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Samit Kalra

Partner @ 1984 Ventures

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Real Estate/PropTech

Cloud Infrastructure

San Francisco Bay Area

Locations:

San Francisco Bay Area

Min Investment:
$500,000.00
Max Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00

Skills

Financial Modeling

Mergers & Acquisitions

Data Analysis

E-commerce

Investment Banking

Financial Analysis

Analysis

French

Competitive Analysis

Business Strategy

Business Analysis

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor of Commerce
University of Sydney
LL.B / Juris Doctorate (1st Class Honours)
University of Sydney
Web Development Immersive Course
General Assembly
(2016 - 2016)
Bachelor of Commerce
Boston University
(2009 - 2009)
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Uppsala University
(2012 - 2012)
The King's School

Investments

Apriora

Total Funding: $3.5M

Revv

Total Funding: $4.1M

Bluebirds

Total Funding: $9.5M

Streetfair

Total Funding: $750K

Sucasa

Total Funding: $1M

Work Experience

2021

Partner
2021
Seed VC backing technical founders using AI to upend antiquated industries. Early partner to Postscript, PostHog, BuildOps, HouseRx and many more.

Bain Capital Ventures

2018 - 2021

Associate
2018 - 2021
Seed and Series A. Ran the firm's scout program which generated $70M of direct seed and Series A investments, including Compound Finance, MakerDAO, Shelf Engine, Crusoe Energy and Reprise.

2017 - 2018

Sales and Operations
2017 - 2018
Ops at a startup focused on serving other startups.

UBS Investment Bank

2014 - 2016

M&A Analyst
2014 - 2016
Worked as an analyst in the General Industrials team. Was involved in public M&A, IPO, private asset sale and secondary equity capital raising transactions.

2013 - 2013

Business Analyst (intern)
2013 - 2013
Worked on the performance marketing team for Australia’s version of ASOS.

2011 - 2011

M&A Analyst (intern)
2011 - 2011
Summer Analyst