Technology · Investing · Research
I work at the intersection of technology, markets, and research—studying how new systems are built, financed, and adopted.
Finance / Technology
Financial analysis and transaction work across software and technology, with experience spanning valuation, LBO analysis, strategic positioning, and sponsor-backed acquisition screening.
Research / Financial Inclusion
An honors thesis examining whether pre-existing differences in women’s economic and social participation were associated with access to digital financial infrastructure in Bihar, India.
Comedy / Performance
Writing and performing stand-up—a creative counterweight to analytical work and a practice in finding the sharpest version of an idea.
Film / Diving / Community
An immersive documentary project on climate change, marine ecosystems, and the communities whose livelihoods depend on dive tourism.
Investment Banking Analyst, Technology
Work across financial modeling, valuation, transaction analysis, and strategic positioning for technology companies and investors.
Investment Banking & Capital Markets
Rotational experience spanning investment banking, foreign exchange options, and prime brokerage.
WRAP Fellow
Conducted research on decentralized finance adoption in emerging economies using Python and natural-language processing.
Selected projects across technology, climate, and creative work.
NASA Gateways to Blue Skies · Finalist
A systems-level concept for greener airport infrastructure combining direct air capture with electrification of aircraft and ground operations.
Sachs Program for Arts Innovation · Grant Recipient
A 360° mini-documentary exploring climate change through underwater ecosystems and the people whose livelihoods depend on dive tourism.
I’m a PADI Rescue Diver with 100+ logged dives and a stand-up comedy performer. Diving also became a creative practice through Beneath the Surface, an underwater documentary project supported by the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.
Lavanya Neti works in technology investment banking in San Francisco, with interests spanning investing, emerging technology, and applied research.
She graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied Finance and Statistics.
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