Jalak Jobanputra Mentor 2010

Describe yourself briefly.

Jalak is currently Senior Vice President at the New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF), where she oversees technology and digital media venture investments. She spearheaded the formation of NYCSeed in 2008, a seed fund dedicated to funding early stage tech entrepreneurs in NYC, and sits on its Investment Committee and Venture Advisory Board. Prior to NYCIF, she was a Principal at New Venture Partners, a $300 million early stage venture fund. Jalak has consulted for several Gates Foundation funded charter school grantees and is a member of the Executive Board of the Social Investment Council of Echoing Green, a nonprofit which funds social entrepreneurs worldwide. In 1999, she consulted with the United Nations Development Program in Tanzania to train women entrepreneurs and provide access to microfinance programs.