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Mike Shepherd
Managing Director
Mike’s technology knowledge is primarily in cloud computing (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), systems management, security, storage, networking and mobile device software.
Vijay Rawat
Managing Director
Vijay’s technology knowledge is broad across many sectors such as software, financial technology, mobile, and technology services.
Nick DeRose
Managing Director
Nick DeRose joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2011 after spending 12 years in the tech industry.
Alex Loukas
Managing Director
Alex joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners as an analyst in 2013 and has since grown into a Managing Director role.
Rishi Mehta
Director
Rishi joined GrowthPoint in 2014. He has previous experience at Woodside Capital Partners, an Investment Bank providing M&A advisory and capital raising...
Isaac Leonard
Director of Growth
Isaac Leonard is a technology dealmaker with over 20 years of experience working with startups and scaling enterprise software companies.
Alex Roessink
Director
After spending two years in the Bay Area at GrowthPoint, Alex is further developing GrowthPoint's presence in Europe.
Matthew Stern
Vice President
Matthew joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2017. He previously worked at AGC partners, a technology focused investment bank where he worked on advising companies on mergers and acquisitions.
Preet Singh
Senior Associate
Preet has joined the GrowthPoint team in London after working for over two years at Wilson Partners.
Sanat Chindalia
Associate
Prior to GrowthPoint, Sanat worked at Barclays in M&A focusing on structuring transactions. He has interned at other investment banks in the technology and real-estate sectors in the US.
Daniyal Ajmal
Associate
After graduating, Daniyal worked at Valitas Capital Partners as an Investment Banking Analyst.
Karishma Kumar
Senior Analyst
Prior to joining GrowthPoint, Karishma worked at Wetherby Asset Management.
Sophie Adams
Senior Analyst
Prior to joining GrowthPoint, Sophie worked at W.G. Nielsen & Co., a boutique investment bank in Denver.
Sami Pharaon
Analyst
Prior to GrowthPoint, Sami was a Fellow with Stanford University's Long-Term Investing team.
Emily Kang
Analyst
Prior to joining GrowthPoint, Emily gained M&A experience through private equity and venture capital internships.
David Albert
IT Director
David began his career as an industrial engineer in the financial services industry...
Sara Farana
Director of Operations, Compliance
Sara joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2012 after working for Airship Ventures, which operated the only passenger carrying Zeppelin in the United States.
Karyn White
Financial Principal
Karyn M. White serves as Growth Point Technology Partners’ Financial & Operation Principal and Chief Accountant.
Debbie Gray
Office Manager
Prior to joining GrowthPoint, Debbie Gray was Group HR Manager for Pyroban Group Ltd, following Caterpillar Plc purchasing the company.
John Cromwell
Senior Advisor
As a Co-Founder of GrowthPoint Technology Partners, John focuses on software technologies, encompassing Internet, mobile, security, infrastructure and enterprise applications.
Bob Horstmeyer
Senior Advisor
Bob is a technology generalist who has worked with a wide variety of firms across the entire spectrum of high technology and associated supporting sectors.
John Savage
Senior Advisor
John’s technology knowledge is very broad, from application software to chip design. His main focus areas are on the Internet of Things, Human Computer Interfaces, Sensors, Embedded Software, EDA, PLM and complex hardware and software systems.