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Joining the Team at Cervin Ventures

Written by Rohit Rao | 30 September 2021

I’m excited to join the Cervin team as an Associate. I’ll be helping the team source deals through a variety of channels including accelerators and incubators and research new companies, themes, and industries for current and future investments aligned with Cervin’s investment thesis.

 

Prior to joining Cervin, I worked as an analyst at ICONIQ Capital, helping allocate capital for our clients across asset classes, and as an Associate at Kingfish Group, helping PE firms conduct due diligence on investment opportunities and selectively co-invest alongside them. The knowledge and experience I gained from these opportunities will be very helpful to me in my new role.

 

Why Cervin?

 

The opportunity to join the Cervin team is very exciting for me because I’ve wanted to work at a VC firm for as long as I can remember - collaborating with entrepreneurs and investing in the tech of the future. 

I wanted to join the Cervin team specifically because it’s an established venture firm, having been founded in 2011 with performance in the top quartile. Even though it’s a decade old firm, it’s still growing and evolving, which keeps things fast-paced and exciting.

 

I also found the small team size extremely appealing, as it means I can take on more responsibility and be actively mentored by four industry experts. All of the partners at Cervin Ventures were successful operators before getting into venture capital. They each founded or had senior roles in companies that proved to be highly successful. Each of the partners at Cervin brings operational experience to the table, which is invaluable when it comes to helping us make the right strategic recommendations for our portfolio companies.

 

Investing in category leaders

Cervin’s focus investment areas of enterprise applications, infrastructure, tools spaces are all incredibly exciting to me. We are seeing a lot of exciting opportunities in the areas of: