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Brian Carroll

Venture capital and tech startups

New York, New York

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $4,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $7,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,500,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Digital Media
Mobile Devices
SaaS
Business Strategy
Online Advertising
Analytics
Product Management
Web Analytics
Strategic Partnerships
Entrepreneurship
E-commerce
Strategy
Venture Capital
Product Marketing
Digital Strategy
Enterprise Software
Competitive Analysis
Project Management
Finance

Work Experience

2019

  • Partner, CFO

    2019

    M13 is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage consumer technology companies.

Various

2014 - 2019

  • CFO / COO Advisory

    2014 - 2019

    Helping companies scale finance and ops. Engagements include: - Led DigitalOcean's finance team as they raised $133M and grew from 40 to 170 employees. - Finance head at Glamsquad as they closed three funding rounds, tripled appointment volume and grew from 400 to 1200 beauty professionals. - CFO advisory at Askwonder.com to rebuild all billing systems and financial forecast models. - Fund operations and finance at venture capital firm M13

2013 - 2014

  • COO

    2013 - 2014

    Piano (previously Tinypass) has become the leading provider of software for publishers who sell their content online.

2012 - 2013

  • VP Finance and Strategy

    2012 - 2013

    PlaceIQ provides location intelligence services for targeted mobile advertising. Built the processes, dashboards and control systems for PlaceIQ's fast growing team. Led all finance, HR and business operations functions as the company raised a Series B and quadrupled in size.

2011 - 2012

  • General Manager

    2011 - 2012

    Flavorpill is a digital media company dedicated to connecting people with culture. Led all finance, HR, marketing, and ad operations functions. Kept the trains running on time.

  • Various

    2000 - 2011

    Product Marketing - 2010 / 2011 Program Management - 2008 / 2009 Solutions Engineering - 2006 / 2007 Technical Consultant - 2000 / 2003 Product marketing and consulting work for web infrastructure solutions. Direct, international, and channel sales. Positions held in New York, San Francisco, Singapore, and Tokyo.

2008 - 2009

  • Associate (intern)

    2008 - 2009

    Early-stage VC investing with Greycroft (2008) and Contour Venture Partners (2009).

2004 - 2006

  • Account Manager

    2004 - 2006

    Client advisory on web analytics and media measurement research.