Co-Founder and Managing Director, March Capital Partners

Mandal co-founder March Capital Partners in 2014 and serves as a managing partner at the Santa Monica-based firm, leading investments in cloud enterprise, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Last year the firm closed $450 million fund focused on enterprise software companies and celebrated multiple exits, including Sawtelle-based Bridg, which was acquired for $579 million by Cardlytics Inc., and BillDesk, which sold to PayUfor $4.7 billion. Mandal has also helped to develop more than 25 companies as the founder of tech incubatorsthe Hive and the Fabric. Additionally, he sits on the boards of multiple companies, including Uniphore Technologies Inc. and SparkCognition Inc.

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