Samhith Punukula is an experienced finance professional currently working at AEA Investors LP since 2022, focusing on growth equity investments in technology-enabled, software, and healthcare services companies, with select investments including American Oncology Network, AS Software, and Commonwealth Pain & Spine. Prior to AEA Investors, Samhith served as an Investment Analyst at M. Klein & Company from 2019 to 2022, providing advisory services and principal investing for Churchill Capital. In 2018, experience as a Software Developer at IBM involved work with the Watson AI group on the Tealeaf SaaS product, which is now known as Acoustic. Samhith holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a finance concentration and a minor in Computer Science from The Wharton School, complemented by a brief educational stint at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Educational background includes Bellaire High School from 2012 to 2016.