Pranay

Hey, I’m Pranay 👋

I’m currently wrapping up my last semester at UC Berkeley, studying Data Science and Economics. I grew up in the Bay Area with my parents, my little brother (also at Cal!), and my Shih Tzu, Ginger. Between watching my parents run a small business and spending summers running a profitable Minecraft PvP server, I developed an early interest in entrepreneurship and helping build a great business.

So far, most of my experience has been in tech finance and startups. Most recently, I worked in Jefferies’ technology investment banking group. Even with all the AI tools out there, finding logos still somehow took up half my day.

Now, I’m looking to join a mission-driven startup in San Francisco or New York. I want to work closely with customers, figure out the essential operations that keep a business running, and jump in where I’m needed. I’m excited to take on a broad role and help a small team build something useful.

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Work

Jefferies

Investment Banking Summer Analyst · Technology

Jun – Aug 2026

Worked on a live transaction involving a $400M eCommerce platform and managed outreach to 50+ buyers. Built DCF, LBO, and trading comparables analyses, along with firepower and fairness opinion analyses, for a cybersecurity transaction. Also created a deck tracking AI spending.

Tools I used

  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Rogo
  • Capital IQ
  • LogoIntern
  • Bloomberg Terminal
  • Apollo

Kong

AI Operations Intern

Jan – May 2026

Built an MCP prompt library tailored to NetSuite, with reusable prompts for the strategic finance team. Wrote scripts to automate workflows including commission calculations and subsidiary accounting.

Tools I used

  • Claude
  • NetSuite
  • PowerPoint
  • Excel
  • Sigma

Microsoft

Financial Analyst Intern · Partner Investments

May – Aug 2025

Built a dashboard for a roughly $5B partner portfolio, combining six data sources and presenting insights to MCAPS executives and the CFO. Also built Copilot Studio agents to automate business reviews and variance analysis.

Tools I used

  • Power BI
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint

Funded Ventures

Business Development Intern

Apr – Aug 2024

Sourced acquisition opportunities across home services, managed service providers, and medical spas. Reached founders and brokers through 2,000+ calls and 10,000 emails, and wrote industry primers to assess market attractiveness.

Tools I used

  • Apollo
  • Clay
  • HubSpot

Personal

In my free time, I love hiking, traveling to new countries, picking up new sports (currently larping rock climbing), playing board games, rewatching sitcoms, and lowballing on Facebook Marketplace.

Where I’ve been

FijiCanadaUnited States of AmericaArgentinaNorwayMexicoCosta RicaThailandIndiaBangladeshNepalSwedenSpainNew ZealandAustraliaItalyUnited KingdomIcelandFinlandJapanEgypt
Pranay hiking at Mount Rainier
Mount RainierHiking Mt. Rainier
Friends scootering in Thailand
ThailandScootering in Thailand
Pranay skydiving in Queenstown, New Zealand
New ZealandSkydiving in Queenstown
Pranay hiking in Patagonia, Argentina
ArgentinaHiking in Patagonia

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