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Blaze O'Byrne

Senior Vice President, Venture Investing at Citi

San Francisco, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $20,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2020

  • Senior Vice President, Citi Ventures

    2022

  • Vice President, Citi Ventures

    2020 - 2021

    Citi Ventures is the strategic investing and innovation arm of Citigroup. We invest in startups that can be valuable to Citi as a customer or as a distribution channel. Investments: Deepgram, Eightfold, Notarize, InvestCloud, Immuta, Forage, Docker, Harness, TRM Labs, UJet. Sourced: Notarize, Deepgram, BlackCart, Forage.

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2020

2019 - 2019

  • MBA Summer Intern

    2019 - 2019

    Sourced companies and led diligence on Seed investments, focused on Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Enterprise SaaS, and Robotics.

2018 - 2018

  • MBA Summer Intern

    2018 - 2018

    Sourced companies and led diligence on Seed and Series A investments, focused on the Enterprise SaaS and Marketplace sectors

OCA Ventures

2018 - 2018

  • Investor

    2018 - 2018

    Led diligence on Seed/Series A venture investments and created fundraising presentations for OCA Fund IV.

2016 - 2017

  • Venture Capital Associate

    2016 - 2017

    Involved in all aspects of fund operations including opportunity analysis, due diligence, investment management, and fundraising. Key member of team running the H2 Accelerator, a six-month program that provides seed capital and support for a highly selective group of entrepreneurs running early stage fintech companies.

2013 - 2015

  • Analyst

    2013 - 2015

    Involved in M&A, debt restructuring and capital raising transactions for Australian and New Zealand companies and investment funds. Sector focus was primarily on industrials, consumer, and technology. Constructed financial models, including DCF, LBO, merger, operational, and bank financing, for evaluating potential transactions, and for deal execution.