Kanishka Roy
Chairman and CEO of Plum Acquisition Corp. III
Kanishka Roy is a technology and finance leader with more than 25 years of experience building, advising, and investing in high-growth companies. He’s the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Plum Partners, a late-stage investment firm, and the Chairman and CEO of Plum Acquisition Corp. III, a SPAC listed on Nasdaq.
Before founding Plum, Kanishka served as Global Head of Tech M&A Origination at Morgan Stanley, where he helped lead more than $100 billion worth of industry-defining transactions in software and internet markets. He’s also been the Global CFO of SmartNews, the multi-billion-dollar AI news platform with over 20 million monthly users, where he guided global finance and expansion.
Kanishka began his career as a software engineer and later held strategy roles at IBM. He holds a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Why Tactical Resources Stood Out in the Rare Earths Race
What made Tactical Resources different from other critical mineral opportunities? In this clip, Kanishka Roy explains why near-term execution, existing infrastructure, and 4 million tons of rare-earth-enriched tailings in Wes...
Why Now Is the Moment for Rare Earths And Why Tactical Resources
Kanishka Roy explains why Plum believes now is the right time to back a rare earths company like Tactical Resources. He breaks down the massive global demand across tech-enabled industries, the geopolitical supply constraints...
Guest Spotlight: Kanishka Roy
Kanishka Roy , Chairman and CEO of Plum Acquisition Corp . IV, joins The SPAC Podcast to share his background as an operator, investment banker, and investor. He walks through the evolution of the Plum platform, now on its fo...