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Nikhil Bahel

Nikhil Bahel

Managing Partner atElysian Park VenturesLondon
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Nikhil Bahel is a Managing Partner at Elysian Park, with a career in sports, media, and technology since 1998. He previously led Corporate Development at Discovery Communications and worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers.

What Nikhil can write

Writes checks of$500K to $30M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BMostly follows a lead
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Elysian Park Ventures writes $500K to $30M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Salomon Brothers (Citi) · investment banker
  2. Goldman Sachs · investment banker
  3. Discovery Communications · Head of Corporate Development
  4. Elysian Park · Managing Partner
    Now
  5. Discovery Communications · headed Corporate Development
  6. Elysian Park Ventures · Managing Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

Formula E HoldingsUKTV

Focus

sportsmediaentertainmenttechnology

Education

Stern School of Business at NYU, FinanceUniversity of Delhi, Economics

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Pete Vlastelica
Pete VlastelicaManaging Partner
Max Feldstein
Max FeldsteinPrincipal
Erin Storck
Erin StorckAssociate
Luke Kurtz
Luke KurtzAssociate

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Who is Nikhil Bahel?

Nikhil Bahel is a Managing Partner at Elysian Park, with a career in sports, media, and technology since 1998. He previously led Corporate Development at Discovery Communications and worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers.

How much does Nikhil Bahel invest?

Nikhil Bahel invests through Elysian Park Ventures, which writes checks of $500K to $30M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Nikhil Bahel?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Nikhil in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Elysian Park Ventures backed works better.

What did Nikhil Bahel do before Elysian Park Ventures?

investment banker at Salomon Brothers (Citi); investment banker at Goldman Sachs; Head of Corporate Development at Discovery Communications; headed Corporate Development at Discovery Communications.

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