Gaurav Bansal

Short Summary:

• Tech Investor & Advisor (50+ startup investments globally with 80%+ in AI/ML startups), experience in venture capital & global growth accelerator program (35+ investments in 10 countries), investment banking (IPO/Private Equity deals worth ~US$2Bn) and technology consulting (business intelligence)
• Founder & CEO at AMG Venture Partners, a global fractional business partner assisting accelerators/incubators, founders / CEOs & VCs/angels investors across 4 continents
• Member of 550+ global angel syndicates
• Previously, worked in global firms such as IBM, Holt Xchange (Global Family Office VC Fund), Pentathlon Ventures (B2B SaaS AI/ML VC fund), IIFL Wealth (Global wealth management firm), Nomura (Japanese Rank 1 financial group) & Axis Capital (Rank 1 investment bank in India)
• An engineer in Electronics & Telecommunication, with an MBA in Finance, and also holds a certificate in Artificial Intelligence from Kellogg, US.

Expertise:

• Fundraising material / Investor Kit – email teaser, pitch deck, financial projections / modeling, dataroom, verbal pitch practice, investor CRM, dataroom, etc.
• Fundraising dynamics – Valuation, Funding Ask, Runway, Target business milestone / KPIs, Equity Dilution, Cap Table simulation, etc.
• Legal Investment Documents – Data Room, investment instruments (SAFE, Convertible, Priced, Round), term sheet clauses, negotiating investment terms, etc.
• Investor Outreach & Q&A – Apt target investor profiling, finding and reaching out to investors, navigating investor meetings, addressing investor Q&A, etc.
• Network access – angels, angel syndicates, VCs, etc. across the US and Canada markets

Current Roles:

• Judge at Medtech Innovator (the US, North America)
• Judge at MassChallenge US Fintech (the US, North America) and MassChallenge, South America
• Advisor at Venture for Climate Tech – ClimateTech / GreenTech (the US, North America) – by Nextcorps and SecondMuse
• Advisor at Catalist – ClimateTech / GreenTech (Europe / LATAM) – by GIZ (Germany) and Climate-KIC
• Advisor at Communitech (Canada, North America)
• Advisor at VentureLAB (Canada, North America)
• Advisor at Boundless Accelerator (Canada, North America)
• Advisor at Spark Centre (Canada, North America)
• Advisor at Brampton Venture Zone by TMU (Canada, North America)
• Masterclass/workshop facilitator at Tech Alliance, YSpace, Morisette Institute of Entrepreneurship, etc.