Tasneem Dahod Dohadwala ’04

Founding Partner of Excelestar Ventures

Tasneem previously worked in financial services on the sell-side at Lehman Brothers and at Matrix Partners. As Founding Partner of Excelestar Ventures, notable investments of hers are Augmenix (acq. by Boston Scientific), nVision (acq. by Boston Scientific), Conformal Medical, Diesel Labs, Instylla, Brixton and Altiostar Networks.

She is also a Managing Partner of Golden Seeds. She also contributed an essay, “Women and the Workplace,” to the book, Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard Business School.

Tasneem has always been excited to further women leadership and women in business. Throughout her career, Tasneem has thought about the female experience; starting from being a young, active member of the Women of Lehman Brothers, then leading as President of Wellesley College Alumnae Boston (Wellesley College’s largest alumnae organization), and now finally being a Managing Director of Golden Seeds. She is passionately and deliberately mentoring and searching for female-led companies. She believes that investing in women is the best way to bring more women into leadership roles.

If she is not working, Tasneem is with her three children and husband. She is often seen at ice skating rinks, soccer fields and speech tournaments. She also is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Pike School, a Member on Wellesley College’s President’s Advisory Council, an Ambassador for the Wellesley College Albright Institute, Charter Member of TiE Boston, member of Brigham and Women’s Cancer Research and Care Advisory Board, member of the Phillips Academy Andover Development Board, and Head of Women’s organization of her local mosque community.