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Sahith Aula

Katha VC | JPMorgan | 2x fintech founder

New York, New York

Work Experience

2023

  • Writer

    2023

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  • General Partner, Frontier Fintech Investor

    2023

    Syndicate Lead investing $100k checks into Asia, LatAm, and Africa Pre-seed and Seed Stage Fintech and Embedded Finance startups. Over the past 10 years, I've made angel investments across pre-seed to Series A companies (and some mid-stage secondaries) in South and South East Asia, Latin America, and the US. I've also been an equities investor for 20+ years.

  • Vice President, Business Management

    2018

2017 - 2018

  • Head of Operations (US)

    2017 - 2018

    An emerging Investment Manager specialising in Artificial Intelligence innovation using Machine Learning techniques. Uniquely, Savernake's Risk Management, Portfolio Construction, Real-time Analytics Portal have all been built in-house and are entirely proprietary.

2018 - 2018

  • Founder

    2018 - 2018

    Founded a data-driven, India-focused venture debt fund. Recruited an engineering and investment team, raised $500k in operating capital, developed the business plan, and managed client relationships.

2018 - 2018

  • Founder

    2018 - 2018

    Founded a private secondaries marketplace in India that connected sellers and investors. Over the course of 1.5 years, executed on major milestones, made key first hires, built a beta, secured a customer base, and raised capital.

  • Head of Operations, Strategic Initiatives, and Partnerships

    2016 - 2017

    Systematic global macro hedge fund startup led by an ex-Bridgewater PM.

  • Vice President of Operations

    2015 - 2016

    $1B AUM systematic Investment Manager.