Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Dartmouth College

Business Development  -  Corporate Development M&A  -  Sourcing for Private Equity  -  Strategic Partnerships

Instalily

Corporate Finance Advisor

Oversee fundraising and strategic growth initiatives.

The Tree Center

Connecting Growth Equity and Private Equity investors with founder-led growth stage companies.

CM Growth Advisors

Partner

Instalily empowers B2B teams to quickly adopt AI. Our customers use the Instalily Multi-Agent Platform to automate complex workflows, streamline operations, and enhance sales and service decision-making. By deploying autonomous AI agents, they achieve faster response times, increased productivity, and significant cost savings across various B2B functions. Situated in the heart of New York City, the Instalily team is composed of AI natives with staff expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, engineering, software development, product and design and is deeply dedicated to pushing the boundaries of AI to foster business growth and innovation.

Learn more about our work at the frontier of AI by visiting https://www.instalily.ai/.

Invest in disruptive startups across SaaS, Web3, Fintech, and Consumer.  Investments include Dori (AI-driven SaaS for legal industry); Lightship (electric RVs); Treinta (fintech for SMEs in LatAm); Tiggy (rapid delivery); ShopCircle (SaaS rollup); nCent Labs (Web3/blockchain)

Runner Ventures

Angel Investor

Led Business Development for an Atlanta-based PE firm with a focus on mid-market enterprise software / SaaS buyouts.

Resurgens Technology Partners

Business Development Advisor

Sourced and executed software M&A transactions for a highly acquisitive software-focused PE investor.

► Led a team of business development professionals focused on sourcing and acquiring VC-backed B2B SaaS companies

► Sourced 19 on thesis add-on acquisition opportunities representing aggregate acquisition consideration of over $200M

ESW Capital

Head of Corporate Development / M&A

Led Corporate Development / M&A for a multi-billion dollar direct-to-consumer e-commerce firm; added $500M+ in revenues via completed M&A transactions.

► Acquired Harry & David ($400M revenue), a direct-to-consumer retailer of gourmet food gifts; increased FLWS’ overall revenues by 52% to over $1.1B

► Led an acquisition integration team that captured $25M in cost synergies within 18 months of completing the acquisition of Harry & David

► Established 1800Flowers as an international floral and gifting brand by completing strategic investments in Brazil, Canada, Sweden, and the UK

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, INC.

Director of Corporate Development / M&A

Established BuyWithMe as a leading customer acquisition partner for SMBs across the US by executing partnerships and acquisitions that added 2M subscribers and $10M in incremental revenues.  Sold the company to Gilt Groupe in 2012.

BuyWithMe

Director of Business Development

Co-founded a digital media startup that empowered sports fans to stream and share user generated videos online.  Raised $3M from investors, built a product and a team, and launched an online video platform that attracted over 1M monthly unique visitors.

FanDome

Co-Founder

Sourced growth stage investments for a prominent VC focused on all things consumer.

Maveron LLC

Summer Associate

Set up an internal sourcing and business development function to generate proprietary deal flow for a PE firm focused on technology and business services buyouts.

TH Lee Putnam Ventures

Business Development Associate

► Sourced GetPAID Software and assisted in completing $12M minority recap; GetPAID was sold within 2 years for $100M to SunGard, resulting in a 3.3x exit multiple and an 83% IRR.  

► Researched and contacted 5,000+ unique software companies and sourced 10 additional proprietary investment targets representing $200M in proposed equity investments.

Insight Venture Partners

Analyst

Supported traders and salespeople on the Emerging Markets desk in the Fixed Income Currencies and Commodities (FICC) Division.

Karim Motani