Harsh Shah

Current

• Investment Analyst at Hercules Technology Growth Capital
• Board Member at Global Pediatric Alliance

Past

• Marketing / Strategy Intern at Mahalo.com Inc
• Summer Analyst at Hercules Technology Growth Capital
• Summer Intern at Houlihan Lokey

• Research Assistant at UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management

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Education

• University of California, Los Angeles
• Universiteit Utrecht

Connections

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

• Global Pediatric Alliance

Harsh Shah’s Summary

Looking to work with hungry, creative and passionate people with the vision of disrupting industries.

Harsh Shah’s Experience

• Investment Analyst

  Hercules Technology Growth Capital

  (Public Company; HTGC; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Debt and equity investing in early and mid-stage companies in the technology, clean tech and the life sciences space.
  
  Some portfolio companies include: Hi5, RockYou, Glam Media, Sling Media (acquired by EchoStar), Wild Tangent and Compete Inc. (acquired by TNS).

• Board Member

  Global Pediatric Alliance

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  Global Pediatric Alliance seeks to promote grassroots empowerment and improve child and maternal health by providing educational, technical, and financial support for community-based health projects in Latin America. We are a small but growing organization based in Oakland, California with active programs in southern Mexico, and Ecuador. Since our founding in 2002, we have offered training in Western medical techniques for lay midwives and health promoters. In 2006 we launched our Grassroots Health Partnership Grants program to provide funding for community-driven health projects.
  
  Check it out here: http://www.globalpediatricalliance.org/

• Marketing / Strategy Intern

  Mahalo.com Inc

  (Internet industry)

  February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)

  A human-powered search engine backed by Sequoia Capital, CBS, Newscorp, Elon Musk and Fred Wilson.
  
  Projects involved Mahalo Daily, Techcrunch 50 2008, Monetization Strategy and Marketing.

• Summer Analyst

  Hercules Technology Growth Capital

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

• Summer Intern

  Houlihan Lokey

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Investment Banking industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Mergers and Acquisitions Group.

• Research Assistant

  UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  September 2005 — June 2006 (10 months)

Harsh Shah’s Education

• University of California, Los Angeles

  BA , Communication Studies , 2004 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  UCLA Sailing Team, Co-President of Purple Tongue Society (Undergraduate Wine Club), Research Manager for UCLA Advertising and Marketing Team

• Universiteit Utrecht

  Fall Semester Abroad , Biking (mostly), also Art History , 2006 — 2006

Additional Information

Harsh Shah’s Websites:

• Global Pediatric Alliance

Harsh Shah’s Interests:

Sailing, Running far, Scuba Diving, Backpacking through countries, International Health, Cycling, sucking at Improv Comedy

Harsh Shah’s Groups:

•    NextGen Partners
•    Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
•    Obama for America

Harsh Shah’s Contact Settings

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