Jay Modi

About Jay Modi

MY STORY:I grew up in my family\'s pizza shop. That\'s where my obsession with food, hospitality, and what it actually takes to run a small business started. I spent a decade in finance at Bank of America where I worked on complex deals, assisted high-net-worth clients, and built trading systems, but the restaurant world never left me. 2020 was finally going to be the year I made the leap. I left BofA to open a food truck. Then the world shut down. Instead of walking away, I pivoted and built something. I watched restaurants close permanently during the pandemic, talented operators with great food who just didn\'t have the support system to survive. That is where the idea of ChefSuite came together. ChefSuite is a ghost kitchen company. If you\'re unfamiliar, think of a large commercial building converted into individual kitchen suites where mom-and-pop restaurants and franchises can run their pickup and delivery operations, without the cost of building their own space. What set us apart was the white-glove service. We didn\'t just hand tenants a kitchen and wish them luck. We priced their menus by calculating actual profit margins, photographed their food, wrote their menu descriptions, made sure ingredients were shared across dishes to reduce waste, and built out their branding on every delivery platform with proper logos, colors, managed promotions, the works. We thought about the entire customer experience: from someone browsing your menu on DoorDash, to cook times, to packaging, to how the handoff to the driver actually went. Every detail mattered. Over five years, we raised $14M+, grew from 3 to 47 employees, expanded across multiple markets, acquired and commercialized a SaaS analytics platform, and maintained a 75% tenant success rate against an industry average of 10%. ChefSuite was acquired in August 2025. TODAY: Today I work with early and growth-stage companies as a fractional executive, bringing the same obsession with operational detail and the same belief that the right support system is the difference between a business that makes it and one that doesn\'t. Currently working with select clients in Fintech, PropTech, and Food & Beverage. If you\'re building something and could use a senior operator, let\'s talk!

Experience

1. Venture Partner

   Los Angeles Venture Partners

   Jan 2024 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• USC Marshall School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2018 — 2021

• Pace University - Lubin School of Business

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance

  2006 — 2012

Skills

• Options
• Fixed Income
• Derivatives
• Financial Analysis
• Wealth
• Investment Management
• Valuation
• Analysis
• Portfolio Management
• Auditing
• Capital Markets
• Options Strategies
• Microsoft Office
• Data Analysis
• Financial Markets
• Project Management
• Investments
• Finance
• Financial Services
• Employee Training
• Management