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Diploma (Economics & Finance)
Total Funding: $26M
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Total Funding: $160M
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2013
Investor in early-stage startups, mostly seed and Series A, anywhere in the US and Europe. Some companies I work with, in one capacity or another (board member, board observer, investor): ActionIQ, Ada Support, Astronomer, ClickHouse, Cockroach Labs, Crossbeam, Dataiku, DCG, Estuary, Helium, Hyperscience, Lago, Ledger, Nextmv, Pigment, Quickwit, Softr, Sparta, Statespace, SurrealDB, Synthesia, Upgrade.
2011
In depth conversations with leaders in data, ML and AI, in two formats: * Data Driven NYC: in person monthly events in New York. With 110+ events organized since 2011 and 20,000+ members, Data Driven NYC has become the largest community of its kind in the United States. * The MAD Podcast: a podcast-only spin-off of Data Driven NYC, with weekly episodes available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
2013 - 2020
2013 - 2020
Organizer and host of Hardwired NYC, a 7,000+ person community focused on frontier tech and emerging computing platforms: IoT drones, robotics, AR/VR, 3D printing, space, etc. [on hiatus since the pandemic]
2008 - 2013
2008 - 2013
Bloomberg Ventures (which has now morphed into Bloomberg Beta) was the initial incubation and venture arm of Bloomberg L.P.
2005 - 2008
2005 - 2008
Joined Oracle as Senior Director following the acquisition of TripleHop Technologies. Focused on launching new products globally (product, GTM, partnerships), in several categories, including enterprise search (Oracle SES) and collaboration (Oracle Collabsuite).
2000 - 2005
2000 - 2005
Co-founded enterprise search software startup, led product and GTM efforts. Our software MatchPoint used AI Bayesian techniques to search, classify and manage unstructured data. Company was venture-backed and headquartered in New York, with offices in London and Paris. Acquired by Oracle to accelerate Oracle's efforts in enterprise search (MatchPoint became Oracle Secure Enterprise Search).