Purvesh Mankad

Purvesh Mankad has worked for a number of companies since 1996. Purvesh began their career as a Junior Partner at Raymond James Financial Inc. in 1996. In 1998, they became the Managing Member of Vamansons Capital Management (BVI) Ltd., where they sponsored the India Galileo Fund, and led the negotiation for fund acquisition by London based RPC International Group. In 1999, they founded and served as CFO of Braingem, a TIBCO Systems Integrator, where they negotiated over $3M in equity capital with global consortium of angel, VC and corporate investors. In 2005, they founded CTA Exchange, where they developed and distributed a Managed Derivatives Platform connecting Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) with Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) and Broker Dealers (BDs). Purvesh also managed the entire lifecycle for CTA allocations, and directly raised over $80M in assets for CTAs with multiple Introducing Brokers and Futures Commission Merchants. In 2019, they became the Interim Chief Financial Officer of Cover Technologies Inc.

Purvesh Mankad attended Rutgers University from 1994 to 1998, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Applied Mathematics.