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Sima Gandhi

Senior Advisor at FS Vector

Washington, District of Columbia

Overview 

Sima Gandhi is a Tech Executive and Policy Advisor currently serving as a Senior Advisor at FS Vector, with previous roles including Head of Business Development, Policy & Strategy at Plaid. She has a strong background in corporate development, financial regulation, and mergers & acquisitions, and has made investments in companies like Phyllo and Moov. Gandhi has held key positions at reputable organizations such as American Express and the Department of Treasury, and has founded companies like Alton Strategies and Creative Juice. She has also invested in various startups in sectors like Social Commerce and FinTech, showcasing her expertise in building business partnerships and strategic planning.

Work Experience 

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FS Vector

  • Senior Advisor

    2024 - Current

    Building CFES. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2024/09/30/after-synapse-disaster-stripe-block-and-other-fintech-heavyweights-join-new-compliance-coalition/

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Alton Strategies

  • President and Founder

    2015

    Partnering with companies building category-defining products to navigate and shape the public policy landscape. For businesses in emerging categories, policy should be a growth lever, not an afterthought.

CJ

Creative Juice

  • CEO and Cofounder

    2021 - 2024

    Banking and business tools for creators. A Forbes Top 50 fintech and Fast Company Most Innovative Company. (Acquired)

Creative Juice is a banking and financial network for content creators.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from 1Sharpe Capital, Jared Waldrom, Acrew Capital, Concrete Rose Capital, Meena Harris and Larry Fitzgerald.

getjuice.com
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Plaid

  • Head of Business Development, Policy & Strategy

    2015 - 2020

    Joined as the first executive (employee no. 15) scaling the company from ~40M to 5B+ and over 500 people. Reported to the CEO and member of the executive leadership team. Built and ran Plaid's global policy, bank, and partnerships teams

Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.

Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.

plaid.com
AE

American Express

  • Product and Business Development

    2012 - 2015

    Negotiated co-brand credit card deals with major airlines and launched one of the industry's first "neobanks" with Walmart

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. provides financial and travel related services for consumers and companies.

travel.americanexpress.com
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Department of Treasury

  • Policy Advisor

    2010 - 2012

    Oversaw development of Treasury policies, legislative priorities, budget/operations goals, and communications related to the stand-up of new agencies and offices including the CFPB. Responsible for monthly financial services reform briefings and communications for the President, White House, Congress and press

Cf

Center for American Progress

  • Senior Economic Policy Analyst

    2009 - 2010

ST

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

  • Tax Attorney

    2007 - 2009

Education 

Investments 

Phyllo

Series A

Total funding: $18M

Brick

Seed

Total funding: $9M

Stitch

Seed

Total funding: $35M

Moov

Seed

Total funding: $130M

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