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Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$10,000,000.00Target Investment:
$4,000,000.00
Skills
Education
- SU
- CU
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Investments
Work Experience
2015
Partner, Two Sigma Ventures
2015
Two Sigma Ventures (TSV) invests in enterprise and consumer startups, especially those using data science and software to solve important problems. TSV is the VC arm of Two Sigma Investments, a tech-driven asset management firm that employs ~1700 people, including over 250 PhDs, who believe in the power of math, science, data and technology to produce solutions to the world’s challenges.
Kauffman Fellow
2014
The Fellowship's goal is to develop a world-wide network of innovation investors who provide smart, connected capital to fuel entrepreneurial change. As part of the Fellowship I worked on Project VenSeed, an initiative to analyze the possibility of launching an accelerator for innovative new venture funds.
2013 - 2015
Investor/Advisor/Operator
2013 - 2015
Started early stage venture fund Edge Harris and created one of the early data driven investing platforms. Invested in or incubated 15 startups in a variety of spaces (analytics, IoT, SaaS, ecommerce, etc.) including Dataminr, Paperspace, KiwiCo, Doctor.com, Kisi, Triplemint, and others. Also angel invested in and advised iCapital Network on product development, and Fiverr on growth.
2013 - 2013
Founding Advisor / Investor
2013 - 2013
Helped get the company off the ground, move from cofounder's apartment to first office, design initial product, hire early employees, etc.
2007 - 2012
Co-Founder
2007 - 2012
Co-founded SpeedDate, one of the top ten online/mobile dating services in terms of userbase and revenue. Scaled company from idea to 20M+ members, 50+ employees. Managed product, marketing, monetization, business development and operations. Raised multiple rounds of financing from angels and Silicon Valley venture capital firm Menlo Ventures. SpeedDate differentiates itself by focusing on real-time matching on the web, Facebook, iPhone and Android.
2006 - 2006
Investment Analyst
2006 - 2006
Analyzed potential targets for IFC/World Bank investment in the Philippines’ IT-enabled Services sector. Evaluated the potential of the bamboo industry to boost employment in the country's south where there was a fair bit of instability.
2006 - 2006
Summer Associate, Tech M&A
2006 - 2006
Provided strategic and financial analysis to technology companies, including advising a client on the sale of a $100M joint venture
2002 - 2005
Strategy and Operational Consultant
2002 - 2005
Consultant on international and domestic business strategy projects for clients in a range of industries including IT, hardware, software, healthcare and cleantech. Highlights included a project in Paris and having an office in Madison Sqr Park when the first Shake Shack opened.
1998 - 2002
Founder, Campus Pages
1998 - 2002
My first real startup experience (although being a paperboy at age 13 felt pretty entrepreneurial). Published a white page / yellow page directory for local students. Printed 10,000 copies per year and hired and trained dozens of students to sell ads. Proudest accomplishment was coaching a painfully shy poetry PhD as she transformed into a sales machine.
2000 - 2000
Sales Strategy
2000 - 2000
First exposure to VC. Followed around an investor as he evaluated business plans, and then was placed in sales at his portfolio company Moving.com. Short lived experience due to ACL surgery.