Rosa Mehrabi

Senior Investment Associate at Yar Ventures L.P. (2025-08 – Present)

Lead end-to-end due diligence across financial, technical, commercial, and market dimensions; valuation, unit economics, risk assessment, and author Investment Committee memos.
Source, screen, and evaluate early-stage startups against the fund's investment thesis, building thesis-driven pipelines from market-signal research.
Designed and shipped two AI-powered deal-sourcing and diligence agents, applying a research-based 100-point AI-startup rubric to standardize screening and deal prioritization.
Built portfolio analytics, KPI dashboards, and automated reporting tracking fund performance, portfolio health, and LP-facing insights.
Develop market research, founder analysis, and investment recommendations supporting capital allocation and co-investor discussions.

Part-time Instructor at Westcliff University (2026-02 – Present)

Teach Entrepreneurial Finance, Analyzing & Visualizing Data for Finance, and Equity Analysis across BBA, MBA, and DBA programs.

Investment Portfolio Analyst at Plug and Play LLC (2024-06 – 2025-07)

Cut portfolio reporting and fund-management processing time 75% by designing SQL datasets, ETL workflows, and automated reporting.
Reconciled investment-lifecycle data across Salesforce, Playbook, and Carta into portfolio monitoring and managerial reports.
Automated financial models for cash-flow valuation, carried interest, and advisory-share analysis, improving accuracy and contract compliance.
Built Tableau and Looker Studio dashboards tracking IRR, MOIC, TVPI, and portfolio risk across global funds.
Partnered with legal and accounting teams on QSBS tax structuring, reconciling capital gains, fair-market values, and investment records.

Financial Risk Analyst at Euroclear SA/NV (2023-01 – 2024-02)

Modeled market, interest-rate, and FX risk; stress-tested EVE and NII models supporting Basel III/GAAP-aligned reporting.
Assessed counterparty credit risk through internal rating models, collateral adequacy analysis, and securitization exposure review.
Retrieved and reconciled financial data across Hadoop-based environments and relational databases applying SQL.

Senior Investment Analyst at Pioneer Investors LLC (2021-08 – 2022-08)

Authored 120+ investment memos and led financial due diligence, valuation, and risk modeling covering EBITDA margin, ROI, exit potential, and risk-adjusted returns.
Built and managed a high-potential deal pipeline through PitchBook, and Crunchbase, and local events, owning sourcing, screening, and qualification.
Analyzed SaaS unit economics; ARR, burn rate, runway, GTM efficiency, and growth indicators to evaluate company fundamentals.
Designed a Power BI portfolio dashboard cutting weekly Board reporting from 8 hours to 30 minutes.

Investment Analyst at Shenasa Venture Capital (2014-06 – 2021-07)

Developed 260+ Investment Committee memos through an in-house agile investment process, contributing to 5 high-yield M&A transactions.
Led investor-founder meetings and pitch events, connecting 70+ founders with VCs and expanding the firm's deal network.
Built valuations using DCF, LBO, trading comparables, transaction multiples, and benchmarking.
Developed fundraising models, revenue forecasts, P&L projections, and free-cash-flow scenarios supporting capital planning.

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