Pankti Shah is Chief Financial Officer at Sumeru Equity Partners, which she joined in 2021.

Prior to Sumeru, Pankti was VP of Finance at CircleUp, a fintech investment platform with equity and credit strategies, where she brought several years of experience across alternative assets — leading financial close, budgeting, portfolio valuations, and audit and tax.

Before CircleUp, Pankti spent time at NextWorld, where she led management company and fund accounting for the firm's venture capital and private equity funds, and played a role in launching the firm's first evergreen fund. She began her career at Gerken Capital Associates, working as an associate on the firm's fixed-income hedge fund and early-stage venture fund before transitioning into fund operations.

Sumeru provides growth capital at the intersection of people and innovative technology. Sumeru seeks to embolden innovative founders and management teams with capital and scaling partnerships. Sumeru has invested over $3 billion in more than fifty platforms and add-on investments across enterprise technology companies. The firm typically invests in companies throughout North America and Europe. For more information, please visit sumeruequity.com or follow the firm on LinkedIn.