Rajeev Chand serves as Managing Director and Head of Research for Rutberg & Company. Mr. Chand is responsible for leading the firm’s industry, venture capital, and M&A research practice in mobile and digital media.
Specifically, Mr. Chand develops thought capital on industry and investment trends; provides transaction counsel to the ecosystem of entrepreneurs, investors, and acquirers; and serves as an industry analyst for innovation and growth in mobile services and technologies. His team has categorized and tracks approximately 2,500 privately held companies in mobile globally, representing $19 billion in annual venture capital investments. In addition, he works with publicly held companies across media and Internet, cable and telecom, and hardware and software sectors to understand, formulate, and evaluate investment and acquisition theses.
Mr. Chand is a recognized authority in media, telecom, and technology trends and issues. He frequently moderates and keynotes at industry, private equity, and academic events in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since initiating coverage in 2001, Mr. Chand has presented at CONNECTIONS, CTIA Wireless, DEMOmobile, HBSTech, International Consumer Electronics Show, Interop, MIT/Stanford VLAB, TiEcon, Mobile World Congress, Under the Radar, UCLA WINMEC, Wireless Ventures, and VentureOne Summit, among other events. In addition, Mr. Chand’s research has been cited in Barron's, Billboard, Bloomberg, Daily Deal, Economist, Electronic Engineering Times, Fortune, International Herald Tribune, Private Equity Week, San Jose Mercury News, Technology Review, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal, among other publications. Mr. Chand’s research is published monthly to a readership of 30,000 executives.
Mr. Chand also serves as host, emcee, and moderator for Rutberg & Company’s exclusive, invitation-only forums for senior executives. He is responsible for the Board of Advisors, the content, and the speaker register at Wireless Influencers, which is widely referred to as the Davos for Mobile. Mr. Chand has interviewed or hosted the CEOs of leading companies across the industry, such as Ericsson, Fox Group, HTC, Motorola Mobility, Sprint, SK Telecom, Verizon Wireless, and WPP.
Mr. Chand serves on the Board of Advisors of the International Consumer Electronics Show. He has received a DEMOgod award at DEMOmobile and previously served as Co-Chair of the Wireless Special Interest Group at TiE Silicon Valley and Board of Advisor Member at the Mobile Business EXPO.
Prior to Rutberg & Company, Mr. Chand held positions in private equity, venture capital, and strategy consulting. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Chand served as Director of Research for iSherpa Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on mobile. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Chand served as Associate at Equity Capital Partners, a mid-market leveraged buyout firm. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Chand served as Consultant in the Strategic Services practice at Accenture, where his clients spanned telecommunications, healthcare, and insurance industries. Mr. Chand earned an undergraduate degree in Economics from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.