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Heran Getachew is an investment professional with over 15 years of experience spanning alternative investments, corporate strategy and development, capital markets, and investment banking. Heran has a proven track record of engaging institutional investors, leading high-performing teams, and partnering with C-Suite leaders to exceed goals and drive growth. Expertise in: - Private Markets Investing and Investor Relations: Led investments into 200+ tech startups, venture capital, growth equity, and private equity funds, achieving top fund performance. Co-launched and scaled two funds, including a healthcare corporate venture fund (FHI Ventures) and an ESG private equity fund (Illumen Capital), resulting in 2X growth in both fund sizes (AUM). Supported IR team with $200M+ fundraise through product development, pitching investment thesis, creating of marketing materials, and answering due diligence questions from 100+ LPs. - Corporate Strategy: Engaged diverse stakeholders to deliver complex strategic initiatives, conduct market research, and identify growth opportunities for companies. Led 30+ corporate strategy and innovation initiatives for the CEO's office of Family Health International (FHI) 360, which led to the launch of 10+ new strategy programs, a corporate venture fund (FHI Ventures), and a successful post-merger integration, resulting in the doubling of the healthcare agency's revenue to $650M and staff to 4,000 in 60 countries. - Corporate Development: Led over over $1Bn in financing deals from private placements to M&A, IPO, and buyout deals for the CEOs and CFO of growth stage privately and publicly held technology companies as a technology investment banker at Jefferies. Analyzed ROI of $42M in strategic and venture investments to recommend optimal investment strategy to the CEO and Board as a corporate strategy and development manager at FHI 360. - Leadership Development: Managed and mentored high performing teams at IBM, FHI 360, Jefferies, and Illumen Capital. Provided guidance, and performance feedback to support long-term career growth. Utilized psychology, neuroscience, and mindfulness to coach 100+ investors and founders in tech and finance industries on leadership, career development, and wellbeing skills.