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Kanishka Narayan

MP for the Vale of Glamorgan | PPS to Britain's Environment Secretary

United Kingdom

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $625,000.00

Work Experience

  • Member of Parliament

    2024

    MP for the Vale of Glamorgan

  • Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State

    2024

  • Principal and Lead for Europe

    2021 - 2023

    I set up and led the full-time European presence for a US venture firm, investing in early stage AI, fintech, climatetech entrepreneurs from seed to Series C stages. Had an incredible time working with founders in the UK, Europe, Silicon Valley and Asia, and working with pension funds and institutions supporting technological innovation.

2021 - 2021

  • Head of Tech Policy (Office of Shadow Digital Secretary)

    2021 - 2021

    Before my venture role, I worked part-time in overseeing technology policy advice for Labour's Shadow Digital Secretary.

2020 - 2020

  • Tech Capital Markets

    2020 - 2020

    Worked with exceptional tech entrepreneurs alongside doing an MBA at Stanford.

2016 - 2019

  • Economics and Capital Markets

    2016 - 2019

    Joined Lazard as a lateral hire. Advised FTSE100 boards, European finance ministries and startup tech entrepreneurs on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and public finance. Left to go to university again!

  • Expert Adviser (Strategic Priorities) to the Environment Secretary

    2015 - 2016

    Civil servant advising Britain’s Environment Secretary on long-term environmental policy and on overseeing the Environment department.

2013 - 2015

  • Senior Adviser

    2013 - 2015

    Advised the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers on domestic public policy.

  • Economist

    2012 - 2013

    Economist on a cross-government review of the economics of open data.