Atreides Management
Neil Desai currently serves as Managing Director of Public Equities and Partner at Atreides Ventures since September 2023. Previously, Neil held the position of Portfolio Manager at Putnam Investments and bluescale capital, where significant achievements included leading the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) franchise growth from $20 million to $3 billion. As a founder of the bluescale Global TMT Long/Short Hedge Fund, Neil expanded assets under management from $5 million to $750 million. Other notable experiences include serving as Partner at Crosslink Capital, Analyst at Tudor Investment Corporation, Senior Associate at Thoma Bravo, and Analyst at Merrill Lynch. Neil is also recognized for contributions as a Board Member at Invest in Girls, Inc., promoting financial education for high school girls. Neil earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Duke University, with additional education at Queen Mary University of London.
Atreides Management
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Through its crossover strategy, Atreides Management, LP brings a long-term perspective to technology and consumer companies across public and private markets. Gavin Baker founded Atreides in January, 2019 after an 18 year career at Fidelity investments. While at Fidelity, he most recently managed the $17 billion OTC fund. Atreides employs 15 people who came from Highfields, Fidelity and Three Bays among others. Managing Director James Stanzler was 1 of 5 Partners at Highfields, which was a $12 billion hedge fund where he was responsible for Technology, Media and Telecommunications investments. Managing Director Hilary Natoff spent 17 years at Fidelity International where she was the co-Portfolio Manager of the Global Demographics fund and the Portfolio Manager of the Global Healthcare fund. Atreides has invested in ACV Auctions, Sonder, Drivenets, Eight Sleep, Druva, K Health, Nexar, Premise Data, Electric AI, Mythic AI and Xsight Labs among other venture and growth equity investments. Managing Partner & CIO Gavin Baker is currently on the board of directors for Xsight Labs, which is a semiconductor company in Israel focused on cloud infrastructure technologies. Atreides corporate values are humility, integrity, responsibility, excellence, kindness and curiosity. Kaizen is an often used word at Atreides and we want to improve a little every day. We’re committed to our people. Atreides offers a generous benefits package which includes fully paid medical insurance offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield, fully paid dental and vision insurance, 401k matching, HSA contributions, 529 matching and personal tax preparation assistance. Atreides is committed to fostering a family-friendly environment and offers benefits for employees including substantial vacation time, fully paid paternity/maternity leave, and several parent-support services.