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Samir Kaji

CEO @ Allocate | MBA, Venture Capital, Finance

Menlo Park, California

VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $0.00

  • Max Investment:

    $0.00

  • Target Investment:

    $0.00

Skills

Commercial Banking
Venture Capital
Sales Process
Private Equity
Debt
Portfolio Management
Credit
Growth Capital
Business Relationship Management
Underwriting
Employee Management
Start-ups
Business Development
Mergers & Acquisitions
Equities
Banking
Entrepreneurship
Alternative Investments
Leadership
Valuation

Education

Investments

Sydecar

Seed

Total Funding: $16M

Hackers/Founders

Seed

Total Funding: $300K

Work Experience

Allocate

2021

  • CEO and co-founder

    2021

Venture Unlocked

2020

  • CEO

    2020

Kauffman Fellows

2015

  • Fellow

    2015

    Kauffman Fellows Class 20

First Republic Bank

2012 - 2021

  • Senior Managing Director

    2016 - 2021

    Service startup, VC, and PE ecosystem

  • Managing Director

    2012 - 2016

    Service VC and PE Firms and Start-ups within First Republic.

Silicon Valley Bank

2005 - 2012

  • Managing Director

    2011 - 2012

    Employee Management, Strategic Planning, Portfolio and Relationship Management, Business Development, Process Management.

  • Director

    2009 - 2011

    Employee Management, Internal and external relationship management, sales, negotiations, management, portfolio management

  • Vice President

    2005 - 2009

    2005-07 Vice President I 2007-08 Vice President II

Silicon Valley Bank

1999 - 2005

  • Analyst through Associate

    1999 - 2005

    1999-2000 Loan Analyst 2000-2001 Credit Analyst 2001-2002 Associate 2002-2004 Senior Associate