Raj Singh
Raj Singh
Managing Partner
Location
San Francisco, California USA
Hobbies
Reading, squash, and Twitter doomscrolling.
Favorite building
Chrysler Building, New York
Raj is the managing partner of JLL Spark, the corporate venture capital group of JLL, focused on strategic PropTech investments. Previously, he was interim co-head/managing director of investments at JetBlue Technology Ventures, the corporate VC of JetBlue Airways.
Prior to that, Raj served as CEO and co-founder of London-based Sooqini, an on-demand economy task delegator for small businesses. Before that, Raj co-founded and led a Geneva-based consulting firm and worked with various governments to foster entrepreneurship. As a general partner and co-founder of Pervasive Technology Venturesāand also as a principal for the New York-based VC arm of Investcorpāhe was responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and closing new investments in tech startups. At Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy&), Raj led strategy and technology projects in ecommerce; technology, media, and telecommunications; and financial services. He also held multiple positions at IBM at the start of his career.
Raj holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and a B.S. in computing science from Imperial College London.
Latest posts
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Raj Singh – Driving Sustainability: Venture Capital’s Role in Climate Tech
In this episode of the Cretech Climate Cast podcast, Michael Beckerman interviews Raj Singh, Managing Partner of JLL Spark, about the importance of sustainability in the built environment and the role of venture capital in driving climate tech solutions.
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CVC series, part 6: The future of corporations and startups working togetherĀ Ā
Correctly balancing the needs of employees, shareholders, and investors is critical to successfully run a CVC. In order to get it right, you need top level support , aligned processes, investment skills, allocated capital and time, of course, but you have to start with metrics.
