Satya Mishra is a seasoned finance and strategy executive with over two decades of experience spanning investment banking, operational and strategic finance, corporate development, and startup leadership. As SVP of Finance & Strategy, Satya leads the company’s financial planning, budgeting, and accounting functions and is responsible for funding, and supporting strategic initiatives. His core strength lies in building and scaling finance organizations that are deeply integrated with product, go-to-market, and long-term business strategy.
Prior to joining Brightinsight, Satya was the founder and CEO of a vertical SaaS startup that he ran from 0 to 1, chasing product-market-fit, acquiring customers, building a team and raising two rounds of venture investments.
Before that, served in executive roles at companies scaling from early-stage through IPO readiness. As VP of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development at Alation, he helped raise nearly $300mm in fundraising rounds and acquired two startups as the Company crossed $100mm in ARR. He also led the Data and Analytics function that supported strategic decision making. Earlier in his career, Satya held senior finance roles at BlackBerry, PagerDuty, and Apigee (acquired by Google).
Satya started his career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, where he spent a decade advising marquee companies in software technology and industrials on more than $100 billion in transactions and capital raises.
Satya holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance from India. He is passionate about building scalable finance functions, enabling capital efficient growth, and mentoring the next generation of finance leaders.