Abhishek aspires to be a Venture Capitalist.He is currently COO & Director at Instaveritas, a startup co-founded in 2014. He leads Operations, Process Innovation, New Product Development at Instaveritas. He has been instrumental in launching two Unique Products under the Brand DriveAPI enabling businesses to authenticate details corresponding to a Vehicle Registration number and Driving Licence. Cumulatively, DriveAPI has delivered more than 1.3 Million+ authentications delivering over 12 Million+ data points.Prior to Instaveritas, he was working as an Analyst at Ixora Ventures Private Limited where his work entailed from deal sourcing to closure of investment and portfolio management. He has led three investment rounds and two incubation's at Ixora Ventures. During this tenure, he has also Passed Level I of the CFA Program from Virginia, USA in June 2015.Previously, he has interned at three entrepreneurship fostering organisations Start-up Chile, Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship - IIM-Ahmedabad and Indian Angel Network (India's largest angel network). During his tenure he has worked with the management team and ten+ startups, assisting them in research and analysis, creating business plans, industry and sectoral analysis, and creating partnerships.Specialties: Business Operations, Process Innovation, New Product Development, Business Strategy, Forging Strategic Partnerships and Contract Negotiation.At Ixora Ventures & before - Deal sourcing, Research and Analysis, Investment thesis, Contract/Termsheet negotiation, Portfolio management