Adeyinka Okuwoga
Venture Investor
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Shalini Rao
General Partner, Head of Growth Fund·Headline
San Francisco, California, United States and London, United Kingdom
Bio
Professional summary
Shalini Rao is General Partner and Head of Headline's growth-stage fund, investing in software, fintech and consumer internet businesses. She joined Headline from TCV, where she was a General Partner and co-led the firm's US software practice, and previously was a partner at Generation Investment Management.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
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Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- HeadlineGeneral Partner, Head of Growth Fund2024 – Present
- TCVGeneral Partner2023 – 2024
- Generation Investment ManagementPartner2015 – 2023
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.Associate2013 – 2015
Education
- Harvard UniversityB.A.
- London School of Economics and Political ScienceM.Sc.
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