Carlos Bhola
Carlos is Managing Director of Celsius Capital, an investment and advisory services firm focused on companies in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. Portfolio companies include: EachNet (acquired by eBay); Vonage (NYSE IPO, where Carlos was co-Founder and President); gate5 (acquired by Nokia); Zenbe (acquired by Facebook); SmartPay/Jieyin (acquired by Ping An); and kikin (where Carlos was co-Founder and CEO). With Audi, BMW and Daimler, Celsius recently acquired HERE from Nokia.
Carlos previously served as Global Head of Internet/Electronic Commerce Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston; prior to which he led Internet/Electronic Commerce and High Technology initiatives for Fortune 500 firms at the Boston Consulting Group. Carlos’ most recent academic accomplishment was his post-graduate research in artificial intelligence at Carnegie Mellon University.