Pankaj Jain
Managing Partner at Saka Ventures
Pankaj Jain
Managing Partner at Saka Ventures
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2022 - Current
Board Member
2021 - 2024
Writer, Host, Producer
2018 - 2022
InvestStream is a show discussing venture capital, startups, tech, economics, markets across the US and India.
Member of the Investment Committee
2019 - 2022
Co-Crafter
2019 - 2021
Founder Craft is a startup advisory that works with first-time founders, rapidly growing startups, and corporate intrapreneurship groups to define, understand, and navigate the tools, skills, and experience needed to succeed. Our approach leverages decades of experience building, scaling, selling, and investing in startups to guide founders and founding teams towards the solutions that are often hard to see or impossible to imagine.
Chief Operating Officer
2020 - 2021
Workomo is a startup focused on "People Intelligence". Sign up for free at https://pjain.co/35mAdeh
Member of Investment Committee
2017 - 2021
As a member of the OTF Investment Committee, I work with the management team and other members of the IC to evaluate every early-stage venture deal brought to us for an investment. We meet regularly to hear the founders pitch their startups and make offers to startups that fit the OTF investment thesis to join the OTF Wadi accelerator. I also work with the management team to implement reporting best practices to ensure that each startup has an easy way of providing investor updates to OTF and the rest of their investors.
Supporting Entrepreneurs Building on Tezos
2018 - 2019
Founder
2017 - 2019
BlockHack is an online and offline community supporting and promoting the understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
Partner
2012 - 2016
At 500 Startups, I was responsible for building the India presence and investing in over 60 companies in India including, ZipDial, InnovAccer, Headout, SocialCops, PopXo. More details on my investments are at http://angel.co/pjain
Education
Bachelors
1991 - 1995
High School
1988 - 1991