I'm Ani, and I'm obsessed with data.
About Me
I'm Head of Portfolio Intelligence at Standard Metrics, where I help venture and private equity firms answer the questions their data should be able to answer: Which companies are actually performing? Where should capital go next? What patterns predict success or failure?
I work at the intersection of Finance, Data, and Investment teams. Finance owns the data and validates its accuracy. Investment teams need it to make decisions. As a data expert, I advise on what data to collect, how to structure it, and how to surface the insights that drive those decisions. I build the infrastructure that connects these teams, then work directly with GPs to put that data to use - informing capital allocation, spotting risks early, and separating signal from noise across the portfolio.
Clean data matters. What you do with it matters more.
Professional Experience
Head of Portfolio Intelligence
Building AI-native services and a benchmarking product that helps investors identify breakout companies. Focused on the data infrastructure and analytical tools that make performance comparison possible at scale.
VP of Portfolio Analytics
Like most firms at the time, Battery's portfolio data lived in systems built for compliance and reporting - not for investment decision-making. Investors tracked performance in spreadsheets because they needed flexibility the systems couldn't provide. Comparing companies across the portfolio meant manual work, and spotting trends required piecing together data from multiple sources.
I built the infrastructure that changed that - standardized metric definitions across the portfolio, remapped historical data to enable apples-to-apples comparisons, and created systems that gave the investment team direct visibility into performance. They could run cohort analysis, track trends across vintages, and understand portfolio health without rebuilding spreadsheets every quarter.
Finance Technology Lead
I reengineered finance workflows, built cloud-based data infrastructure, and delivered self-service analytics that let partners benchmark performance across 1,000+ portfolio companies without waiting for reports.
Manager
Moved into technology M&A, evaluating startup acquisition targets and building post-acquisition integration plans. The work revealed a consistent gap: established companies had sophisticated data infrastructure. Most startups and their investors didn't.
Sr. Consultant
Advised Fortune 100 clients on operations, financial systems, and large-scale process improvement across a decade at Deloitte.
Writing
Personal Projects
Cofounder
Co-founded Cartooli (Georgian for "Georgian"), a global community for founders from Georgia. We connect members through advice, product feedback, and investor introductions. Helped several startups get into Y Combinator.
Education
Georgia State University, Robinson School of Business
B.B.A. Finance & Computer Information Systems, Summa Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA
CFA Level I
Languages
Georgian, native
Russian, conversational