Vatsal Kanakiya
Chief Executive Officer at 100X.VC
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2023 - Current
Principal & CTO
2019 - 2023
100X.VC is the first VC to invest in early stage startups using India SAFE Notes. We look at being the first institutional investors in startups using below criteria to fund them. 1. Founding Team 2. Market Size Opportunity 3. Business Model Strength 4. Unfair Advantage, Moat 5. Conviction of a minimum 20X returns. Best way to reach me is by mail at vatsal@100x.vc We are a SEBI Registered Investment Adviser and CAT I AIF.
Investment Analyst
2018 - 2019
I handle sourcing and evaluation of deals for my family to invest in. I am looking for fortitudinous entrepreneurs with multidisciplinary moonshot ideas.
Mehta Ventures is an independent, privately-owned boutique family office that invests in early-stage startups and companies.
Deal Sourcing and Due Diligence
2018 - 2018
My role involved discovering and evaluating startup deals from a technology perspective for a showcase to member investors.
Deal Sourcing and Due Diligence
2018 - 2018
Participant in the Future Angels Bootcamp, a comprehensive program to learn about the investing process end to end. Sourced close to 100 deals over the period.
Guest Lecturer
2018 - 2018
Gave a guest lecture on Reinforcement Learning and its applications to students of M. Tech. (CE) at K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering
Technology Intern Analyst
2017 - 2017
Summer Intern at the Prime Brokerage, Finance and Funding Technology department. Brought drastic improvement in memory consumption of an internal financial data visualization and manipulation tool by designing and implementing an algorithm to store and retrieve data to and from a relational database in a paginated fashion.
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.
Committee Head, KJSCE Codecell (Codechef Campus Chapter)
2016 - 2017
Committee Head of college council which promotes and teaches competitive coding to fellow students. Led a team of 11 to hold workshops, competitions, and seminars. Led the team to organise Mumbai's first collegiate hackathon.
Joint Technical Head, KJSCE Codecell (Codechef Campus Chapter)
2015 - 2016
Joint Technical Head of college council which promotes and teaches competitive coding to fellow students.
Summer Research Fellow
2016 - 2016
Summer Research Fellow at Srujana Center for Innovation in LVPEI. Designed and implemented a unique data communication protocol that also checked for transmission errors and redundancy for the Pediatric Perimeter - a first of its kind device to measure the visual field of infants to detect defects and help provide early stage medical aid. Worked on calibration of device for accurate results through rigorous research methodology.