a Partner at Alumni Ventures, specializing in pre-seed and seed venture capital in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in risk management and go-to-market strategy, Meera has excelled in stakeholder management and business development throughout her career. Highlights of Meera's career include her role as Partner at Alumni Ventures, where she focuses on investing in early-stage startups, and her experience in senior financial analysis at Yale University, showcasing her diverse skill set in venture capital and financial operations.

Work Experience 

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Alumni Ventures

  • Partner

    2024 - Current

    Investing in vertical SaaS, AI/ML and infrastructure at Pre-Seed and Seed

  • Senior Principal

    2022 - 2024

  • Principal

    2020 - 2022

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital investment firm that manages fund families that invest in a portfolio of companies.

Raised $500,000.00 from Michael Bunning.

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Polymath Capital

  • Startup Scout

    2019 - 2019

    Part-time consulting role evaluating potential investment opportunities across several industry verticals; Represent fund at community events (conferences, competitions, etc.) to grow fund's network of entrepreneurs

Polymath Capital Partners is a pre-seed/seed venture capital firm with emphasis on community, longevity, and financial democratization.

polymathcp.com
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Create

  • General Manager

    2019 - 2019

    Launched by Mark Gerson of GLG, Create is a venture studio founded by 20 of New York's most successful entrepreneurs and investors. Launched first venture out of the studio and built financial models to assess startup viability by analyzing revenue growth, cost drivers and burn rate; analysis resulted in a $3m seed investment in the HR/recruiting space. Performed new product diligence on 30+ business ventures in order to prioritize and push through funnel; presented findings to internal investments and platform team for portfolio consideration. Conducted in-depth user testing with a clickable prototype to inform go-to-market strategy for app business

Create is a venture studio that builds companies from the ground up.

createventurestudio.com
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Yale University

  • Strategy & Business Operations

    2016 - 2018

    CoS function for executive committees at Yale (including President, Provost, COO, CFO); led $30m+ M&A of another educational institution and valuation negotiation; evaluated (benchmarking analysis, financial forecasting) and launched new professional school at Yale; created University's first set of dashboards to structure OKRs and increase KPI visibility amongst 30+ University leaders; led analysis to secure $700m+ in private investment for STEM research initiatives

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    2013 - 2016

    Financial management and P&L owner for 1/4th of the university budget ($3.5B+); led transition to new ERP infrastructure (Workday) and BI tools (Tableau); launched a 4-month customization of Axiom software that reduced processing time by 1 month; developed 10-year financial plan and model for a $250M capital expansion initiative

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