Jason Kirby
Managing Partner
A serial founder with four exits behind him. He guides startups through acquisitions and capital raises, and has been involved in $145M of transactions. Host of the $100M Exits podcast.
The team
People who have done it themselves.
Thunder's partners advise from firsthand operating and transaction experience after exiting their own companies, supported by a banking, analytical, legal, and capital-markets team behind them.
The partners
Exited founders, not career bankers.
Every partner has raised, scaled, and sold a company of their own. That is the seat they advise from when they sit down with your management team.
St John Coughlan
Partner
Ex-military leader and MD turned elite operator. Managed £100M+ across 20+ ventures. Expert in scaling healthtech, fintech, and AI through strategic financing and high-pressure execution.
Chris Wichert
Partner
A founder, operator, and former M&A banker who scaled his own DTC business to eight figures and raised over $20M. He now helps consumer brands raise capital, restore profitability, and reach stronger exits.
Dan Rosenberg
Partner
A serial founder and operator who sold his previous company for $100M to CustomInk, spun it out, and sold it again to Cameo. He helps creator economy and consumer brands raise capital and execute exits.
Dipak Patel
Partner
A repeat founder and revenue operator who scales complex B2B businesses past $200M in ARR, drives predictable growth, and helps founders maximise value before a capital raise or exit.
Gaurav Chawla
Partner
A former banker turned exited deep-tech founder and fintech operator with two decades of experience and $40M in transaction value from his own companies. He helps deeptech and fintech founders navigate capital strategy.
The wider team
Deep Gada
Vice President
Over nine years across financial and valuation advisory, private equity, investment banking, and M&A advisory.
Manoj Kumar
Vice President
A seasoned investment banking professional with 14 years in deal support, competitive intelligence, relative valuation, and end-to-end project management.
Matt Sisco
Data Scientist Advisor
A full-stack data scientist responsible for Thunder platform development. Princeton and Columbia, PhD, specialising in advanced statistics, machine learning, and large language models.
Shradha Sancheti
Senior Analyst
Eight years of investment banking and accounting experience, supporting financial modeling and due diligence for our clients.
Ruth Nyakio
Operations Manager
Brings 5+ years of experience in venture capital to drive operational efficiency and strategic growth at Thunder.
Jatin Sharma
Associate
A financial analyst with three years spanning industry research, benchmarking, and translating financial data into actionable insight.
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Tell us what you are trying to do. If we are not the right people, we will say so.