Building at the intersection of finance, AI, and technical systems across public markets, venture, and software.
Roshan Shah: Finance and investing researcher focused on equity markets, valuation, and AI-driven tools for better decision-making. Always building at the intersection of finance, technology, AI governance, and real-world markets.
UNC Chapel Hill
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Honors B.S. Business Administration + Data Science (GPA 4.0)
Honors Carolina. Assured Enrollment into Kenan-Flagler. Engineer at Carolina Skylab. Portfolio Management Team (TMT), Quant Finance Association
The Lawrenceville School
High School (GPA 3.92/4.00)
Herman Hollerith Prize, Cum Laude Society, McClellan Society
languages
- Python
- R
- C++
- SQL
skills
- DCF / Comps
- Equity Research
- Venture Diligence
- AI / Technical Systems
interests
- Poker
- Football
- Traveling
- FOOD (like any)
- Reading
- AI governance
Experience
Cofounders Capital
Venture Capital InternJan 2026 – PresentEvaluating seed-stage B2B SaaS investments for a $60M fund. Synthesizing diligence on 100+ companies across unit economics, market structure, and exit viability.
UNC Portfolio Management Team
Technology Sector AnalystSep 2025 – PresentTMT equity research for the Ewing-Schleeter Harris Fund ($120K AUM). Building DCF models, WACC calculations, and public comp analyses to develop buy/sell recommendations. 1 of 12 selected from 170+ applicants.
Kenan-Flagler CDR
Research AssistantOct 2025 – PresentSupporting faculty and PhD research on behavioral decision-making. Designing experiments and analyzing participant data for academic publication.
Carolina SkyLab
EngineerJan 2026 – PresentBuilding CAD assemblies and ArduPilot SITL closed-loop simulations for a medical-delivery VTOL drone.
Quantitative Finance Association
Derivatives AnalystOct 2025 – PresentStudying options pricing, volatility, Greeks, and hedging through peer-led technical work on real market data.
Hitech Corporation
Strategy InternJul – Sep 2025Developed U.S. market entry thesis for a $3.4M cross-border acquisition. Conducted competitive analysis and built financial projections for TAM sizing.
Chakli Capital LLC
Summer AnalystMay – Jul 2025Supported public-equity investing focused on AI and enterprise software. Built valuation models (DCF, comps) and wrote sector memos on AI monetization trends.
DTV.AI
Co-FounderMay 2023 – Feb 2025Built cost-analytics business serving retailers and CPG brands. Identified sourcing inefficiencies and quantified 12–15% margin improvement opportunities.
Projects
Economics paper arguing that AI has weakened the computational constraint on planning, while the binding risks remain institutional: oversight failure, concentrated power, incentive gaming, and democratic accountability.
Novel hybrid pricing framework for American options integrating Hurst exponent forecasting with regime-switching volatility.
Ultra-low latency trading engine (1.8M+ orders/sec). Lock-free concurrency with sharded SPSC queues.
VoiceBraille
Team LeadEngineeringPortable speech-to-Braille printer for deafblind accessibility. CAD prototyping, business modeling, and GTM targeting 200 schools/nonprofits. Won 'Most Innovative Idea' at Penn M&TSI.
Automated academic auditing via custom PDF parsing. Used by administration for transcript analysis.
High-performance D2C e-commerce platform with custom subscription management and optimized checkout flows.
Real-time educational platform for quant finance with client-side Python execution via Pyodide.
Universal Atmospheric Model forecasting exoplanet weather with 94% accuracy.