PJ

Pankaj Jain

Managing Partner at Saka Ventures | Expert in Early-Stage VC | Champion for Indian Startups | SaaS, AI, and FinTech Specialist

New York City Metropolitan Area

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2022

2021 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2024

2018 - 2022

  • Writer, Host, Producer

    2018 - 2022

    InvestStream is a show discussing venture capital, startups, tech, economics, markets across the US and India.

2019 - 2022

  • Member of the Investment Committee

    2019 - 2022

2019 - 2021

  • Co-Crafter

    2019 - 2021

    Founder Craft is a startup advisory that works with first-time founders, rapidly growing startups, and corporate intrapreneurship groups to define, understand, and navigate the tools, skills, and experience needed to succeed. Our approach leverages decades of experience building, scaling, selling, and investing in startups to guide founders and founding teams towards the solutions that are often hard to see or impossible to imagine.

2020 - 2021

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2020 - 2021

    Workomo is a startup focused on "People Intelligence". Sign up for free at https://pjain.co/35mAdeh

  • Member of Investment Committee

    2017 - 2021

    As a member of the OTF Investment Committee, I work with the management team and other members of the IC to evaluate every early-stage venture deal brought to us for an investment. We meet regularly to hear the founders pitch their startups and make offers to startups that fit the OTF investment thesis to join the OTF Wadi accelerator. I also work with the management team to implement reporting best practices to ensure that each startup has an easy way of providing investor updates to OTF and the rest of their investors.

  • Supporting Entrepreneurs Building on Tezos

    2018 - 2019

2017 - 2019

  • Founder

    2017 - 2019

    BlockHack is an online and offline community supporting and promoting the understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

2012 - 2016

  • Partner

    2012 - 2016

    At 500 Startups, I was responsible for building the India presence and investing in over 60 companies in India including, ZipDial, InnovAccer, Headout, SocialCops, PopXo. More details on my investments are at http://angel.co/pjain