Janki Gandhi
Managing Partner
Janki joined Fifth Down as a Managing Partner in Q4'2025. Prior to Fifth Down, Janki served as Managing Director of Parkwood Ventures, the corporate arm of Parkwood Entertainment, overseeing business development, investments and strategy. Janki continues to be a Senior Advisor to Parkwood Ventures. Prior to Parkwood, Janki was a Managing Director in Goldman Sachs' Cross Markets and Consumer Retail Groups with a heavy focus on beauty and apparel and accessories. Before Goldman, she was a Managing Director at Lincoln International and started her career at a boutique bank. Janki is a graduate of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Senior Advisors and Operating Partners are non-control advisors. These individuals are not employees of Fifth Down Cap LLC (“FDC”) or any of the funds or SPVs managed by FDC or its affiliate, Fifth Down Capital Partners, LLC (together with FDC, “Fifth Down”). Certain of the Senior Advisors and Operating Partners are engaged by FDC to provide consulting services. Consultants may be compensated with fees for such services. Additionally, Senior Advisors and Operating Partners may receive incentive unit grants in FDC and grants of carried interest in funds or vehicles managed by Fifth Down. Further, Senior Advisors and Operating Partners may be investors, directly or indirectly, in FDC, Fifth Down funds or vehicles, and/or existing and prospective portfolio companies and may receive fee breaks in connection with such investments. These arrangements may pose an inherent conflict of interest in, or may otherwise influence, the Senior Advisors’ and Operating Partners’ endorsement of Fifth Down.