Investment professional passionate about entrepreneurship and disruption through technology. Focus is on startups, business development, innovation, finance and venture capital. Experience also includes over a decade of financial services roles in investment banking, capital markets and structured finance. Currently executing and managing venture capital investments in various stages and sectors including financial services, financial technology and big data / analytics.

Venture Partner, Capital One Ventures @ Venture Partner and operating team member of Capital One Ventures. Responsible for sourcing, executing and managing venture capital investments and working with startups to commercialize their technologies and drive growth and innovation for Capital One From 2013 to Present (2 years) New YorkFounder and Managing Partner @ Consulting and advisory firm with expertise in serving the Financial Services startup and venture community From 2013 to 2014 (1 year) New YorkVice President, Investment Banking @ Client Executive responsible for coverage of companies in the financial services space. Advised clients across a broad range of corporate finance, including mergers & acquisitions, equity and debt financings, ratings advisory and balance sheet restructuring solutions. Other roles included financing traditional leveraged finance transactions through securitization markets, originating stand alone and esoteric structured finance solutions, developing new single / multi-seller Asset-Backed Commercial Paper programs and managing market risk for equity trading strategies. From 2001 to 2011 (10 years) New York

MBA @ University of Illinois at Chicago From 1999 to 2001 B Com (Honors) @ Hindu College, Delhi University From 1995 to 1998 The Lawrence School, Sanawar Aman Sharma is skilled in: Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Structured Finance, Finance, Hedge Funds, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Financial Services, Financial Institutions, Valuation, Asset Management, Securitization, Start-ups, Asset Managment, LBO, Capital Structure, Mergers, ABS, Equities, Mortgage Lending