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Shahryar Bachani

Catalyst Scout at On Deck

New York, New York

Overview 

Shahryar Bachani is a highly accomplished entrepreneur and investor with a strong background in corporate finance and strategy at Alphabet Inc. and Google. Currently serving as a Venture Partner at Rally Cap Ventures and a Catalyst Scout at On Deck, he has also founded Venture for Pakistan and held key roles at Indus Valley Capital and Primary Venture Partners. Bachani's career highlights include his leadership roles at Alphabet Inc. and Google in corporate finance, as well as his founding of Venture for Pakistan, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and strategic investment decision-making.

Work Experience 

  • Corporate Finance and Strategy (Office of the CFO)

    2019 - Current

    We provide our executives near and long-term visibility to help manage the business effectively and tell our strategic and financial story to our board of directors and investors. We also initiate and deliver strategic projects at the Alphabet and Google portfolio level informing decision making and capital allocation. We work on high visibility, high stakes projects and processes of huge importance to Alphabet. Our work goes directly to the CFO, CEO, and other key business leaders.

Alphabet is a holding company that provides projects with resources, freedom, and focus to make their ideas happen.

  • Corporate Finance and Strategy (Office of the CFO)

    2019

    We provide our executives near and long-term visibility to help manage the business effectively and tell our strategic and financial story to our board of directors and investors. We also initiate and deliver strategic projects at the Alphabet and Google portfolio level informing decision making and capital allocation. We work on high visibility, high stakes projects and processes of huge importance to Alphabet. Our work goes directly to the CFO, CEO, and other key business leaders.

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • Investor

    2021

    early stage venture capital fund focused on Pakistan, 5th largest country with 220M people & $250B+ in consumer spending. Portfolio includes Airlift, Bazaar, Atoms, Maqsad, Bridgelinx, Remotebase, Aimfit, Marham. We help founders with: 1. Quick Capital - We back startups early and are often the first money in. Our process takes only days to weeks, not months. 2. Product & Growth Expertise: Having built products and scaled them to hundreds of millions of users, we can help you do the same. 3. Investor Network: Our investors are successful founders and noted VCs who can guide you through any challenge. www.indus.vc

  • Founder & CEO

    2020

    We're looking for tomorrow's startup founders. Venture For Pakistan is cultivating university talent to build Pakistan's tech ecosystem from the ground up Our flagship offering: the VFP Fellowship - We recruit top undergraduate students, put them through rigorous training supplemented with a robust industry-focused curriculum and match them with hands-on internship opportunities at startups. Fellows then receive 1:1 coaching and mentorship from industry professionals at top technology companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Uber etc. This experience consists of direct coaching of how to break into tech, its various career paths and the art of packaging work experiences on to resumes and in interviews.

Venture For Pakistan is a technology company that helps startup companies with talent development, mentoring, and training services.

  • Venture Partner

    2021

    Rally Cap is a global venture collective of operators, founders and VCs collaboratively sourcing, investing in and advising early stage fintechs in emerging markets. We're live in Africa and Latin America and are launching Asia early 2021. Portfolio includes Belvo, Pngme, Mono, Brick, Risevest, Termii and Elphinstone.

  • Catalyst Scout (ODX)

    2021

    Part of the inaugural cohort of Catalyst Scouts Investing in aspiring and early stage founders around the globe through ODF and ODX (On Deck's Accelerator + 200M Fund) If you're an aspiring or early stage founder (especially in Pakistan and/or emerging markets), reach out! https://beondeck.com/catalyst

On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.

  • Founding Member, CoS Mastermind Network

    2021

    The Chief of Staff Mastermind Network is a vetted community of business professionals in NYC tech. The members in this exclusive network gain access to mentorship, coaching, and networking with leaders in the industry to navigate a thriving career path, as well as a forum to share best practices and resources with peers and execs.

  • VC Readiness

    2020

Shaper Impact Capital is an impact investor newsletter, a grassroots, and a decentralized network.

  • Senior Consultant

    2019 - 2019

    M&A Readiness / Digital Finance Transformation Financial Services & Internet

  • Chief Of Staff, Digital Finance Analytics Practice

    2018 - 2019

    I also currently am the Chief of Staff for the Analytics & Insights / Cost & Profitability practice at Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory. In today’s highly competitive business environment, companies need more from the Finance Org than accurate financial statements and reports. We help them create forward-looking, predictive, prescriptive insights that can help shape tomorrow’s business strategy and improve day-to-day decision-making. Digital disruption and rapid-fire innovation enable the finance function to imagine a dramatically different future — one in which “digital controllership” harnesses technology to fundamentally transform its role and add greater value to the organization.

  • Consultant

    2016 - 2019

    M&A Readiness / Digital Finance Transformation Financial Services & Internet

Deloitte Tax is an advisory firm that provides tax preparation and advisory services.

  • Founder & CEO

    2017 - 2018

    Pakistan's first digital media platform for all things business - Sign up now at www.bizbyte.pk BizByte is a digital media company disrupting news consumption by providing unconventional business content in a byte-sized fashion for a young audience. Reach out to us at hello@bizbyte.pk for any questions or feedback

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