Jay Sehgal
investor & chief of staff at metaprop
Brooklyn, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Investor & Chief of Staff
2024 - Current
I am responsible for finding and evaluating new investments, running due diligence processes, and helping founders build category-defining companies. I work alongside MetaProp GP Zak Schwarzman overseeing investment team governance, strategy, management, and technology. MetaProp invests in "PropTech" startups that are building the future of the built environment, which can span many sectors including marketplaces, fintech, B2B SaaS, and climate-tech.
Investment Team
2024 - 2024
Ardent is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in AI-native apps and infrastructure, vertical SaaS, and B2B fintech. I joined the team as a Spring Associate to invest out of Ardent Venture Fund I; supported investments in e:cue, Roe AI, and Swivel (fka PilotDesk).
Ardent Venture Partners invests in founders building technology that transforms work.
Consultant
2022 - 2024
Select case work in generative AI (GenAI), corporate strategic partnerships, fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband, enterprise data maturity / cloud transformation, electronic health records (EHR), and more.
BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.
Investment Team
2021 - 2022
Stripes is a NYC-based growth equity firm that invests globally in companies with amazing products for consumers and businesses and helps them scale. I did thematic research and investment due diligence for growth-stage SaaS and Consumer companies. Sectors of research included enterprise cybersecurity, FinTech, HR Tech, ClimateTech, MLOps, DevTools, web3 / digital assets, gaming, and more.
Stripes is a growth equity firm that invests in software and consumer businesses.
Summer Associate
2021 - 2021
Select strategy and investment due diligence case work in "Big Tech" and integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) industries; Altman Solon is the world’s largest global TMT strategy consulting firm.
Altman Solon is a strategy consulting firm focused exclusively on the Telecoms, Media, and Technology (TMT) sectors.
Business Executive - Tech & Telecom
2019 - 2020
VC-backed (General Catalyst, Quiet Capital) AI Insights Platform
Manager, Capital Markets
2016 - 2019
AlphaSights is the global leader in knowledge on-demand. I served global investors by connecting them with the knowledge that powers better investment decisions. I worked with amazing people and learned the skills that power my career today.
Associate
2014 - 2016
Student Ambassador
2012 - 2013
Tried to get my fellow students to use Google products. I drove usage of Google Apps for Education through events, guerrilla marketing, and social media to a 53% adoption rate (#1 nationally)
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.