Samit Kalra
Partner at 1984
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Pre seed and seed fund backing founders using AI to solve hair-on-fire problems. Early partner to Postscript, PostHog, BuildOps, Cline and many more.
1984 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that seeks to invest in fintech, healthcare, SaaS, e-commerce, and consumer sectors.
Associate
2018 - 2021
Seed and Series A. Ran the firm's scout program which generated $70M of direct seed and Series A investments, including Crusoe Energy ($2.8B val) and Compound Finance.
Bain Capital Ventures invests in seed to growth-stage startups that uses tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones.
Sales and Operations
2017 - 2018
Ran ops across 150 startup financings. Raised a $15M venture fund on behalf of the company. Did a bunch of customer support tickets.
AngelList is a U.S. website for startups, angel investors, and job-seekers looking to work at startups.
Raised $170,200,000.00 from Beyond Capital, FJ Labs, Nomad Ventures, Kyle Tibbitts, Angel Collective Opportunity Fund, Sprint Vc, Ride Home Fund, Palumni VC, Vishal Rao and Tiger Global Management.
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.
UBS Realty Investors is an institutional investment advisor that managed real estate equity assets on behalf of its clients.
Business Analyst (intern)
2013 - 2013
Worked on the performance marketing team for Australia’s version of ASOS.
M&A Analyst (intern)
2011 - 2011
Summer Analyst
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.