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Senior Team

THE OPERATING BENCH · THE ADVISORY NETWORK · THE FIRM BEHIND THE WORK

Founding Partner

Vikal Kapoor

Vikal Kapoor

Founding Partner

25 years inside JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Bloomberg, and the World Economic Forum. Operator before advisor. Builder before investor.

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The Operating Bench

Investment · Solution · GTM · Intelligence Loop · Three Verticals

The intelligence that flows from being inside both sides of every market — what AI-native companies are building, what enterprise buyers are actually procuring, and why deals stall between the two — is the operating bench’s primary asset.

Lisa Kelly

Lisa Kelly

GTM Lead, AEC

20+ years in construction technology. Previously led growth at EarthCam. Opens enterprise buyer relationships for ConTech and physical AI founders across GCs, owners, developers, OEMs, and materials companies.

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Mahendra Gianchandani

Mahendra Gianchandani

AI Deployment & Customer Growth

VP Customer Success at Aisera. Lifted GRR from 72% to 92% and NRR to 132% on a Fortune 500 GenAI platform. Takes AI from pilot to production inside complex enterprise environments. Previously Milestone, Mashery/TIBCO.

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Sanjay Mehta

Sanjay Mehta

AI Engineering (Selective Engagements)

Google Vertex AI. Lucidworks. Oracle ATG/Endeca. Reflektion/Sitecore. 25+ years in enterprise search, personalization, and AI at Fortune 1000 scale. Primary vertical: commerce and retail. Secondary: financial services.

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Jainish Rathod

Jainish Rathod

Investment, AEC & Built World

Sources and vets ConTech, AEC, and physical AI founders. Tracks the physical AI convergence toward autonomous machines. Previously NOVA/Saint-Gobain, Pidilite Ventures.

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Mats Løkebø

Mats Løkebø

Quantum Research & Investment

Co-author, The Intelligence Wars Issues I and II. Quantum technologies, AI, and energy at the sovereign program and defense procurement layer. Dean's Award. CFA candidate. MSc Finance.

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Investor Relations

Capital Formation · Three Geographies · Fintech & Capital Markets Expertise

Juliana Innecco

Juliana Innecco

Investor Relations, Latin America

Former Head of Corporate VC, Sinqia/Evertec. Fintech, capital markets, and institutional investor relations across Latin America. Named top women investors in Latin America. Hult MBA.

Michele Pittarello

Michele Pittarello

Investor Relations, MENA & Europe

Crew P&L Lead, fastest-growing airline in Europe. Former investor relations and strategic finance at a unicorn startup. Data science and finance background. Autonomous vehicles and aviation experience. Based in Dubai.

Asia — appointment pending

The firm is actively building its IR bench for Asia. Appointment to be announced.

Senior Advisors

Domain Expertise · Three Clusters

Banking, Financial Services & Capital Markets

"The institutional bench inside the Tier 1 banks. Pattern recognition across capital markets, open banking, fintech, and enterprise financial services at global scale."

Serge Tedjong — Managing Director, Wells Fargo · $200B+ in capital markets · former JPMorgan ED, Goldman Sachs · Kellogg MBA
Nikhil Batheja — Senior Product Manager, Goldman Sachs · former Global Head of Open Banking, BNY Mellon · former JPMorgan Corporate & Investment Bank · Citi Ventures

Defense, Regulated Industries & Enterprise AI

"The operator who built and sold AI-powered enterprise solutions for aerospace and defense to IBM. The procurement relationships and domain credibility that validates the Quantum Fund's defense thesis — and opens doors inside defense primes, sovereign programs, and regulated enterprise buyers."

Amit Baid — President, Cognitus (acquired by IBM · October 2025) · AI-powered enterprise solutions for aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and regulated industries · Wharton MBA

Brand, Marketing & CMO Advisory

"The operator whose client relationships span the Fortune 500 CMO office — the entry point for SevenTrain's agentic commerce and CX capability into the world's largest brand and marketing organizations."

Peter Kolster Hansen — Senior Executive, Sodexo · former Managing Director, Accenture Song · Global Head of Creative Agency Partnerships, Adobe Creative Cloud · 20+ years advising Fortune 500 CMOs on AI-driven brand, content, and commerce

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