Chirag R. Chotalia
Professor Chotalia is a venture capitalist focused on both direct venture capital investments as well as liquidity solutions for the venture capital industry.
His investments include AutoLeap, Avenue8, BentoBox (acquired by Fiserv), Front, LaunchDarkly, Loftium (acquired by Flyhomes), Casper (IPO), Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever), The Honest Company (IPO), HelloGiggles (acquired by Time, Inc.), PureWow (acquired by Vayner Media), and Retention Science.
Professor Chotalia's career has spanned across geographies and asset classes. He started his career in late stage buyouts at Charlesbank and CVC Capital Partners, based in New York City. Over the last decade, he helped establish the west coast office for Pritzker Group and was based in Los Angeles; as well as Threshold Ventures, based in San Francisco. He relocated back to NYC to open up Threshold's NYC office in 2021.
He holds a BA in economics and diaspora studies from Swarthmore College and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is on the board of trustees at the International Center of Photography.