Gaurav has closed more than 35 transactions representing both public and private sellers, buyers and strategic partners in a broad range of technology industries and sectors, including Internet, Software, and Hardware. 

Prior to joining the firm, Gaurav was a Managing Director at Pagemill Partners, a division of Duff & Phelps Securities. Previously, Gaurav worked as an investment banker at Banc of America Securities in the Technology, Media Group where he provided advisory services to technology companies on IPOs, follow-on offerings, M&A and debt-related transactions representing more than $3B in aggregate value. Gaurav has successfully completed complex cross-border transactions in geographical regions worldwide including Canada, Europe and Israel. One of his cross-border transactions led ACQ to recognize the transaction as Cross-Border M&A Advisor of the Year.

Gaurav started his career in engineering and moved into management positions at Vitesse. He grew up in India and is conversant in Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. He is also co-author of several published papers in scientific journals.

Education

Anderson School of Management at UCLA - MBA - Finance

Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA - MS - Engineering

Registrations & Affiliations

FINRA - Series 7 & 63 Registered General Securities Representative

FINRA - Series 79 Registered Investment Banking Representative