Tanveer Kathawalla
Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
Alexandria, Virginia
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & Managing Director
2019 - Current
Merchant Banking Platform for Critical Industry Companies: We support CEOs, management teams, and investment firms from venture to growth who are scaling companies or deploying capital at the intersection of government and technology with M&A, corporate development, and commercialization advisory . Selected Engagements Include Aero Analytics, Rhoman Aerospace, Kable AI, AGERpoint Investment Focus: defense & industrial companies in special situations (distressed/turnaround/) to venture to growth stage opportunities: Selected Portfolio: Hyperloop (Series B), Spacetech (Hedron)(Pre-Seed and Seed), Healthcare (Basil Systems (Seed), Legacy (Series A), Anduril (Series D)
Investor
2023
Re-inventing the defense industry
Investor
2022
Legacy, Inc. aims to humanize the path to parenthood by giving customers access to sperm analysis, DNA fragmentation, and sperm freezing, all from the comfort of their homes. Y-Combinator backed startup with leading investors including Bain Capital Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Section 32, TQ Ventures, Tribe Capital, and celebrity investors including Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Orlando Bloom and DJ Khaled
Legacy provides a service for at-home sperm testing and cryopreservation, allowing individuals to take control of their fertility health.
Raised $47,150,000.00 from What If Ventures, TRAC and FirstMark.
Cohort VII
2023
Private Equity & Venture Captial Partner Accelerator
Visiting Fellow
2021
Advisory Board Member
2020
I am grateful to support an IBM spin-out management team that is using AI/ML to improve patient outcomes.
SaaS platform for healthcare companies
Raised $1,500,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, Golden Ventures, Looking Glass Capital, Golden Ventures, 4G Capital, Predictive, Golden Ventures, Looking Glass Capital and Alumni Ventures.
Venture Partner
2019
NextGen Venture Partners invests in seed-stage companies with the participation of their venture partners.
Global Head of M&A/ Corporate Development
2023 - 2024
Led and oversee a defense-focused global corp dev/M&A team that has closed multiple acquisitions to date.
Vice President, General Manager Americas
2021 - 2023
Led a spin-out AI/ML business unit with direct P&L responsibility that served US federal, Fortune 500, and state and local markets. Appointed to the DHS advisory board and served on the global leadership team.
Strategic Advisor
2020 - 2021
Led the team to the first set of revenue-generating contracts in the US and supported the Global CEO and management team with strategic finance guidance during two rounds of growth funding. Led executive recruiting that resulted in the first US leadership hire.
COO & CFO
2019 - 2019
Also served as the Board Secretary.
CFO, Investor & Board Observer
2016 - 2019
Venture Capital backed (MIT Engine, Shasta Ventures, Flybridge) a Small Satellite company that commercialized the first optical communication telecommunication service. First business focused founding team member.
Hedron is building a network of data relay satellites that will link space and earth in real time.
Venture Capitalist
2016 - 2016
Grateful to have learned from an incredible group of founders, investors, and colleagues about early-stage venture capital.
NextGen Venture Partners invests in seed-stage companies with the participation of their venture partners.