MBA · Venture · Private Equity

Euan McKay

MBA Candidate at Columbia Business School

📍 New York City Metropolitan Area

I'm a former professional racing driver turned strategy consultant turned startup and venture obsessive. Over the past year, I've built investment theses, evaluated early-stage companies, and spent time with the people actually building them. Now, I'm looking to work closely with early-stage companies, either alongside them or within them.

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Euan McKay

How I Think

How I Think

Investment Thesis

The Judgment Layer

Spring 2026

AI is removing the people who used to build judgment, but not the people who are liable for it.

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Investment Thesis

Agent-Native Procurement

Spring 2026

AI agents are shifting from advisory tools to delegated economic actors, procurement is the first enterprise workflow they'll own end-to-end.

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Investment Thesis

Thin Companies

Summer 2025

The next generation of durable software companies will scale to millions in ARR with fewer than 20 people, and that changes how you should underwrite them.

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Career

Experience

Columbia Venture Fellows - Torch Capital Venture

MBA Fellow

New York, NY

Nov 2025 – Present

  • Selected as 1 of 15 fellows (100+ applicants) to develop a future-of-work investment thesis with Torch Capital, chosen for ability to operate independently and drive work with minimal oversight
37 Angels Venture

Investment Associate

New York, NY

Sep 2025 – Mar 2026

  • Sourced and evaluated 200+ seed-stage startups, led 40+ founder calls, and formed clear investment recommendations on whether to advance opportunities
  • Led diligence teams in producing detailed investment memos to inform investment decisions
LvlUp Ventures Venture

Senior Venture Scout

New York, NY

Jul 2025 – Dec 2025

  • Sourced early-stage startups for referral to LvlUp's investment team while building founder relationships across the early-stage VC ecosystem
LEO Impact Fund Impact Investing

Investment Associate → VP, North America & Europe

New York, NY

Jan 2025 – Dec 2025

  • Oversaw deal sourcing, due diligence and investment committee preparation for impact startups at Columbia Business School's student-run impact investing fund; two opportunities advanced to Investment Committee review
Medi8 Founder

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

New York, NY

2025

  • Owned product vision, MVP build, and customer discovery (100+ surveyed, 20+ interviews) for a peer-to-peer platform connecting families navigating divorce with trained individuals with lived experience
Strategy& Consulting · PE

Engagement Manager | Deals (Private Equity Group)

London, United Kingdom

Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

  • Ran the buy-side commercial due diligence that underpinned a £250m acquisition of a sports marketing agency, managing all workstreams as project lead across market, competitive, customer, and business plan analysis
  • Led a two-phase diligence and growth strategy project for a PE-backed stakeholder advisory group, identifying market and capability expansion as the primary growth levers for a business seeking to scale from regional player to global C-suite advisor
  • Selected as a high performer to lead strategy development within PwC's Palantir Alliance team via an internal secondment
  • Recalled from secondment ahead of schedule to successfully manage a complex strategy project for a priority client

Senior Associate | Deals (Private Equity Group)

London, United Kingdom

Apr 2022 – Dec 2023

  • Led Strategy&'s annual Media thought leadership exercise as a Senior Associate, driving a £250k strategy project win
  • Owned an in-depth business plan analysis and regulatory outlook to facilitate a £100m+ debt refinancing
  • Delivered an extensive European market outlook highlighting growth opportunities to inform a PLC's expansion plans
PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax & Consulting

Associate → Manager | Tax & Transfer Pricing

Edinburgh & London, United Kingdom

2017 – 2022

  • Rated 'High Performer' every year of graduate scheme alongside obtaining C.A. qualification with first-time passes in all exams
  • Promoted to Manager early despite less than two years of Transfer Pricing experience
  • Selected as the only Senior Associate in a group of Managers and above to join and drive forward the UK Head of Transfer Pricing's Value Chain Transformation

Academic

Education

Columbia Business School

MBA

Jan 2025

  • Dean's List every term

ICAS

Chartered Accountant

2017 – 2020

  • First-time passes on every exam

University of Glasgow

MA (Hons), Economics

2013 – 2017

  • First Class Honours
  • Adam Smith Scholar Award of Excellence

Get in touch

Let's Connect

Open to conversations about venture, private equity, and new opportunities.

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