Meet New York's 101 Top Partners in the Finance Space

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Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.

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Bryan Rosenblatt

Partner of Craft Ventures

Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures which he started in 2017.

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About Craft Ventures: Craft Ventures is an early-stage venture fund specializing in the craft of building great companies.

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Scott Shleifer

Partner of Tiger Global Management

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About Tiger Global Management: Tiger Global Management is an investment firm that deploys capital globally in both public and private markets.

Chase Coleman

Partner of Tiger Global Management

Chase Coleman is the partner of Tiger Global Management LLC (previously known as Tiger Technology Management LLC) in 2001.

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About Tiger Global Management: Tiger Global Management is an investment firm that deploys capital globally in both public and private markets.

Nasir Jones

Partner and Co-Founder of QueensBridge Venture Partners

Nas, byname of Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, also called Nasty Nas, (born September 14, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American rapper and songwriter who became a dominant voice in 1990s East Coast hip-hop. Nas built a reputation as an expressive chronicler of inner-city street life. Nasir Jones, the son of a jazz musician, grew up in public housing in Queens, New York. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and searched for a creative outlet, finally settling on hip-hop. His breakthrough came in 1992, when his song “Half Time” (credited to Nasty Nas) appeared on the sound track to the film Zebrahead. Columbia Records soon signed him to a contract. His debut recording as Nas, Illmatic (1994), drew widespread acclaim for its poetic narration of hard-edged inner-city life. The more pop-oriented approach of It Was Written (1996) helped that album reach an even wider audience than its predecessor but ignited a recurring tension in Nas’s career between the appetite of the pop audience and the demands of hip-hop purists. He maintained his commercial appeal with I Am… (1999), although by that time he had also become embroiled in a public feud with fellow rapper Jay-Z over which of the two was the preeminent voice in East Coast hip-hop. The schism inspired Stillmatic (2001), which many fans considered a return to form. The two rappers publicly settled their differences in 2005, and shortly thereafter Nas signed with Def Jam, of which Jay-Z was president at the time. Nas’s penchant for provocation marked Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) and an untitled follow-up (2008), while Life Is Good (2012) struck an introspective tone. He also notably collaborated with reggae musician Damian Marley (the youngest son of Bob Marley) on the album Distant Relatives (2010). Nas also made occasional film appearances, notably in Belly (1998), a crime drama in which he starred opposite rapper DMX, and Black Nativity (2013), an adaptation of Langston Hughes’s gospel play.

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About Emagen Investment Group, Inc., QueensBridge Venture Partners, Uncle Sam Loves Me, LLC: QueensBridge Venture Partners invests in technology companies in highly competitive and visible markets.

Rich Kleiman

Co-Founder and Business Partner of Thirty Five Ventures

Rich Kleiman is the Kevin Durant’s manager, as well as his co-founder and partner in The Durant Company and Thirty Five Media. With the Durant Company, Kleiman oversees Durant’s investment portfolio, including Postmates, Acorns, The Players’ Tribune, JetSmarter, and many others. The duo’s latest venture, Thirty Five Media, is a media production and creative development company. Their work can be seen on Kevin Durant’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/kevindurant. Previously, Kleiman helped launched Roc Nation Sports, where he served as Vice President of the agency founded by Jay-Z and still works in partnership with the firm. Kleiman started with Roc Nation in 2008 as a music manager representing Solange, Wale, Mark Ronson, & many more. Kleiman has also served as executive producer on HBO’s The Offseason: Kevin Durant and Jay-Z’s Fade To Black.

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About Thirty Five Ventures: Thirty Five Ventures connect established and emerging businesses for meaningful value creation so they can thrive and scale.

Jared Madfes

Partner of Tribe Capital

Jared Madfes is a Partner at Tribe Capital.

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About Tribe Capital: Tribe Capital is an early stage venture capital firm focused on recognizing and amplifying early stage product-market fit.

Shana Fisher

Managing Partner of Third Kind Venture Capital

Shana Fisher is the Managing Partner of HLVP, a NY Based venture fund focused on early stage investments. From December 2003 to June 2010, Ms. Fisher served as IAC’s Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Mergers and Acquisitions, and prior to that as the Senior Vice President of Business Operations for IAC. Previously, Ms. Fisher served as Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance for Allen & Company, LLC. In this capacity she led principle investments and advised publicly traded technology firms, private telecommunications firms and media companies. Prior to Allen & Company, LLC., Ms. Fisher was a program manager for the Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Fisher received her B.A. from Hampshire College with a triple major in Sculpture, Philosophy and Linguistics and attended the Master of Arts program at New York University’s ITP.

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About Third Kind Venture Capital: Third Kind Venture Capital is a venture capital fund focused on early-stage investments.

Joshua Kushner

Founder and Managing Partner of Thrive Capital

Joshua Kushner (June 12, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and businessman. He is a co-founder of Vostu, the largest social gaming company in Brazil, where he serves as Chief Strategic Officer. He is also the founder and Managing Partner of Thrive Capital, an early stage venture capital fund. Kushner also serves as a Principal of Kushner Companies, a diversified real estate investment company, whose holdings include The New York Observer, a weekly Manhattan newspaper. Kushner sits on the board of the Observer Media Group. He is the son of businessman Charles Kushner and brother of businessman Jared Kushner.

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About Oscar Health, Thrive Capital: Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on building and investing in the software and technology-enabled companies.

Kareem Zaki

Partner of Thrive Capital

Kareem Zaki is an Investor at Thrive Capital. He is based in New York City. Kareem was selected to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2018 for the Venture Capital category. Zaki has worked as a Investing Banking Analyst for JP Morgan, Business Analyst for McKinsey, and Private Equity Investor for The Blackstone Group. He joined Thrive Capital in 2014 and focused on primarily healthcare and financial services companies. He led the firm’s investments in Morty and Robinhood and is a board investor at Cedar, Honor and Welkin.

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About Cadence Solutions, Cedar, Nava, Thrive Capital: Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on building and investing in the software and technology-enabled companies.

Gaurav Ahuja

General Partner of Thrive Capital

Gaurav Ahuja is a Managing Director and Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations at ChrysCapital. He joined the firm in August 2004 and previously served as a Director at the firm. Gaurav Ahuja left in July 2005 to pursue his M.B.A. at INSEAD and rejoined the firm in July 2006. Previously, he served in the mergers and acquisitions group at Lazard Freres and Merrill Lynch. Gaurav Ahuja received a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and Economics from University of Virginia.

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About Thrive Capital: Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on building and investing in the software and technology-enabled companies.

Jared Weinstein

General Partner of Thrive Capital

Jared Weinstein is Partner of Thrive Capital. He worked in the White House between 2002 and 2009 and for three years served as President George W. Bush’s body man.

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About Thrive Capital: Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on building and investing in the software and technology-enabled companies.

Nabil Mallick

Partner of Thrive Capital

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About Thrive Capital: Thrive Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on building and investing in the software and technology-enabled companies.

Matt Levinson

Partner of B Capital Group

Matt is a Partner at B Capital Group. prior to that, he was the Principal on the investment team at FinTech Collective. Prior to joining FinTech Collective, Matt co-founded NYC-based startup Aerobo, a venture-capital-backed provider of drone services. Previously, Matt worked in private equity at AEA Investors, where he invested in middle-market buyout transactions. Matt started his career in management consulting at LEK. Matt received his B.A. cum laude from Yale University, has studied in Spain, and lived and worked in Brazil.

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About B Capital Group, FinTech Collective: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.

Allen Duan

Partner of B Capital Group

Allen Duan is the General Partner at B Capital Group.

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About B Capital Group, Pied a Terre Winery: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.

Sami Ahmad

General Partner of B Capital Group

Sami Ahmad serves as a General Partner at B Capital Group.

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About B Capital Group: B Capital Group is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.

Harley Miller

Founder and Managing Partner of Left Lane Capital

Harley Miller joined Insight in 2011. He previously worked as an analyst at Lubert Adler Real Estate Funds in Philadelphia, focusing on acquisitions and asset management. Harley graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a BS in Economics, with concentrations in both ‘International Venture Capital & Consumer-Facing Industries’ and ‘Information Management’. During his time at Wharton, Harley launched his first startup, MobileEatz – a mobile food ordering portal targeted at college campuses. Harley is fluent in both Spanish and Portuguese.

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About Left Lane Capital, MobileEatz: Left Lane Capital is a venture capital and early-growth equity firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology businesses.

Dan Ahrens

Partner of Left Lane Capital

Dan joined Insight in 2016. He previously worked as a strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Philadelphia, where he advised clients in the financial services, retail, and consumer goods industries. His projects covered a variety of functional topics, including long-term growth strategy, sales force effectiveness, and operating model design. Dan graduated from Duke University with degrees in Economics and Political Science, and a minor in Mathematics. Born and raised in St. Louis, MO, Dan spends his free time watching and playing basketball and soccer, cooking, and traveling.

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About Left Lane Capital: Left Lane Capital is a venture capital and early-growth equity firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology businesses.

Bradley Twohig

Partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners

Bradley Twohig is a Partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise, Consumer, and Health sectors. Before that, he was the managing director of Insight Venture Partners and founded Spreadsave. Twohig holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

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About Lightspeed Venture Partners: Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.

Justin Overdorff

Partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners

Justin is currently a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

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About Lightspeed Venture Partners: Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.

Jordan Nof

Co-Founder, Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners

Jordan Nof is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at Tusk Venture Partners L.P. and is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. He has led many of the firm’s investments including Lemonade, Bird, Coinbase, Alma, Sunday, and Wheel. He currently serves on the board of directors of Wheel, Alma, and Sunday. Prior to Tusk Venture Partners, Jordan was a Director at Blackstone, where he focused on the development of the firm’s corporate venture capital portfolio. During that time, Jordan focused on investing in early-stage technology companies that could accelerate operations across Blackstone and the firm’s underlying portfolio companies. Before joining Blackstone, Jordan was part of the institutional investment management division at AllianceBernstein. During that time, he worked with many of the firm’s largest global institutional sub-advisory relationships. Jordan received an M.B.A. from Rollins Graduate School of Business and is a graduate of Florida State University where he received a B.S. in Finance. He is based out of the firm’s New York office.

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About Tusk Venture Partners: Tusk Venture Partners invests in early-stage technology startups operating in highly-regulated markets.

Bradley Tusk

Co-founder, Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners

Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist who protects startups from political risk. He is the CEO and founder of Tusk Ventures, the first venture capital fund dedicated to working with and investing in startups in regulated industries. His fund, Tusk Ventures, has now worked with and invested in dozens of startups like Bird, FanDuel, Lemonade, Circle and Ripple. Bradley previously served as Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign manager in New York City, Deputy Governor of Illinois, and Senator Chuck Schumer’s communications director

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About Tusk Strategies, Tusk Venture Partners: Tusk Venture Partners invests in early-stage technology startups operating in highly-regulated markets.

Daniel Eichner

Partner of SOSV

As the partner in charge of Capital Development at SOSV, Daniel is responsible for raising capital for SOSV funds, connecting SOSV’s portfolio companies to a global syndicate of investors and providing business development insight and leads. Daniel has been an Angel investor and advisor to companies across multiple sectors with a focus on FinTech and B-to-C companies. Daniel brings a decade of experience at financial institutions in business development, fund marketing and investor relations. Daniel headed up these initiatives at Marlette Funding, Serengeti Asset Management and Garrison Investment Group. Over this time, he raised $4 billion of capital and launched several new investment vehicles. Previously, Daniel performed buy-side investment research. This was primarily at Goldman Sachs and Ermitage. At Goldman, Daniel was a Vice President in the Special Situations Investing Group (aka “the Distressed Prop Desk”). His scope included credit and distressed investments across several sectors. At Ermitage, Daniel was a portfolio manager for fixed income, credit and event driven investment strategies. Daniel started his career as a management consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He was primarily focused on enhancing risk management infrastructure for South American banks. He developed an expertise in building credit scoring and loan pricing models. Daniel has a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from Fordham Law School.

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About SOSV: SOSV is a global VC firm with $1B AUM and 1,000+ investments, that operates HAX, IndieBio, Chinaccelerator, MOX, and dlab.

David Clark

Partner of Expa

David Clark is the Partner at Expa.

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About Expa, Kitty Hawk: Expa supports early-stage startups through expertise, access, and funding.

Darren Cohen

Partner of Goldman Sachs

Darren Cohen is the Partner at Goldman Sachs.

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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

William Conley

Partner of Goldman Sachs

William J. Conley is Board of Trustees at Northeastern University.

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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

David Friedland

Partner, Managing Director of Goldman Sachs

David Friedland is a Partner, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.

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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

Dina Powell

Partner of Goldman Sachs

Dina Powell McCormick serves on the Management Committee and is responsible for helping to build and enhance the firm’s relationships with sovereign clients around the world. She rejoined Goldman Sachs in 2018 as a Partner in the Investment Banking Division after serving as the US Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy from 2017 to 2018. Dina Powell McCormick initially joined the firm in 2007 and from 2007 to 2017 led the Impact Investing Business and the Environmental Markets Group, which deployed more than $5 billion in market-based loans and equity to drive sustainable economic development and revitalize under-served communities. During this same period, she was also president of The Goldman Sachs Foundation, overseeing two major initiatives to drive economic growth and opportunity — 10,000 Women and 10,000 Small Businesses — that successfully provided business education and capital to women and small businesses, respectively. Earlier in her career, Dina Powell McCormick served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and Deputy Undersecretary of Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy and as a senior White House advisor as Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel. Dina Powell McCormick is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

Andrew McCormack

Founding and General Partner of Valar Ventures

General Partner at Valar Ventures.

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About Valar Ventures: Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies.

James Fitzgerald

Founding Partner of Valar Ventures

James is a Founding Partner at Valar Ventures.

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About Valar Ventures: Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies.

Erik Nordlander

General Partner of GV

Erik is a general partner at GV, where he manages GV’s operations in New York and is part of the enterprise investing team. Erik has over a decade of technical experience as an engineering leader with expertise in building first-class teams and scaling massive systems. He has interests in developer tools, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning. Prior to joining GV in 2010, Erik led the development of Google’s next generation display ad serving system. He helped with the acquisition and technical integration of DoubleClick (DCLK) and led a team that built statistical and machine learning models for Google’s ad businesses. Erik was also a developer on Google’s core infrastructure, creating a distributed file system that Google.com and Gmail rely on today. Erik studied computer science and engineering at MIT. He completed his graduate research at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory where he focused on unique data extraction and disk forensics. Erik is an avid runner and an expert in television game show theory.

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About GV: GV provides venture capital funding to bold new companies.

Jeremy Whelchel

Engineering Partner of GV

Jeremy joined the GV engineering team in 2014, based in New York City. He has expertise in big-data pipelines, machine learning, and implementing engineering best practices. Jeremy was an ads engineer at Google for over seven years. He used machine-learning systems to predict click through rates on Google shopping, analyzed ad auctions to provide advertisers with insights, and built Google’s high-volume display ad serving system. Most recently, he led the storage team for Google’s big-data analysis platform. Jeremy graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a B.S. in computer science and a B.A. in philosophy. In his free time, Jeremy enjoys flying airplanes and swimming in the waters around Manhattan.

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About GV: GV provides venture capital funding to bold new companies.

Adam Margolin

Venture Partner of Khosla Ventures

Adam Margolin is a Venture Partner at Khosla Ventures.

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About Khosla Ventures, NextVivo: Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.

Alex Urdea

Managing Partner and CIO of Upper90

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About Upper90: Upper90 is a hybrid fund that provides founder-friendly credit and equity to top disruptors in e-commerce, enterprise, and fintech.

David Foley

Sr. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Energy Partners of Blackstone Group

David I. Foley is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Energy Partners. David Foley is based in New York and is responsible for overseeing Blackstone’s private equity investment activities in the energy & natural resource sector on a global basis. Since joining Blackstone in 1995, David Foley has been responsible for building the Blackstone energy & natural resources practice and has played an integral role in every private equity energy deal that the firm has invested in, including: Premcor, Kosmos Energy, Foundation Coal, Texas Genco, Sithe Global Power, OSUM Oil Sands, PBF Energy, Global Offshore Wind, GeoSouthern, Alta Resources, Moser Baer, Cheniere and LLOG Exploration. Before joining Blackstone, David Foley worked with AEA Investors in the firm’s private equity business, and prior to that served as a consultant for the Monitor Company. David Foley received a BA and an MA in Economics, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from Northwestern University and received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.

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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.

Michael Petryczenko

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strategic Partners of Blackstone Group

Michael A. Petryczenko is a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Strategic Partners, Blackstone’s secondary private fund of funds business, which was acquired from Credit Suisse in August 2013. Michael Petryczenko is involved with overseeing the financial reporting, tax structuring and treasury operations related to Strategic Partners’ secondary private equity funds. Before joining Strategic Partners, Michael Petryczenko was the Tax Manager for the Peabody Fund, an opportunistic real estate fund jointly managed by J.P. Morgan and The O’Connor Group. Prior to joining the Peabody Fund, Michael Petryczenko was a Tax Manager at Ernst and Young, LLP in the Real Estate Group. His clients included DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners and SL Green Realty Corp. Michael Petryczenko received a BS in Accounting from St. Francis College, New York and an MS in Taxation from Pace University, New York. He subsequently earned the C.P.A. designation.

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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.

James Quella

Senior Managing Director and Senior Operating Partner of Blackstone Group

James Quella has been a director since December 2009. Quella was a Senior Managing Director and Senior Operating Partner in the Corporate Private Equity group of The Blackstone Group until June 30, 2013. Quella was responsible for monitoring the strategy and operational performance of Blackstone portfolio companies and providing direct assistance in the oversight of large investments. He was also a member of the firm’s Private Equity Investment Committee. Currently, James serves as a Senior Advisor to the Private Equity Group of Blackstone and continues to be involved in a few key portfolio companies as a board member and executive advisor, as well as participating in selected portfolio review processes and due diligence. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2004, Quella was a Managing Director and Senior Operating Partner with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners-CSFB Private Equity. Prior to that, Quella worked at Mercer Management Consulting and Strategic Planning Associates, its predecessor firm, where he served as a senior consultant to CEOs and senior management teams, and was Co-Vice Chairman with shared responsibility for overall management of the firm. Quella received a BA in International Studies from the University of Chicago/University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA with dean’s honors from the University of Chicago. He is also the co-author of Profit Patterns: 30 Ways to Anticipate and Profit from the Strategic Forces Reshaping Your Business. Quella has been a member of various private equity company boards and currently, in addition to Catalent, serves as a Director of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Michaels Stores, Inc., and DJO Global.

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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.

Andrew Hunt

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Elephant

Andrew Hunt is a Co-Founder and Director at Warby Parker. He is also Co-Founder and Partner at Elephant, a venture capital firm focused on the enterprise software, consumer internet and mobile markets. Andy has studied eyewear design in more than 40 countries. Rumors that he conceived the idea for Warby Parker while fasting at a temple in the jungle city of Angkor Wat are only somewhat misleading. After working in finance and healthcare, Andy was convinced that there had to be a way to deliver top-quality eyewear for less.

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About Elephant, Warby Parker: Elephant is a venture capital firm focused on the enterprise software, consumer internet, and mobile markets.

Julie Effron

General Partner of Elephant

Julie Effron is currently a General Partner at Elephant, a venture capital firm focused on consumer internet, mobile and software. Previously, she was an Investor at Insight Venture Partners. Julie also co-founded ALICE, a mobile first, hospitality operations SaaS platform that is re-inventing how businesses can use cloud technology to improve their customer service.

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About Elephant: Elephant is a venture capital firm focused on the enterprise software, consumer internet, and mobile markets.

Peter Fallon

General Partner of Elephant

Peter Fallon is currently a General Partner at Elephant, a venture capital firm focused on consumer internet, mobile and software. Previously, he was an Associate at Highland Capital Partners and an Investment Banking Analyst at America’s Growth Capital.

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About Elephant: Elephant is a venture capital firm focused on the enterprise software, consumer internet, and mobile markets.

Ilya Golubovich

Founder, Managing Partner of I2BF Global Ventures

Ilya has been a partner since the fall of 2005. He is a member of the Board of Directors of JSC Russian Investors, a private equity group with $200 million under management, and Linxlogic, a business software corporation in Los Angeles. Ilya formerly worked in the Energy Department of the London office of Louis Dreyfus in commodity trading and as a project manager at the Siberian Internet Company (Sibintek) at both their Novosibirsk and Moscow offices. Mr. Golubovich has an industrial engineering degree from Stanford University.

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About Aeroxo, Buzzoola, Enki.com, I2BF Global Ventures, Octi, Presto, Primus Power, ServiceTitan: I2BF is a venture capital firm that focuses on early stage technology companies.

Hayley Barna

Partner of First Round Capital

Hayley Barna is a Venture Partner at First Round Capital based in New York. Prior to joining First Round she co-founded Birchbox, the leading beauty and grooming retailer seed funded by First Round in 2010. She served as Co-CEO at Birchbox for five years from conception and launch to growing the business to over a million monthly subscribers. She raised over $70M in venture capital, expanded the business internationally and launched new businesses and channels like men’s and retail stores. Hayley oversaw key functions including marketing, operations, strategy and technology. Before launching Birchbox in 2010, Hayley received her MBA from Harvard Business School. She started her career as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in New York. She also spent time at two very different ends of the retail spectrum through her roles in strategy at Christie’s in Hong Kong and product management at Amazon in Seattle. In addition to her current role at First Round, Hayley is a board member at Birchbox, RAB Lighting and Madison Reed.

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About First Round Capital: First Round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies.

Merritt Hummer

Partner of Bain Capital Ventures

Merritt joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2018. She focuses on growth equity investments in the fintech and proptech sectors. Merritt is involved in all aspects of the investment process, including sourcing, due diligence, transaction execution and portfolio company support. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Merritt was a growth equity investor at Goldman Sachs. Merritt began her career as a management consultant at Bain & Company in New York. Merritt is a CFA charter holder, and she graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science in engineering, and from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar.

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About Bain Capital Ventures: Bain Capital Ventures invests in seed to growth-stage startups that uses tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones.

Kevin Zhang

Partner of Bain Capital Ventures

Kevin focuses on investments in enterprise software, service, and marketplace businesses. Additionally, he contributes to Bain Capital Ventures’ emerging practices in cryptocurrency and gaming. Prior to Bain Capital Ventures, Kevin was the first business hire at Fundera, a financial services marketplace for small and medium-sized business. Kevin built the initial content and acquisition marketing efforts, before leading roadmap, user research, and analytics as Head of Product. During Kevin’s tenure, Fundera grew from 5 to 65 employees, raised $20M+ of venture capital, and was ranked #69 fastest growing company on the Inc. 5000 in 2018. Originally from Edison, New Jersey, Kevin earned a BA in economics from Columbia University, where he led the Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs to win the Zvi Galil Award for positive impact on engineering student life. Kevin serves on the young alumni association, the Young Leaders Council, and is an advisor to student groups like Blockchain at Columbia.

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About Bain Capital Ventures: Bain Capital Ventures invests in seed to growth-stage startups that uses tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones.

Matthew Harris

Partner of Bain Capital Ventures

Matt is based in New York City and focuses on investments in financial technology and services. He sees a huge amount of revenue, profit and market cap shifting from regulated financial institutions to entrepreneur-led insurgents, across payments, lending, capital markets, real estate and insurance.

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About Bain Capital Ventures: Bain Capital Ventures invests in seed to growth-stage startups that uses tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones.

Fred Wilson

Partner of Union Square Ventures

Fred Wilson has been a venture capitalist since 1987. He currently is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures and also founded Flatiron Partners. Fred has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Fred is married with three children and lives in New York City.

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About Computer Science For All, Union Square Ventures: Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, growth-capital, late stage, and startup financing.

Albert Wenger

Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures

Albert Wenger is the Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures.

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About Stacks, Union Square Ventures: Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, growth-capital, late stage, and startup financing.

Brad Burnham

Partner of Union Square Ventures

Brad Burnham is a partner at Union Square Ventures.

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About Union Square Ventures: Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, growth-capital, late stage, and startup financing.

John Buttrick

Partner of Union Square Ventures

John Buttrick is a partner at Union Square Ventures, which is based in New York. John joined USV in 2010. He manages the firm’s later stage fund, Union Square Ventures Opportunity Fund and led the firm’s investment in Lending Club. He also focuses on earlier stage investments in the financial sector. John began his career as a lawyer and from 1985 to 2000 practiced corporate law at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. He spent more than two years in the firm’s Paris office and became a partner in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions group in 1994. From 2000-2004, John was a partner at LiveWire Ventures, a private equity firm which acquired mid-sized enterprise software companies servicing the telecommunications, media and utilities industries. From 2004-2010, John was involved in a number of start-up ventures as an investor, director, managing member and consultant.From 2003-2009 he served as a member of the board of directors of Agfa-Gevaert N.V., a public company headquartered in Belgium. He is currently board chair of Environmental Advocates of New York and Hirondelle USA. John majored in American Studies at Northwestern University and has a JD degree from Villanova University School of Law.

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About Union Square Ventures: Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage, growth-capital, late stage, and startup financing.

Steve Sarracino

Founder and Partner of Activant Capital

Steven Sarracino is the founder of Activant Capital. He has been investing in exciting growth businesses for over a decade. Over his career, Steve has invested more than $2 billion of equity across a broad range of technology companies. Prior to founding Activant, Steve founded a consulting firm focused on commerce technology, where he advised, invested in, and was a member of the board of directors of some of the world’s leading commerce technology companies including hybris and iCongo. Previously Steve helped open the technology investing office at American Capital, Ltd. in Palo Alto, CA. Steve also worked at McKinsey & Co. in their Hong Kong office. He began his career in mergers and acquisitions at Robertson Stephens in San Francisco, CA. Steve has an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He attended Southern Methodist University for his undergraduate degree, where he received a BBA in Finance with a minor in History.

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About Activant Capital: Activant is a global investment firm that partners with high-growth companies that are transforming commerce.

Liza Landsman

General Partner of New Enterprise Associates

Prior to Jet, Liza was Chief Marketing Officer for E*TRADE and was responsible for their marketing initiatives, including customer engagement, analytics and insights, advertising, direct online and offline marketing programs, and branding campaigns. Prior to joining E*TRADE, Ms. Landsman held the position of Global Head of Digital at BlackRock, where she was responsible for firm-wide digital marketing strategy, including social media, web sites, and mobile applications. Before that, she was an Operating Partner at Bravas Partners. This followed a decade in senior management positions at Citigroup, where she focused primarily on driving engagement across customer channels, especially internet and mobile platforms. She also previously held several leadership roles at IBM in their e-commerce and personal systems group units, flooz.com, a start-up in the payments space and Writers House Inc. Ms. Landsman graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University. She joined the Board of Directors of Choice Hotels International (CHH) in 2014 where she is a member of both the Audit and Diversity Committees and has served on the Board of Directors of GO! Project, a New York City based non-profit organization that provides educational programs for children in need since 2012.

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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.

Tony Florence

General Partner of New Enterprise Associates

Tony is a General Partner and co-leads NEA’s Venture Growth Equity and Consumer Internet investment practices. Tony focuses on investments in the software and Internet sectors with emphasis on SaaS and marketplace ecommerce companies. In addition, he is actively involved in NEA’s investing activities in China. Tony has led investments in Care.com (NYSE: CRCM), Cvent (NYSE: CVT), Moda Operandi, Edmodo, EverFi, Casper, Raise.com, Jet.com, Goop.com and Wallapop. He led the firm’s investment in Quidsi (Diapers.com), which was acquired by Amazon in 2011. Prior to joining NEA, he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and was Head of Technology Banking in New York, and was a member of the North American Management Committee for investment banking. Tony spent over a decade at Morgan Stanley focused on the software and Internet sectors, and also worked with a number of NEA’s companies in both IPOs and M&A transactions. Tony received an MBA and an A.B. in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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About New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.

Albert Lee

Operating Partner – Design & Product of New Enterprise Associates

Albert Lee, a Managing Director in IDEO’s New York office, brings more than a decade of experience in digital product, communication, and venture design to IDEO. He specializes in developing new offerings and incubating ventures for clients based on consumer insights in a wide range of industries, including retail, financial services, consumer technology, and fashion.

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About All Tomorrows, New Enterprise Associates: New Enterprise Associates is a global venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare.

Andrew Mitchell

Founder & General Partner of Brand Foundry Ventures

Andrew Mitchell is a Founder, General Partner at Brand Foundry Ventures.

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About Brand Foundry Ventures: Brand Foundry Ventures is an early-stage VC firm dedicated to accelerating the growth of emerging, innovative consumer-focused brands.

David Pakman

Partner of Venrock

As a Partner at Venrock in New York, David focuses on early stage venture investing in internet and digital media companies. His active investments include Dstillery (formerly Media6Degrees), Smartling, Dollar Shave Club, YouNow, Amino and Burner. He served on the Board of Crunchyroll (acquired by The Chernin Group) and led Venrock’s investment in Klout, which was acquired by Lithium Technologies.

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About Venrock: Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.

Anthony Evnin

Partner Emeritus of Venrock

Anthony Evnin, Ph.D. has served as a director since March 2002. He has been a Partner at Venrock, where he has focused largely on life sciences investments and, in particular, biotechnology investments, since 1975. Evnin currently serves on the boards of Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pharmos Corporation as well as a number of private companies, including Acceleron Pharma Inc. and Metabolex, Inc. Evnin is a Trustee of The Rockefeller University, a Trustee of The Jackson Laboratory, a Trustee Emeritus of Princeton University, and a Member of the Boards of Overseers and Managers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Evnin holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an A.B. from Princeton University.

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About Princeton University, The Jackson Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, Venrock: Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.

Nick Beim

Partner of Venrock

Partner at Venrock.

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About Venrock: Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.

Nimish Shah

Partner of Venrock

Nimish Shah joined Venrock’s New York office in 2013 and focuses on a range of healthcare subsectors including generics, specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and animal health. Most recently, he worked at Citadel and was involved in the firm’s healthcare investments. Prior to Citadel, Nimish was a Research Analyst at Credit Suisse covering the specialty pharma and generics sectors. Nimish began his career as a retail pharmacist and later spent time working in the Medical Affairs department at Novartis. He received his BS in pharmacy with honors from Rutgers College of Pharmacy, MPH from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and MBA from Columbia Business School.

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About Venrock: Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.

Dan Abelon

Partner of Two Sigma Ventures

Dan joined Two Sigma Ventures in 2015 and spends his time on the investment team funding startups in a wide variety of sectors within early-stage technology. Before joining Two Sigma, Dan was an entrepreneur as well as an investor in areas such as data science, healthcare IT, and IOT. Previously, Dan co-founded SpeedDate (acquired by IAC), a live-video online dating service that used real-time matching algorithms to connect its 23 million members. Dan is very familiar with the roller coaster ride that most founders experience during their startup journeys. Earlier in his career, Dan worked at IBM, Lazard’s Technology M&A Group, and briefly at the World Bank in the Philippines researching investments in both technology and bamboo processing. Dan holds an MBA from Stanford and a BA in Economics and Philosophy from Columbia. In his spare time, Dan enjoys Citibiking, playing keytar, and mentoring entrepreneurs in the developing world. He is a Kauffman Fellow and a member of YPO.

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About Kauffman Fellows, Two Sigma Ventures: Two Sigma Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies run by highly driven people.

Frances Schwiep

Partner of Two Sigma Ventures

Frances Schwiep is a New York-based venture capital investor focusing on early-stage investments in enterprise tech companies, with a particular focus on startups that are leveraging AI and digital assets to redefine the future of cities and communication mediums in a “cloudy” and mobile world. Prior to joining Comcast Ventures, Frances was an investor at Highland Capital and Redstar Ventures, where she focused on finance tech, healthcare IT, and B2B marketplaces. Before that she was a product manager at MC10 Inc., a wearable computing company where she helped develop applications for the company’s bio-sensors in sports and healthcare verticals. Frances began her career in data science and consulting and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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About Flatfile, Two Sigma Ventures: Two Sigma Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies run by highly driven people.

Colin Beirne

Founder and Partner of Two Sigma Ventures

Colin Beirne is the founder and partner at Two Sigma. He joined Two Sigma in 2005 to focus on corporate strategy and business development and helped orchestrate the growth of the company’s primary business lines and manage key corporate partnerships. In 2007, he began leading orthogonal investments for the company, in areas including renewable energy, real estate, and real assets. In 2012, Colin, along with the rest of the Two Sigma Ventures leadership and Two Sigma founders, began conceptualizing and building the initiative that became Two Sigma Ventures. A Bay Area native, Colin fondly recalls summer internships in the late 90s dot-com boom, and first was drawn to New York City to work at Doubleclick. He also did a short stint as a technology-focused investment banker. Colin graduated with a dual B.A. in Economics and Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought from Amherst College. He is on the Board of Directors of Harlem Prep Charter School.

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About Two Sigma, Two Sigma Ventures: Two Sigma Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies run by highly driven people.

Lindsey Gray

Partner of Two Sigma Ventures

Lindsey joined Two Sigma Ventures in 2016 to lead our efforts to build and grow our portfolio support capabilities. She is responsible for identifying the needs and challenges of our portfolio companies, and developing resources, programs, and connections to help them succeed. Lindsey is also helping to build out Two Sigma Ventures’ marketing and content strategy. Lindsey joined us from NYU where she was Senior Director of the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute. During her 4 years at NYU she created and ran an accelerator program, opened an entrepreneurship center, co-taught classes with Steve Blank at the engineering school, helped build a mentorship program, taught research commercialization for the NSF, and mentored hundreds of faculty and student-led startups. Prior to NYU, Lindsey worked with Fortune 500 companies on corporate spin-outs and innovation strategy as part of Clay Christensen’s consulting firm, Innosight. Lindsey received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Connecticut College. Outside of her work at Two Sigma Ventures, Lindsey spends time mentoring new founders just beginning the crazy startup journey and continues to support NYU entrepreneurs as an adjunct faculty member and advisor.

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About Two Sigma Ventures: Two Sigma Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies run by highly driven people.

Wray Thorn

Venture Partner of Two Sigma Ventures

Wray Thorn joined Two Sigma in May 2012 and leads the company’s Private Investments and Ventures businesses. Wray has spent his career identifying, financing, structuring, and investing in private investment transactions and management buyout transactions, including being involved in 17 stand-alone management buyouts, 37 add-on acquisitions, realizations, corporate financings, fundraisings and other principal transactions, and 10 leverage financings totaling approximately $25 billion in aggregate consideration. Prior to joining the company, Wray was a senior managing director with Marathon Asset Management, L.P., where he developed and led the company’s private equity business and a number of other new business opportunities, investor-related activities and capital formation initiatives. Prior to Marathon, Wray worked as a director with Fox Paine & Company, LLC and as a principal with Dubilier & Company, LLC. He began his career in the Acquisition Finance Group at Chemical Bank (today, JPMorgan Chase) financing corporate and private equity-sponsored acquisitions. Wray has served as a member of the Board of Directors and various Board committees of 12 public and private companies. In 1993, Wray graduated with an A.B. in government (cum laude) from Harvard University.

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About Two Sigma Ventures: Two Sigma Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies run by highly driven people.

Richard M. Cashin

Managing Partner, Founder, President and Member of Investment Committee of One Equity Partners

Mr. Cashin is Managing Partner of OEP. Prior to founding One Equity Partners in 2001, Mr. Cashin was President of Citigroup Venture Capital, Ltd. Mr. Cashin is a member of the JPMorgan Chase Executive Committee and sits on the Board of Titan International Inc. He is a Trustee for the American University in Cairo, Boys’ Club of New York, Brooklyn Museum, Central Park Conservancy, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the National Rowing Foundation (Chairman), and TOUCH Foundation. He is Co-Chairman of the New York City Investment Fund and is active in several inner-city educational initiatives as well as Harvard fundraising and has served as Co-Chairman of his Harvard class for over 35 years. Mr. Cashin received his M.B.A. from Harvard University, his A.B. in East Asian Studies from Harvard College, and attended a one-year fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge.

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About One Equity Partners, One Equity Partners: One Equity Partners makes private equity investments behind compelling business ideas and strong management teams.

Erik de Stefanis

Partner of Interlace Ventures

Erik de Stefanis is a Partner at Interlace Ventures, founder of Gen Z Ventures, and partner at DVC.

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About Crescite Ventures, Gen Z Ventures, Interlace Ventures: Interlace Ventures is an early-stage and seed-stage fund investing in the Future of Commerce.

Joseph Sartre

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Interlace Ventures

Joseph is a Managing Partner at Interlace Ventures and Bleu Capital. He led investments in companies such as Cargo and Fordays. Former operator in the technology and FMCG space, he spent five years in China managing finance for Evian Asia Pacific and then leading sales for Evian China.

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About Bleu Capital, Interlace Ventures: Interlace Ventures is an early-stage and seed-stage fund investing in the Future of Commerce.

Karl Alomar

Managing Partner of M13

Karl Alomar is a serial entrepreneur turned investor with extensive experience in starting, developing and selling high growth businesses in various market segments. Karl co-founded two successful ventures of his own, followed by 6 years as COO at DigitalOcean helping build the company from ground up to $250MM ARR. Karl received his MBA from Columbia Business School in New York and a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London and currently hold the position of Managing Partner at venture firm M13.

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About M13: M13 provides strategic counsel and operational expertise to help founders grow their companies.

Latif Peracha

General Partner of M13

I spent 8 years working for Sir Richard Branson, and during this time frame I developed a clear understanding of how a single brand and visionary was able to scale 8 companies in disparate industries and geographies to a billion dollars or more of enterprise value. Specifically, Virgin’s fearless approach at entering markets is driven by its singular focus on creating a sustainable value proposition to the consumer, always enhanced by elegant technology, creative marketing strategies and the power of brand.

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About M13: M13 provides strategic counsel and operational expertise to help founders grow their companies.

Matt Hoffman

Partner, Head of Talent of M13

Matt is the VP, People at DigitalOcean and is responsible for leadership in the practice areas of talent acquisition, talent development, people operations, and employee experience. DO is one of the world’s leading cloud infrastructure solutions provider, and one of the fastest growing and most successful technology startups in NYC. In the three years Matt has been with DO it has grown from under 100 employees to close to 500; and has received a number of external recognitions including being named one of the top 7 Best Places to Work by USA Today. Matt is also the NY lead of PeopleTechPartners advisory group.

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About M13: M13 provides strategic counsel and operational expertise to help founders grow their companies.

Brian Carroll

Partner of M13

I’ve held most startup roles at some point in my career. My progression may seem eclectic (from software engineering, to network engineering, to sales engineering, to marketing, to product, to VC [during business school], to startup operations exec, to startup finance exec, to private equity finance—whew) but it’s given me invaluable insight into the many (many) distinct worlds that come together to help a business succeed.

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About M13: M13 provides strategic counsel and operational expertise to help founders grow their companies.

Robert Olson

Partner, Head of Data Strategy of M13

Robert Olson is a Partner and Head of Data Strategy at M13. Prior to that, he was the Director of Data and Analytics at DigitalOcean and Director of Analytics and Insights at MDC Partners in the Performance Marketing Services Group. Olson obtained his bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University. He resides in New York, United States.

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About M13: M13 provides strategic counsel and operational expertise to help founders grow their companies.

David Tisch

Founder & Managing Partner of BoxGroup

David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City-based early stage investment fund. BoxGroup is an investor in over 200 seed-stage companies, including Vine, Blue Apron, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Handy and more. David is also the co-founder and Chairman of Spring, a mobile marketplace where customers shop directly within the app from a curated community of brands. Spring was named by Apple as one of the Best Apps of 2014. In 2014, David was named Head of Startup Studio at Cornell Tech, the University’s New York City-based graduate campus focused on digital technologies and the information economy. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence for Wharton’s Entrepreneurship Program. David is the co-founder of TechStars NYC and has served on numerous boards, including Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology, the Investor Board of Venture for America, and the Entrepreneurship board at NYU. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law, and currently lives in New York City

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About BoxGroup, Cornell Tech, Techstars: BoxGroup is an early-stage investment fund that invests in technology companies.

Adam Rothenberg

Partner of BoxGroup

Adam Rothenberg is a Partner at BoxGroup, a New York City based investment fund. BoxGroup invests in talented entrepreneurs building disruptive technology companies and with visions to create the next generation of category defining businesses. BoxGroup is an investor in over 120 seed stage technology companies including Vine, GroupMe, Blue Apron, BarkBox, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Flatiron Health, DataMinr, Behance, Handybook, IFTTT, SmartThings and more. Adam Rothenberg is a Co-founder and Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City based early stage venture capital fund. BoxGroup invests in pre-seed and seed rounds with the goal of backing talented entrepreneurs building disruptive technology companies and with visions to create the next generation of category defining businesses. Investments include Blue Apron, Trello, PillPack, Flatiron Health, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Smart Things, Stripe and more. Adam was previously the Director of TechStars in New York City. TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage accelerator program. Prior to joining TechStars, Adam spent 4 years investing in the public markets at a hedge fund in New York City. Adam attended The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he concentrated in Finance and minored in Fine Arts. Adam is a native New Yorker.

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About BoxGroup: BoxGroup is an early-stage investment fund that invests in technology companies.

Nimi Katragadda

Partner of BoxGroup

Nimi Katragadda is an investor at BoxGroup, which is a seed stage venture fund that invests in entrepreneurs building companies with visions to create the next generation of category defining businesses. Prior to joining BoxGroup, Katragadda worked at Google and J.P. Morgan. She holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Harvard.

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About BoxGroup: BoxGroup is an early-stage investment fund that invests in technology companies.

Scott Birnbaum

Founding Partner of Red Sea Ventures

Scott is the founder of red sea ventures. He combines 15 years of entrepreneurial experience including his time as co-founder of epok, an early cloud-based enterprise solution launched in 2001 with his experience as a corporate attorney at white & case and digital media expertise developed at cbs local where he focused on strategy and business development. Scott is a member of the board of seeds of peace, a founding member of young leadership committee (ylc) and served as chairman of the ylc board. Scott is the recipient of the young peace maker award for his outstanding leadership in and dedication to supporting the mission of seeds of peace and the ylc. Scott grew up in paris and attended georgetown university and fordham law school.

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About Red Sea Ventures, Vero: Red Sea Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in early stage investments based in New York.

Mark Grabowski

Partner of TPG Growth

Mark Grabowski is a Principal at Catterton Partners. Prior to joining Catterton, Mr. Grabowski was a Senior Associate at American Capital Strategies where he focused on leveraged buyouts and financings of middle market companies. Prior to American Capital, Mr. Grabowski worked with Alvarez & Marsal on the restructuring of The Warnaco Group, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Grabowski worked at AEA Investors, a middle market focused leveraged buyout fund. Prior to AEA, he was in the Financial Sponsors Group of Merrill Lynch. Mr. Grabowski is a Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College with an A.B. degree in Economics. He received an M.B.A. with honors from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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About Snapdragon Capital Partners, TPG Growth: TPG Growth specializes in growth equity and middle-market buyout opportunities.

Frederick Antwi

Former Partner of TPG Growth

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About TPG, TPG Growth: TPG Growth specializes in growth equity and middle-market buyout opportunities.

Melissa Cheong

Managing Partner of Blackhorn Ventures

Melissa Cheong is a managing partner at Blackhorn Ventures.

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About Blackhorn Ventures, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, PG Impact Investments: Blackhorn Ventures is an early stage venture firm that invests in companies using cutting edge engineering to improve resource productivity.

Juliet Bailin

Associate Partner of Mosaic

Juliet is an Associate Partner at Mosaic Ventures, a silicon valley-style series A fund in London investing across Europe. At Mosaic, she works with investments across the healthtech landscape, from adaptive oncology to digital therapeutics, in addition to machine intelligence and enterprise SaaS. Prior to Mosaic, Juliet was an Investor at Insight Venture Partners in New York, an $18bn growth VC/PE fund focused on software. During her three years there, she invested across stages and industries, eventually doubling down on the fascinating products transforming healthcare. Juliet backed Hinge Health, Parachute Health, and Caremerge, as well as drove M&A for Virgin Pulse. She moved to London in August to join Mosaic’s vision of backing ambitious, gritty founders committed to reshaping global markets.

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About General Catalyst, Mosaic: We back founders who are reimagining the world. We invest $1-10m early, in those building daring adventures across Europe.

Tom Ryan

Partner of Anthemis Group

Tom is a New York based partner with Anthemis Group, a venture investment and advisory firm dedicated to reinventing financial services for the digital age. Prior to joining Anthemis, Tom oversaw investments in early stage media technology companies for Anthemis’ sister company, Archer Gray. Tom was also a Director at Barclays investment bank for 9 years, overseeing technology, product and marketing initiatives within the firm’s BARX electronic markets business in London and New York. Prior to joining Barclays, Tom was responsible for marketing strategy for eSpeed and Cantor Fitzgerald across the firm’s brokerage, market data, banking and gaming businesses. Tom currently serves as a mentor to the Barclays Accelerator New York powered by Techstars and the University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a BA in Leadership Theory & Process in 1998.

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About Anthemis Group: Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.