Vaibhav Nalwaya

Vaibhav (“V”) Nalwaya is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Wavecrest Growth Partners. Prior to launching Wavecrest, Vaibhav’s experience spanned both investing and operating roles in the B2B technology ecosystem.

Prior to co-founding Wavecrest, Vaibhav was Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Bluewolf, a founder-led, PE-backed high-growth B2B tech firm focused on the Salesforce.com ecosystem where he played an instrumental role in the company’s highly successful acquisition by IBM in early 2016. Prior to Bluewolf, Vaibhav served as the Chief Financial Officer of Bullhorn, a founder-led, high-growth cloud CRM software company that was backed by Vista Equity Partners and was ultimately acquired by Insight Partners.

Prior to these executive roles, Vaibhav was an investor at Vista Equity Partners’ Foundation Fund I, where he focused on growth buyouts in B2B tech, and previously was a Principal at Key Venture Partners, a B2B tech-focused expansion stage capital firm backed by KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY). During his time at Vista and Key, he invested in a variety of high-growth B2B software, telecom and business services companies across multiple industry verticals. He started his career at Deloitte, where he advised multinational clients on software/ERP strategies.

Vaibhav graduated with an M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He has lived in multiple cities and countries across the globe, and continues to travel to many more (with the notable exception of 2020) with his wife and two young daughters. He enjoys golfing and skiing, is passionate about global cuisine, and is constantly on the hunt to prove to skeptics that Boston is indeed a foodie’s paradise.

Active Wavecrest Investments: BigTime Software, Building Engines, Tier1 Financial Solutions, Volante Technologies