About Us
Krivi was founded by Jatin Dewanwala in 2017 to be an investment management and consulting firm. Krivi's investment focus is structured finance, with a special emphasis on consumer and non-consumer asset-backed securities (ABS), mortgage-backed securities (MBS) as well as related loans, corporate debt and equity.
At Krivi, we firmly believe that big data and artificial intelligence can add tremendous value to the structured finance space. As we show in our P2P lending case study, AI can be used to optimize origination, servicing and portfolio management.
Structured finance is at an inflection point. With the paradigm changes in data generation, analysis and computing power, businesses operating in the space will need to retool. Managers with investment and business experience and the ability to not only direct the investment effort but also helm data science initiatives will be able to navigate the ever-changing terrain more effectively.
At Krivi, Mr. Dewanwala has diligently worked to mesh more than a decade of investment and business experience with his knowledge of data science. He began his career in finance at Metacapital Management - a preeminent, award-winning structured products hedge fund manager.
Mr. Dewanwala spent ten years at Metacapital. He was the lead Portfolio Manager for asset-back securities (ABS), residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), financial equities and distressed municipal bonds. Additionally, he co-managed a levered portfolio of Ginnie Mae reverse mortgage bonds and agency hybrid adjustable-rate mortage-backed securities (Hybrid ARMs).
Mr. Dewanwala developed nearly all equity and credit investment infrastructure at Metacapital including RMBS, CMBS, equity and corporate valuation models. In his early years, he managed all hedge fund operations for Metacapital's flagship hedge fund including trading its multi-billion dollar repurchase agreements (repo) balance sheet.
Since leaving Metacapital, Mr. Dewanwala has been focused on diversifying his investment experience and tying in the latest advances in data analytics to his investment framework. Krivi's research formed the basis for investment strategies in his areas of expertise.
Mr. Dewanwala holds a Master of Science degree in Financial Engineering from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi, India. He also holds a certificate in Machine Learning from Stanford University online, along with several other certificates in Python programming, managing big data and full stack web development, including advanced Javascript and CSS.