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Shelly Rao

Investment Director, Juniper Ventures

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

  • Director, Corporate Development & Ventures

    2024

    Drive early-stage venture investments and partnerships across cybersecurity, AI, data and quantum. Select investments: Zededa (Observer), Lightbend (Observer), K2 cyber (acquired by New Relic), Fungible (acquired by Microsoft), Quantum Bridge (Observer), among other undisclosed transactions.

  • Principal, Corporate Development & Ventures

    2021 - 2024

2021 - 2021

  • VP, Finance & Operations

    2021 - 2021

    Backed by Playground Global, Universal Hydrogen is on a mission to make carbon-free aviation a reality.

  • Head, Director of Finance

    2019 - 2021

    Backed by IA, Costanoa, Tribe Capital and Canaan, Kepler designs, builds, launches, and operates an advanced network of low earth orbit satellites with the ultimate goal of bringing internet to outer space. As the first non-technical hire/finance lead reporting to the CEO, I oversaw FP&A, accounting, corporate development and fundraising activities.

  • Finance Manager

    2019 - 2019

2017 - 2019

  • Associate, Investment Banking

    2017 - 2019

    M&A

  • Associate, Investment Banking

    2016 - 2017

  • Analyst, Investment Banking

    2015 - 2016

    M&A, Diversified Industries Group

  • Financial Markets Rotation Program

    2014 - 2015