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Sunil Pai

Operator and Investor

San Francisco, California

Education

Work Experience

2020

  • Co-Founder

    2020

    Angel Collective Opportunity Fund (ACOF) investments include: Array, DoNotPay, Cart.com, Mercury, Cortex, Writer, Varda Space, Chroma, Speak, and others. Portfolio: https://www.angelcollective.com/

  • Advisor

    2019

    AI infrastructure. Backed by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and Kearny Jackson.

2017 - 2023

  • Builder

    2017 - 2023

    Early team member. $0B -> $15B Assets under Administration. Held various roles across Growth, Sales, Business Development, and Product. Led the Emerging Manager business line (SPVs, Funds, Rolling Funds). Started the Startups business line (Incorporation, Equity, Banking)

  • Venture Capitalist

    2013 - 2017

    Early stage venture investments. Investments include: Box, Twilio, Talkdesk, Rippling, Nervana, BetterUp, LaunchDarkly, Wellframe, Remitly, and others.

2011 - 2013

  • Management Consultant

    2011 - 2013

    Service Line: Technology Strategy & Architecture

  • Research Apprentice

    2008 - 2011

    Research Focus: Corporate Innovation Analysis Research Focus: New Product Design Methodology (http://thedesignexchange.org/)

  • Product Manager | InStep Global Internship Program

    2010 - 2010

    Worked in the Software Engineering and Technology Lab (SETLabs) Unit on a project to craft a business strategy for their emerging business process management suite

2010 - 2010

  • Teacher for DeCal Course

    2010 - 2010

    Course Title: "Style, Politics, and Philosophy in Foreign Cinema" Delivered weekly lectures, organized course readings, and graded all assignments

2009 - 2009

  • Intern

    2009 - 2009

    Led several projects with Business Development and Product Management to attract new users

  • Debate Instructor & Resident Adviser

    2008 - 2008

    Instructed high school students on how to develop online database research skills and argumentation strategy, while overseeing the safety of over 100+ students