Rekha Sampath brings a background in finance, strategy, and technology from institutions like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, Sun Life, Broadridge, MassMutual, and Eastern Bank, including a credit on a Broadridge blockchain patent for proxy voting and repurchase agreements, and she has written for Harvard Business Review and Deloitte research on banking, compliance, and insurance. At Walnut Venture Associates, she reviews pitches with a focus on capital efficiency and commercial viability, drawing on a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, an MBA from Wharton, and experience advising fintech startups at the DCU FinTech Innovation Center, which makes her especially suited to evaluating regulated, fintech, and infrastructure-focused companies.