Rishab Bhandari

San Francisco, California | Princeton, New Jersey

Fun Fact: I recently ran my first marathon

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Blog

Here are a few of my recent musings:

Blog Title Date
Reasoning through Reasoning Models January 2025
Tug of War: Push vs. Pull Growth December 2024
The AI Database: Investing in Databricks December 2024
Review: Meta x Ray-Ban Glasses December 2024
ServiceTitan IPO November 2024
Betting Small: Backing Odoo November 2024
Democratizing Design: Investing in Canva November 2024


Favorite Quotes

Work Experience

Alkeon Capital

2023 - Present • San Francisco, California

Investments: Databricks, Figma, Canva, Zip, Armis, Verkada, 6Sense, Drata, Deepgram

Exits: AuditBoard (Acquired by Hg)

ICONIQ Capital

2021 - 2023 • San Francisco, California

Investments: Drata, Fivetran, Unite Us

Exits: Bill.com (BILL US), CrowdStrike (CRWD US)

Education

Cornell University

2017 - 2021 • Ithaca, New York

GPA: 4.0, Summa Cum Laude

Degree: Double Major in Applied Economics and Management & Computer and Information Science

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

2013 - 2017 • West Windsor, New Jersey

GPA: 4.78 (Top 5% of Graduating Class)

Favorites

Favorite Book: Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation

Favorite Movie: Saving Private Ryan

Favorite Artist: Travis Scott

Where to Find Me

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