Sandesh Mouli

Startup Advisor, Investor and Builder - (Zscaler, F5, MAPR, India Alpha, Cisco, NYSE, TCV, Teak/Goldman, DLJ/Credit Suisse, FUNDA, “Aspiring” NBA Player)

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2022
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Growth Advocate and Investor
Jan 2019
Sales, business development, product management/marketing, corporate development, M&A, strategy, venture capital, fund raising and emerging markets growth advisory to small companies or groups within larger companies focused on entrepreneurial initiatives. Breadth of experience and services facilitates understanding of complex intricacies of successful growth and execution. Most companies eventually fail due to blind spots in certain cross functional areas and not hiring appropriate talent to execute in these areas.
Experience · 13 entries
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Founder (1)
2025
Leadership Team
Oct 2025
A one of a kind founders and innovators community of Indian origin in the San Francisco Bay area, for the Indian founders by the Indian founders. We bring a curated quality group of Founders, Venture capitalists, Angel Investors, Startup advisors, Corp Dev experts, Executives/C-Suite of India origin founders to create magic with startups.
Director, Capital Markets, San Francisco Bay Area
Jan 2025
The New York Stock Exchange is where icons and disruptors come to build on their success and shape the future. We’ve created the world’s largest and most trusted equities exchange, the leading ETF exchange and the world’s most deterministic trading technology. Our data, technology and expertise help today’s leaders and tomorrow’s visionaries capitalize on opportunity in the public markets.
2024
Founder
May 2024
Growth advisory consulting to startups/VCs and corporates.
2022
Corporate Development, Investments, Strategic Alliances & OEMs
Jul 2022
Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) is a pioneer and global leader in zero trust security. The world’s largest businesses, critical infrastructure organizations, and government agencies rely on Zscaler to secure users, branches, applications, data & devices, and to accelerate digital transformation initiatives. Distributed across 160+ data centers globally, the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform combined with advanced AI combats billions of cyber threats and policy violations every day and unlocks productivity gains for modern enterprises by reducing costs and complexity. Stay Connected: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zscaler Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/zscaler Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Zscaler/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zscalerinc/
2020
Acquisition EQ
Acquisition EQ - Author/Blogger on Corporate M&A and Venture Capital
Mar 2020
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2013–2022 · 3 investments
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