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Shuhab Elhag (He/Him)
Venture Capital Associate | Operator

Investor and operator with venture capital investing and startup development experience with Anzu Partners, Unseen Capital, Civilization Ventures, Fractal Software, Olive Ventures, and Microsoft with a combined AUM of over $10 billion and a portfolio of 153 early and growth-stage startups. I have a strong technical background in life sciences, healthcare technology, and SaaS development that allows me to identify attractive industry sectors and specific investment opportunities, communicate effectively with entrepreneurs and investment managers, and apply skills that are highly applicable to contributing to a venture capital firm or startup through investment and portfolio support management, such as conducting comprehensive due diligence, performing quantitative and financial analysis, conducting go-to-market strategy and product roadmap exercises, and building and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders to establish robust and effective technology, sales channel, and product development partnerships.

Partner Development Manager at Microsoft

April 2022 — Present
Remote
● Built and maintained a trusted-advisor relationship with C-suite leaders of 15 complex enterprise partners and aligned partners’ priorities, strategies, and goals with Microsoft to build mutually beneficial account plans to achieve strategic alignment and drive growth resulting in $625M in contracted value. ● Led the creation and landing of the strategic partner vision which aligns the partner's potential impact and business goals with the Microsoft value proposition and value propositions of products, channels, or solutions, to drive an increase of Microsoft’s share of wallet vs. competition. ● Managed partner pipeline reviews and coached and challenged partners to transform their plans and strategies around azure consumption. Facilitated collaboration between the partners sales team, channel managers, and other relevant teams to overcome obstacles, compete, and facilitate 143 closed co-sell deals to meet consumption and key revenue targets.

Investment Associate at Olive AI Ventures

June 2021 — December 2022
Washington, DC
● Built and deployed 11 novel healthcare technology companies (Verticals include: Healthcare IT and Blockchain, IoT, Healthcare Fin-tech, Digital Health, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Cloud Solutions, Revenue Cycle Management & Cyber Security.) generating a combined enterprise value of $72 million. ● Supported 9 commercial engagements (e.g., pilots) between portfolio companies, Olive Ventures, and external partners, in addition to utilizing Olive Ventures’ collective networks to drive value for the portfolio. ● Conducted rigorous and systematic due diligence and design sprint processes around the development of the minimum viable products, and successfully facilitated the product development of all 11 companies to market. ● Constructed startup pre-sales channels and customer persona identification to promote sale cycle optimization across all builds resulting in 18 successful pilots launched between Q1-Q3 2022.

Investment Associate at Anzu Partners

July 2020 — June 2021
Washington, DC
● Collaborated with senior team members in developing diligence reports on $50 million in investment opportunities through ongoing qualitative and quantitative research and analysis. ● Sourced and evaluated 27 investment opportunities resulting in 3 closed investment opportunities worth $36 million.

Investment Associate at Civilization Ventures

July 2020 — June 2021
Washington, DC
● Evaluated 634 investment opportunities and triaged 32 relevant and actionable opportunities, resulting in 5 closed investments. ● Restructured the portfolio support function to optimize portfolio resource allocation and performance.

Howard University

Bachelor's in Biology/Chemistry

August 2017 — May 2021

Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships

Awards & Features: BVCC Venture Capital Fellow | Civilization Ventures Fellow | Wharton Private Equity Case Winner | HubSpot Empower Startup Pitch Winner | Black Ivy League Business Conference Scholar | JPMorgan Chase Advancing Black Leaders Scholar | Goldman Sachs HBCU Possibilities Scholar | HBCUvc Venture Capital Fellow | Forbes the Culture Fellow | Charles Koch Scholar | Council on Foreign Relations Scholar | Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar | Genentech CED Scholar | National Society of Black Engineers | The Washington Post | WUSA9 | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Scholar

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