Ishan Sachdev is at the heart of everything Deciens does, helping shape firm strategy and leading investments in the next generation of innovators. With a career spanning financial services and fintech as both an investor and operator, he focuses on uncovering companies poised to redefine the future of finance and guiding them toward long-term success.

Ishan leads Deciens’ investments in Tint, beatBread, Pippin Title, 3F Captive Services, Gradient Credit, and Gynger, serving on their boards to further support their growth.

Before Deciens, Ishan was a growth equity investor and an early member of the portfolio operations team at PSG Equity. He previously worked as a venture capital investor at Bain Capital Ventures, a proprietary trader at Goldman Sachs, and co-founded MIT Alumni Angels, the only angel group affiliated with MIT. Ishan also served as an executive at iPay Technologies, a Bain Capital Ventures and Spectrum Equity-backed payments company, where he played a pivotal role in its acquisition by Jack Henry & Associates.

Ishan earned his MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School, where he also served as a policy advisor in the Office of Capital Markets at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, focusing on the global financial crisis. He holds M.Eng. and S.B. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

Boston is home base for Ishan, and when he’s not immersed in Deciens work, he enjoys cooking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.