Raj Singh
Managing Partner at JLL Spark
Raj Singh
Managing Partner at JLL Spark
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2021 - Current
Global proptech investment fund of Jones Lang LaSalle. Send us potential investments through www.jllspark.com/contact
Managing Director
2016 - 2021
JetBlue Technology Ventures incubates, invests in and partners with early stage startups at the intersection of technology, travel and hospitality. Please check our website for more information our interests and our growing portfolio of investments. www.jetblueventures.com
CEO
2011 - 2015
Two sided marketplace for business services. My role was to lead strategy, fund-raising, business development, partnerships (especially with larger companies), hiring, admin, HR, you get the picture.
CEO
2010 - 2011
Start-up consulting firm specializing in Innovation and ICT advice for corporations and governments. Typical engagements: How can countries and regions attract and retain entrepreneurial people and firms? How can links between education and business be improved? How to develop and promote incubators and accelerators, especially around local IT-enabled industries? How to develop venture capital presence, particularly in early stage investing.
General Partner
2007 - 2010
PTV invests in early stage companies that have developed significant intellectual property that can be leveraged across multiple industries. The key is a large growing market that can be revolutionized by a significant breakthrough producing outsized returns. Focus areas: clean tech / clean energy (zero emission generation using rivers and tides; batteries; road tolling), Hydraulics, nano-particles, materials science.
Partner, Venture Capital
2001 - 2006
Investcorp is an alternative assets investment firm. My role included equity and debt financing for portfolio companies; fund-raising for two VC funds (total size $530MM); relations with institutional and private investors; carve-out/spin-outs of divisions of public and private-listed corporations; IPO and M&A activity for portfolio companies; Board memberships (public and private) including audit and compensation committees. Both funds were largely stage agnostic, from seed stage to venture buyouts, focused on technology-driven companies in software, semiconductors, mobile and consumer electronics.
Principal
1995 - 2000
Member of the Information Technology Group - we specialized in IT strategy development in Financial Services, Telecoms, Media etc. Primary responsibilities included running multiple projects at a time, managing and developing junior staff, selling services, recruiting. Also a member of the eCommerce team serving startups and large corporations looking for Internet strategies and presence.
Senior Consultant
1994 - 1995
Senior Consultant in the Telecoms and Media practice, serving large IBM clients in the field