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Andrew Brackin

Partner at Gradient | Seed VC | Co-Founder at Vial

San Francisco, California

VC
Investor

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $4,000,000.00

Skills

Social Media
Blogging
Entrepreneurship
User Experience
Online Advertising
Start-ups
Online Marketing
Digital Strategy
Digital Marketing
Social Networking
Web Design
HTML
New Media
CSS
Mobile Devices
Social Media Marketing
E-commerce
Email Marketing
Facebook
Advertising

Education

  • Drop-out

    Thiel Fellowship

    (2013 - 2015)

Work Experience

Gradient Ventures

2024

  • Partner

    2024

    Leading early rounds at Gradient, a venture fund focused on transformational AI companies, backed by Alphabet.

Vial

2020 - 2024

  • Co-Founder & Board

    2023 - 2024

  • Co-Founder & COO

    2020 - 2023

    Vial runs faster and more efficient trials with. Sat on the board and led go-to-market (scaled $0-15M+ ARR). $100M+ in capital raised from General Catalyst, Buckley Ventures, Byers Capital and Box Group.

Newfront

2018 - 2020

  • Founding Team, Head of Growth

    2018 - 2020

    One of the first employees at Newfront (backed by Founders Fund, B Capital, and Meritech) — a tech-enabled insurance brokerage. Valued at $2.2BN in merger in 2022

Jobr for Business

2014 - 2017

  • Growth (Acquired by Monster)

    2014 - 2017

    Early team at Jobr. A job search app that grew to become one of the most popular job apps in the US, and was featured in an Apple Keynote. Acquired by Monster in 2016.

The Thiel Foundation

2013 - 2015

  • Fellow

    2013 - 2015

    I was selected as one of 20 fellows for the Thiel Fellowship.