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Rohit Giri

Investor at Deepwatch

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Rohit Giri is the Director of Corporate Development and Splunk Ventures in San Francisco, California. With a background in corporate finance and investment, he has held leadership roles at companies like Deepwatch, BigCommerce, and Squarespace, showcasing expertise in financial modeling, valuation, and mergers & acquisitions. Highlights of Rohit's career include serving as the Director of Corporate Development at Splunk and leading investments in various stages and sectors like IoT, Developer Tools, and FinTech, demonstrating a strong track record in strategic corporate development and venture capital.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2023 - Current

Deepwatch secures the digital economy by protecting enterprise networks via its cloud security platform.

Raised $256,000,000.00 from Pario Ventures, Springcoast Capital Partners, Vista Credit Partners and Splunk Ventures.

  • Director of Corporate Development and Splunk Ventures

    2021

    Splunk Ventures: - February 2023: $180M series B funding of Deepwatch

Splunk Ventures is an Investment Firm.

  • Director of Corporate Development

    2018 - 2021

    M&A: - July 2021: $145M acquisition of Feedonomics, product feed optimization and syndication solutions IPO & Follow-On: - November 2020: $391M follow-on offering - August 2020: $217M IPO

BigCommerce is a SaaS provider for merchants running online businesses.

Raised $224,204,369.00 from Notable Capital, General Catalyst, Goldman Sachs and Tenaya Capital.

  • Corporate Finance and Financial Strategy Lead

    2011 - 2018

    Joined Squarespace in 2011 as 3rd member of finance team and 47th employee overall; currently, finance team totals 25 and 750+ globally. Lead Squarespace's M&A efforts. Conduct financial and operational due diligence. Work with Strategy and Product to identify opportunities. Managed data-driven approach to annual and quarterly budgeting and financial planning process. Coordinated with multiple department heads to set and manage operating expenses and headcount budgets. Produce monthly budget-vs.-actual variance analysis, providing insight into major variances and KPI reporting to executive staff and board of directors. Authored quarterly board meeting presentations, partnering with business intelligence and marketing teams. Provided financial and analytical support for equity and debt financings, totaling over $70mm. Regularly monitor competitors to provide insight into and benchmarking support for key financial and performance metrics. Key decision-maker in the hiring of accounting and finance staff, including Corporate Controller, Sr. Accountant, Staff Accountant, Finance Associate and A/P. Managed employee stock option plans and secured necessary board and shareholder approvals for stock issuances and corporate actions. Conducted statutory audits; managed HR function including payroll and benefits administration; assisted establishment of Dublin, Ireland office. Major contributions include implementing payroll and benefits plans.

Squarespace is a website building and hosting platform that helps users create websites without needing advanced technical skills.

Raised $578,500,000.00 from T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, D1 Capital Partners, Tiger Global Management, The Spruce House Partnership, General Atlantic, Accel and Dragoneer Investment Group.

  • Senior Associate

    2010 - 2011

Bryant Park Capital is an investment bank providing mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory services.

  • Associate

    2008 - 2010

  • Associate

    2005 - 2007

Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. is a network that allows for small companies to grow.

  • Analyst

    2004 - 2005

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