Neil Akshay Bhatt

Overview

I invest in AI applications at Goldcrest Venture Partners, usually at pre-seed and seed. Backed 29 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: Block and Okta. Most at home with product and regulation. Volunteer coding coach for school students.

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Experience

1. Principal

   Jul 2024 - Present
   Goldcrest Venture Partners · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Sit on 6 boards.
   • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
   • Led or co-led 15 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
2. Product Manager

   Jul 2022 - Jul 2024
   Block · 2 yr · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new marketplace customers from 9 days to 3.
3. Senior Product Manager

   Sep 2019 - Jul 2022
   Okta · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 14 days to 1.
   • Grew creator revenue from $1 million to $39 million ARR.
4. Director of Product

   Oct 2016 - Sep 2019
   Zoom · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Grew marketplace revenue from $9 million to $29 million ARR.

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Education

1. Stanford GSB

   MBA, Business Administration
   2015 - 2017
2. Boston University

   BS, Computer Science
   2011 - 2015