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Ilan Pragaspathy

Strategy | M&A | Finance | Venture Capital

Greater Chicago Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2018

  • Vice President - Financial Analysis and Strategic Planning

    2022

    Lead the Corporate FP&A function - responsible for enterprise long-range strategic plans, budgets and annual forecasts working collaboratively with leaders across the company and analyzing business performance and industry trends. Lead the financial analysis of business cases, potential acquisitions and strategic initiatives. As member of the corporate leadership team lead special projects and contribute to decision making on growth, capital allocation, financing and capital raising, and management of the current portfolio of TDS companies that include wireless, wireline, cable, IT services and printing businesses.

  • Director - Financial Analysis and Strategic Planning

    2021 - 2022

  • Director - Corporate Strategy

    2018 - 2021

    Responsible for driving growth at the enterprise level through strategic initiatives and investments, and providing strategic guidance in managing the portfolio of TDS companies that include wireless, wireline, cable, and IT services businesses.

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Venture Partner

    2018

    Venture Partner and Advisory Board Member at Eudemian Ventures, a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm supporting the world’s boldest founders to make potential actual. Eudemian Ventures' thesis is simple: Invest in great leaders. The firm's focus is on US early-stage software startups with product-market fit. Typical investment areas are AI, B2B SaaS, Consumer, FinTech, Digital Health. More at: www.eudemian.vc

2017 - 2017

  • Director, SAP.iO Fund

    2017 - 2017

    Developed the investment strategy for seed stage investments for the corporate venture fund across advanced software technology areas e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Drones, Blockchain, and Augmented / Virtual Reality. Developed the SAP.iO point of view on where to play in the software technology stack, identified startups that fit the criteria, and contributed to deal screening and evaluation. Supported the launch of the first cohort of the SAP.iO startup foundry/ accelerator.

2012 - 2017

  • Senior Manager

    2012 - 2017

    Led engagements and provided strategic advice to Corporate and Private Equity clients in the areas of strategy, M&A and business transformation. Served clients across High-tech Software and Services, Telecom and Private Equity industries. Areas of expertise: Strategic planning, commercial and operational due diligence, financial modeling, sales plan assessment, pipeline analysis, revenue / business plan assessment, market research and sizing, competitive analysis, industry interviews, voice of customer studies, statistical analysis, organizational and functional benchmarking, transformation planning.

2007 - 2010

  • Principal Engineer

    2007 - 2010

2003 - 2007

  • Senior Engineer

    2003 - 2007

  • Hardware Engineer

    1999 - 2002