About Amit

Amit Raizada, CEO of Spectrum Business Ventures, Inc., is a self-made businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and business advisor. For more than twenty-five years, Amit has successfully procured, managed, and cultivated hundreds of investments, business relationships and financial opportunities for himself and his family office. Amit has guided many founders and companies through all phases of business — from the glimmer of a startup idea, through investment, operation and growth, to an ultimate sale or IPO.

Amit came from humble beginnings. He was born in India and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was two years old. While studying economics at Michigan State University, Amit launched his first business venture in the up and coming world of cellular telephones in Grand Rapids in the 90’s, he quickly expanded operations and within only a couple years merged with Nextel Wireless. He repeated the business model with AT&T Wireless, Version Wireless, and T-Mobile.

Amit formed Spectrum Business Ventures in 2002, as a family office management firm to manage and grow his family’s asset portfolio. He brought together a top-tier team of financial and legal advisors and innovators who helped him expand his investments into a wide range of sectors, including financial technology and services; insurance, litigation consulting and funding, aerospace technology and satellite production; sports, beverage, dining, and entertainment; medical and biomedical innovation and practice management; retail distribution, and logistics. In 2009 he expanded from operating companies to global luxury residential real estate, multi-family housing, commercial real estate investments, real estate development, management, and leasing. Amit has experienced substantial success due primarily to his experience in a vast number of sectors.

His investment philosophy — Understand the story, choose the right management team, structure the transaction so that everyone’s interests are aligned, ensure appropriate financing, and manage risk at every step.  He believes risk is carefully managed while maximizing returns, enabled by well structured transactions and the ability to call upon a wide range of stellar advisors.

Amit has not kept his success, business opportunities, and management skills to himself.  Rather, he has opened the doors to Spectrum Business Ventures to provide consulting, management, advisory, and related services to other like-minded investors and colleagues. Spectrum Business Ventures assists its clients in analyzing, procuring, and managing their own investments and portfolios and provides invaluable insight and resources to foster growth and success. By and through Spectrum Business Ventures, Amit has continued to expand his own portfolio and to help others embark upon new and innovative endeavors and business opportunities.  

Amit believes in giving back to his community and paying it forward.  Amit, through the Amit Raizada Foundation and other charitable organizations, has donated millions of dollars to countless worthwhile issues and causes, including affordable housing, healthcare, education, and community development, all of which seeks to catalyze lasting social change and provide long-term value to communities.