An alumnus of NYU & YCombinator, Jinesh currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer at Ahimsa VC – India’s first & only impact venture capital fund focused on disrupting animal agriculture by investing in a sustainable future of food, materials & beyond. Jinesh has founded Alt Protein startups backed by the likes of Khosla Ventures & NBA athletes, & independently collaborated with dozens of alt protein & materials startups globally including Eat JUST & Good Dot through his company AltX Ventures.
Jinesh earlier spent 15 years in leadership roles across Wall Street with Morgan Stanley, & in Silicon Valley with Microsoft & data analytics driven startups, living across 3 continents while also partnering with government & non-profit entities such as GFI India, EU’s EIT, Cambridge University & others across 6 continents.
Jinesh was a national level collegiate basketball player in India and you’ll often find him trekking the Sahyadris and the Himalayas.