Rishabh Nijhawan

Rishabh Nijhawan is a Senior Associate at Western Technology Investment, a venture debt firm based in Portola Valley, California. In his current capacity, he evaluates and executes venture debt financing transactions for early-stage and growth-stage startups operating across the technology, life sciences, AgriTech, Web3, and digital media sectors. Prior to joining the investment firm full-time in 2021, he initially gained experience by completing an internship with the organization in 2019. Previously, he worked as a Data Scientist at VMware, where his technical responsibilities centered on developing natural language processing and machine learning models for enterprise applications. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, earning dual bachelor's degrees in Economics and Data Science. His professional background effectively combines applied technical expertise in data science with specialized financial experience in structuring venture debt.