About

Sharvari Desai is a Corporate Development Lead at Zayo Group with over 7 years of relevant experience in private equity and special situations. She holds a Master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Sharvari has a strong background in financial modeling, due diligence, and investment analysis. During her tenure at Columbia Pacific Capital Partners, she sourced and analyzed new investment opportunities, performed financial modeling using DCF, 3 Statement, M&A models like LBO, Public Comps, Precedent Transactions, and created investment memos for leading payment integrity platforms in the healthtech space with revenue of $11 MM. She also pursued the acquisition of an $8 MM revenue travel-expense management SaaS company and authored M&A insight industry reports on the retail tech and health tech space. Sharvari also has experience in equity research, having worked as an Equity Research Intern at Panagora Asset Management. During her time there, she built industry selection models for US, Japan, and China A equities using raw factors and industry-level analyst ratings and recommendations. In addition to her professional experience, Sharvari has a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Thadomal Shahani Engineering College. She is also a Research Scientist and has published several blog articles on "seller notes." Overall, Sharvari Desai is a highly skilled corporate development professional with a strong background in private equity and special situations. She has a proven track record of sourcing and analyzing investment opportunities, performing due diligence, and creating investment memos. Her expertise in financial modeling and equity research makes her a valuable asset to any organization.