Bilesh Ladva

Bilesh is interested in social entrepreneurship and investigating how socially responsible businesses can appeal to a wide range of investors. Furthermore, he is interested in how investors currently view socially responsible businesses. He is also interested in gaining significant entrepreneurial experience.

He is currently a rising senior at Princeton University, majoring in Economics and gaining a certificate in Political Economy. At Princeton, he is Treasurer of Princeton Environmental Action, a student group designed to address issues of environmental concern.

In addition, he is an Outdoor Action leader and has led incoming Freshmen camping for several days. He is also a member of the cycling team and former president of the juggling club. Furthermore, he holds a Culturally Cap co-chair position at the Cap and Gown Club, Princeton.

Bharath Alamanda

Bharath is a research associate at Viscap Funds. He will assist with market research in the space of socially responsible investment and contribute to advance the overall mission of Viscap. Currently, Bharath is a sophomore at Princeton University and intends to major in Physics. Coming from Tampa, Florida, he graduated from Sickles High School in 2009. His previous research experience includes working for the Princeton University physics department and interning at the Florida State University particle accelerator lab.

At Princeton, Bharath is involved in the publication Business Today, the club tennis team and local community service programs. In his spare time, he enjoys playing intramural sports and following current events.

Jake Gao

Jake is a student at Princeton University, where he intends to earn a degree in economics and a certificate in urban studies.

Jake is deeply passionate about environmental sustainability and corporate responsibility, and he is very interested in how businesses can integrate sustainability with their strategy. He strives to help businesses to treat environmental and social challenges as opportunities to find innovative, positive, and pragmatic solutions that result in responsible strategies and practices.

As a high school student at the Albany Academy, Jake composed an essay about transforming the capital of New York into a sustainable community and was awarded first place in the American Planning Association’s national high school essay contest. He interned at Omni Housing Development, a company that works with the Albany Housing Authority on the South End Revitalization Project to build sustainable and affordable housing in Albany. He also gained experience in finance from his internship at Morgan Stanley in Albany.

Jake is very excited to join VisCap. He hopes to work with and learn from the team to bring about responsible business.

Raymond Hsu

Raymond Hsu comes to VisCap from Princeton University, where he is a rising senior in the politics department. He is especially interested in political socialization as well as military policy. Raymond has experience with internet entrepreneurship and will be assisting with market research of prospective clients and investors this summer.

He is excited to learn more about VisCap’s focus on socially responsible investment as well as its overall business model. A native of Chicagoland, Raymond enjoys being an armchair quarterback in his free time.

Anastasia Andreeva

Anastasia is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for technology and socially responsible investments.

After graduating from college, she spent over five years in the financial industry working as a pricing analyst at Morgan Stanley. Also, Anastasia has nine years of experience in the transportation industry as a successful entrepreneur and a founder of a transportation company.

Her interest in technology and free markets led to the launch of Vozeeme.com, an early stage start-up focusing on building a more efficient freight market. Subsequently, Vozeeme.com was selected as a semi-finalist at Chicago Booth New Venture Challenge and as one of 2010 DreamIt Ventures companies.

Anastasia holds an M.B.A with concentrations in Analytic Finance, Statistics and Accounting from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and a B.A. in Business from Lake Forest College.

Akarshan Kumar

Akarshan is a rising sophomore at Princeton University, NJ. Hailing  from Delhi, India - one of the greenest cities in his country, he  realizes the importance of sustainable and green growth.

As a research associate with VisCap, he will help research and study  green companies. For him, it's a completely new experience and he  can't wait to dive in.

An articulate speaker on the Princeton Debate Panel, Akarshan loves  participating in inter-college debates, and helps organize the two  annual debates hosted by Princeton.As a member of the International  Relations Council, he helps organize the two annual Princeton Model UN  Conferences and participates in Model UN conferences at other  universities. On the board of SASA, the South Asian Students'  Association, he helps organize events which promote Indian culture - a  culture he dearly loves.

To apply to join the VisCap team, please contact: careers@viscapfunds.com