Karan Mehta, CFA, CMT is the Founder and Managing Partner at RealFloat Ventures LLP.Karan has spent his career in the investments industry – most recently as the Americas Head of Product at PineBridge Investments. Prior to this, he worked as a senior product developer and structurer across Active and Passive strategies at the Deutsche Bank Group, based in London and New York. Armed with nearly two decades of global capital markets experience, Karan brings a unique skill set which spans across investments, product development, fund-raising, and entrepreneurship. He has also achieved exceptional investment results in his personal portfolio, achieving time-weighted returns of more than 25% p.a. since 2010. Karan has received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Warwick as well as a PGP from the Indian School of Business. He is a CFA Charterholder since 2012 as well as holds the CMT professional designation.