# Reena Mithal

> Reena Mithal is a funding round investor in New York backing Education and Non Profit. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reena-mithal-79b167ab

Reena Mithal is a funding round investor in New York focused on Education and Non Profit. Reena Mithal is the founding Partner of Delhi-based Sankya Partners. She has over 17 years of experience in the finance sector spanning the United States, Singapore, and India. Prior to setting up Sankhya, Reena was co-founder, President, COO and a Board Member of CreditSights Inc. Read more about Sankhya partners here.Most recently, Reena wasco-founder, President, COO and a Board Member of CreditSights Inc., an independent research company providing credit research, capital structure analysis and investment recommendations to over 900 global institutional investors worldwide. At CreditSights, Reena led the Risk Products group in New York and subsequently moved on to spearhead the firm’s business development strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to CreditSights, Reena has worked at Putnam Investments, Deutsche Bank, and Lehman Brothers in Emerging Markets Strategy and Corporate Bond Research. Reena is also a Board Member of Collegiate Charter Schools in New York where she has worked closely with the administration of the Uncommon Schools Network and the city’s Board of Education to set up schools for low income students in Brooklyn, New York.Reena completed her PhD in Economics and Finance from Columbia University in 1996. She also holds an MALD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tuft’s University, an MA in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a BA in History from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. Reena is currently in the process of setting up an impact investment fund in India.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 1 | 100% |
| Non Profit | 1 | 100% |
| Career Planning | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Head Held High | Head Held High is a social enterprise that aims to build careers for rural youth to drive their socio-economic prosperity. In order to achieve its goals, the enterprise operates platforms for talent transformation, entrepreneurship development, and market-linked employment creation. Its platforms include RubanShakti, AntarPrerana, and RubanBridge.RubanShakti is a skills-based transformation platform that offers programs for low literates, school-dropouts, and graduates; and skill development programs for rural personnel. It also incorporates one-on-one career counseling programs and manages an alumni support team to mentor and handhold its trainees.AntarPrerana is an entrepreneurship-based platform that provides rural entrepreneurs with access to markets, products, and financing. It also organizes a variety of training programs, workshops, and product awareness sessions to help them spot opportunities across a range of sectors, including agriculture, energy, communications, and more.RubanBridge is a business transaction platform that brings in various market players to engage with business opportunities in rural India in a structured manner, across various sectors, including agriculture; healthcare; education; financial services; and utilities such as energy, water, and communication. It also manages sales operations on the ground.Head Held High was co-founded by | $408.2K |  | Aug 13, 2013 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Unilazer Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unilazer-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Reena Mithal invest in?

Reena Mithal invests primarily in Education, Non Profit and Career Planning startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Reena Mithal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Reena Mithal closed in Aug 2013. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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