Sanket Merchant

Sanket has worked with growth-stage technology businesses his whole career and has been a partner to over a dozen portfolio companies at PeakSpan. He leads PeakSpan’s EdTech (including L&D), HR Tech, and IT/Infrastructure investment themes. Of note, he has led investments in and currently sits on the Board of Directors at several relevant EdTech/HR Tech scale-ups, including Bongo (AI-powered video assessments), Epignosis (high-velocity LMS), Fuel50 (Enterprise internal mobility and AI talent marketplace), among others. Before joining PeakSpan, Sanket worked in the Technology, Media, and Telecom Group at Houlihan Lokey (NYSE: HLI), where he spent almost four years supporting B2B software businesses through M&A and capital markets transactions. Sanket holds a B.B.A. in Finance with a minor in Economics from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder (Go Buffs!). Sanket lives in the Bay Area with his wife and is the father of toddler twin boys – hands down the best job (or responsibility) in the world!