MD

Monica Desai Weiss

Investor, Advisor & Writer

New York, New York

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Work Experience

2023

  • Investor, Advisor & Writer

    2023

    Investing in emerging LPs, advising early stage startups and writing a novel.

2018 - 2022

  • Investor

    2018 - 2022

    Invested in Seed, Series A/B startups, with a focus on fintech, crypto, and enterprise software. Supported the incredible teams behind Settle, Propel, Glean, Loom, Nova Credit, Audius, Feather, Esusu, Syndicate and Pattern Brands. Exits include Pillar (acq by Acorns), Bison Trails (acq by Coinbase). Established KP's scout community and NYC presence.

2017 - 2018

  • Operations & Strategy

    2017 - 2018

    Blockchain is a GV and Lightspeed backed crypto wallet / digital assets platform available in 140+ countries with $70m in funding. I have worked on a number of initiatives: • Helped size, prioritize and launch our emerging institutional business. This effort included market sizing, hiring, GTM strategy, operation optimization, investigating M&A opportunities. It culminated with the successful launch of our OTC desk, research, trading and venture LOBs. • Mapped out stablecoin ecosystem and built our strategy for partners & investments. • Led various partnerships including the launch of our US sell presence and the broadening of our institutional banking relationships.

  • MBA

    2015 - 2017

    Self-directed Independent Project with Professor Macomber on Level 4 autonomous vehicle deployment, as well as research on the blockchain & digital asset space.

2016 - 2016

  • Business Strategy & Operations Intern

    2016 - 2016

    Quartet is a digital behavioral health platform focused on delivering collaborative care for comorbidity patients, with $90m+ in funding with lead investors like GV.

2015 - 2015

  • Strategy & Operations Intern

    2015 - 2015

    Segovia was spun out of Give Directly to build a software platform to transfer money and aid to underserved African markets.

2011 - 2015

  • Credit Trader

    2011 - 2015

    Managed a shorter-duration investment grade trading portfolio. Over 4 years, trades across TMT (Telecom, Media, and Tech) and industrial corporates (healthcare, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, retail, food, chemicals and autos). Previously managed a front-end fixed and floating rate financials portfolio. • Extensive investment-grade bond risk management and CDS analytics experience. • Increased market share & profitability via relative value analysis and client focused strategies. • Modeled valuation and recovery for high-yield/distressed corporates. • Served on exec committee for Junior Women in Markets group to run mentorship programs, diversity recruiting, and industry events.

2010 - 2010

  • Sales and Trading Summer Analyst

    2010 - 2010

    Equity Exotic Derivatives Trader