34 | Life in Toronto as an Aspiring Venture Capitalist

In this episode, I dive into an amazing conversation with Ashneil Bhatnagar. Ashneil is a recent graduate from the University of Alberta with a major in Finance and a minor in Operations Management. During university, Ashneil was involved with a number of student clubs/organizations. In 2019 he joined one of the former Enactus projects named Ruth and by 2022 he was Co-President of the organization. He also founded the UAlberta Venture Capital & Private Equity club in his final year as a student and served as the Co-President for the 2022-23 school year. Outside of School, Ashneil was also part of the Co-op program at the UofA and did various internships in IT at AIMCo, Business Operations in a hypergrowth software company (1Password), Ventures at AltaML, and Venture Capital at Information Venture Partners. Following graduation, Ashneil moved  to Toronto and started a Full time role at a boutique consulting firm that provides Corporate Finance/Development services for tech companies that are in the startup/scaleup stage. When not working, you can often find Ashneil at the driving range, the gym, playing basketball/soccer, listening to podcasts, or hanging out with friends. Jungle by Fred Again is a track that’s on top of his charts right now.  We hope you enjoyed today's episode of The Inflection Point! There are  a lot of exciting episodes coming up as I dive into  deep conversations around starting a company from an entrepreneur's point of view and the ups and downs that come along with it in the process. You can check us out on LinkedIn @ The Inflection Point. Please leave us a comment with your thoughts and you can send your questions to [email protected] so that I can ask those questions to our guests and spark insightful conversations around entrepreneurship. You can also follow us on instagram @theinflectionpointwithshaan and if you leave today with one message, I hope it is this - “Change is inevitable. Embrace it if you can!”. See you all next week!