Rishabh Makhija

Novel Capital’s fintech funding platform breaks down the traditional growth barriers faced by today’s B2B software companies. Our tech-first approach makes it easy for member companies to leverage future recurring revenue for immediate access to non-dilutive capital. Paired with online data-driven insights and curated resources, the Novel platform empowers entrepreneurs to capitalize on their momentum. Investment criteria: - B2B company - Recurring revenue of $500K to $5M - 30%+ annual revenue growth - Seeking growth capital of $100K to $5M to accelerate market penetration Our ideal partners are entrepreneurs who value one or more of the following: - Quick funding in 30 days or less - Funding access that grows with them - Up to a 6x return on the cost of capital To learn more visit us at www.novelcapital.com/products.

- Designing the coursework, handouts for the Marketing Management class for the Part-time MBA program - Organizing the course structure, organizing the students' learning portal - Research and application of various relevant case studies - Grading students' coursework, progress throughout the course, grading case analysis

- Research into the USA Real Estate market - Use various data manipulation tools such as Python in order to gain actionable insights from raw data and use them as basis for writing research papers - Extract data from various sources and transform data into processable information by using various data cleaning methodologies - Assist in writing research papers

- Developed 50+ research reports for 20+ companies to validate clients’ investment thesis (18-24% CAGR for client portfolios vs benchmark returns of 13% CAGR during the same period) - Trained and led the team of new 3 interns who eventually became full-time employees for the firm - Maintained surveillance of 9 sectors by performing industry checks such as SWOT, Channel checks, cost-benefit analysis for CAPEX spends, supply and demand forecasting, etc. - Developed and maintained extensive financial models based on multiple valuation metrics, increasing efficiency by at least 17% - Engaged with target company management over quarterly earnings calls, asked probing questions with respect to company’s direction, conducted detailed analysis and updated models to track changes in the operations of the industry and company

- Advised major Oil and Gas, Pharma and shipping companies on alternative tax efficient investment structures while working on cross functional assignments with various teams such as Valuations, Transfer Pricing, Performance Improvement, etc. - Analyzed financial statements to identify and ideate strategies for improved bottom-line performance which helped a Norwegian shipping company to increase their profits by 8% - Identified new opportunities for existing clients and prepared pitch decks for business development - Authored and curated the syllabus for ICAI’s new course – Post Qualification Diploma in International Taxation

Dean's List - Fall 2021, Spring 2022 Analytical Skills: • Technical Language: R, Python, SQL, NoSQL, JMP • Programming: Data cleaning, Web Scraping, Data Manipulation • Data Visualization: Tableau, Plotly • Dashboard: Tableau, Dash • Optimization: Linear, non-linear, discrete and dynamic optimization • Fraud Analytics using ML algorithms such as LGBM, Random Forest, Neural Net, etc. • Applied Statistical Machine Learning Algorithms

Skills Learned - Strategic Financial Management - Accounting - Financial Analysis and Reporting - Corporate and Economic Laws