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Minesh Mistry
Investor, Start-Up Founder
Minesh Mistry is an experienced investor and entrepreneur currently serving as a Principal at The Cranemere Group.12 With nearly 20 years of experience in the field, he focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and partnering with companies across healthcare, consumer, and business services sectors.2
Career Highlights
Investment Experience:: Mistry spent nearly a decade as an investor at General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, where he focused on investments in healthcare services and technology. He also helped establish the firm's Silicon Valley office.2
Entrepreneurial Ventures:: Prior to joining Cranemere, Mistry co-founded a consumer technology business that was recognized as one of Time Inc.'s Top 10 startups in NYC in 2012. This startup was later acquired by Groupon.2
Corporate Experience:: After the acquisition, Mistry served on the management team of Groupon's fastest-growing business line and was a member of Groupon Labs, an internal business incubation team.2
Education
Mistry holds impressive academic credentials:
- MBA from Harvard Business School
- MPA from Harvard Kennedy School
- Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) in Environmental Science & Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with Honors12
Personal Philosophy
Mistry values pushing beyond one's comfort zone and embracing thoughtful risk-taking for personal and professional growth. He also admires Theodore Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" quote, which resonates with his experiences working with tenacious entrepreneurs.2
Current Role
As a Principal at The Cranemere Group, Mistry leverages his broad domain and functional expertise to identify and scale innovative technologies and service models. His areas of functional expertise include multi-stage investing, strategy & organizational development, new business creation/development, fundraising, and performance management.1
Minesh Mistry resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Emiko, and their two children.2