# Vinit Srivastava

> Vinit Srivastava is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of MerQube, founded in 2019 to provide technology for customized, rules-based investment indices. His career spans engineering and product management at Oracle and leadership of strategy and volatility indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices. He studied mechanical engineering at IIT Kharagpur and Carnegie Mellon and earned an MBA at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at MerQube
- **Organizations:** MerQube, S&P Dow Jones Indices, S&P Global, Oracle
- **Education:** B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, MBA, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded MerQube in 2019, combining index-market experience with cloud-based software engineering., Previously led strategy and volatility indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices and led its ESG product management team., Led MerQube through a $22 million Series B in July 2023.

## Career timeline

- **1998** — Completed undergraduate mechanical engineering studies at IIT Kharagpur.
- **2001** — Completed a master’s in mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
- **Before 2010** — Worked for Oracle in engineering and product management; his speaker biography records seven years at the company.
- **2010** — Completed an MBA at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
- **Before 2019** — Worked in business and corporate strategy at S&P Global and became Managing Director and Head of Strategy and Volatility Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
- **2019** — Co-founded MerQube with Keith Loggie and Praveen Yalagandula.
- **2023** — MerQube announced a $22 million Series B led by Intel Capital on July 13.
- **2024** — Spoke at the Index Linked Solutions Forum in New York on May 1 and appeared with Steve Rosenblum at Artefact’s AI for Financial Services NYC event.
- **2026** — MerQube completed a Series C with 7RIDGE and Deutsche Börse Group in April.

## Achievements

- Co-founded MerQube in 2019, combining index-market experience with cloud-based software engineering.
- Previously led strategy and volatility indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices and led its ESG product management team.
- Led MerQube through a $22 million Series B in July 2023.
- MerQube received FCA authorization under the UK Benchmarks Regulation in May 2023.
- MerQube reported approximately $27 billion in assets tracking its indices in its April 2026 financing announcement.
- MerQube welcomed 7RIDGE and Deutsche Börse Group as Series C investors in April 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — MerQube completed a Series C with new investors 7RIDGE and Deutsche Börse Group; its announcement reported approximately $27 billion in assets tracking its indices.
- **2026-04** — The company outlined plans to expand Garage, strengthen options-based structured ETF technology, and broaden wealth and asset management adoption across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srivastavav

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