Chirag Chotalia

Founder and Managing Partner at Envoy Equity Partners

Moderator

Chirag Chotalia is the Founder and Managing Partner of Envoy Equity Partners, a venture investment firm focused on late-stage technology companies and the secondary market. Previously, he spent nearly a decade investing at DFJ/Threshold, served as a Senior Advisor to Cliffwater, and teaches venture capital at Columbia Business School.

Chirag brings a unique perspective spanning founders, venture firms, institutional LPs, and the rapidly evolving private liquidity market. He can speak to how the growth and secondary markets are changing the traditional venture lifecycle, and what founders should understand about capital, liquidity, and investor incentives as companies stay private longer. He is also an experienced speaker and educator, skilled at making complex market dynamics accessible and engaging. He has spoken at conferences including Fortune Brainstorm Tech, The Allocate Summit, and at UCLA, Stanford, Northwestern among others.