Derek Hall

Partner

2022

Investor

2017

Accomplish Health, AMARO, Arcadia, Assis, Astra, Backtracks, Beacon Founder Society, Birthday App, Bolt, B2B Stack, Calm, Cameo, Carta, Cerebral, Cinch, ClassPass, Clover Health, Cobli, Compra Rápida, Cortex, Courageous Land, DigAÍ, Dolado, Drivably, EasyPost, Extendeal, Fair, Flexport, Flieber, Grain, Igual, Iggy, Imagen Technologies, Kaya, Kolab, Mercê do Bairro, Meru, Mira, mParticle, Nav, Neofin, Office Hours, Pachama, Pattern, Q Bio, Slice, Sonoma Market, Sproutfi, Tala, Time Capsule, Turo, Vence, Walrus, Workfront, Zippi

Founder

2013 - 2023

Founder of Torcedores - one of Brazil's premier sports media companies. Acquired by Better Collective.

Co-founder & CEO

2021 - 2023

Acquired

Partner

2017 - 2020

Investing in growth startups

Private Equity Associate

2011 - 2012

Executive Director

2011 - 2012

Led a group of 70+ angel investors focused on early-stage venture capital investments. I managed the full deal process: sourcing, due diligence, investments analysis, syndication, structuring. Made investments in GroSocial (acquired by Infusionsoft), Catheter Connections (acquired by Merit Medical Systems), Fuze Network (acquired by Ingo Money) and several others.

Intern

2010 - 2010

BoomStartup is a mentorship driven seed stage investment fund. I worked with founders on business development and product strategy.

Marketing Director

2008 - 2010

Game Day Announcer

2008 - 2010

As Game Day Announcer, I announced Starting Line-ups, National Anthem, and play-by-play descriptions of basketball and volleyball games for live audience of 5,000 fans.

Sports Broadcaster

2008 - 2010

Pregame and postgame host for broadcasts of live sporting events, Play-by-Play Announcer and Color Commentator for BYU-TV, covering Men's and Women's Basketball and Volleyball.