JB

Jeff Baehr

Founder & CEO at Praxis Rock Advisors

New York, New York

Work Experience

  • Founder & CEO

    2023

    At Praxis Rock, we work with investment management firms, corporates, and intermediaries to adopt cutting-edge AI, data, and automation technologies for various applications, including proprietary deal origination, fundraising, M&A, relationship management, and business development. We partner with our clients to establish this state-of-the-art infrastructure, which they own, and provide ongoing support in its operation, ensuring seamless integration and long-term success.

  • Founder & CEO

    2015

    We are a next generation private investment firm with a unique model for our investors to access the private markets. In addition to making principal investments in venture to growth stage companies, we offer our family office, institutional, and strategic investors access to vetted direct and co-investment opportunities. RueOne supplements the traditional fund structure by allowing our investors to participate in individual venture capital and private equity transactions with the benefit of our sourcing, structuring, due diligence, domain expertise, and professional management.

  • Founder & CIO

    2007 - 2014

    I was the Founder & CIO of Empiric Asset Management, a quantitative based hedge fund I founded in 2007. The Empiric Strategic Income Funds & Empiric Market Neutral Funds outperformed equity indices.

  • Director of Research

    2004 - 2007

    ARIS Capital Management is a fund of funds that employs a global multi-strategy investment approach. During my tenure at ARIS, I was responsible for sourcing new managers in addition to conducting investment and operational due diligence on potential fund investments. I had experience with all of the investment strategies while specializing in energy and special situations. I also built a suite of proprietary tools designed to quantitatively analyze the performance of funds and portfolios. Finally, I sat on the investment committee and had direct input in all investment decisions.

2003 - 2004

  • Analyst

    2003 - 2004

    Alternative Investment Group in the World Bank's Pension Fund. Conducted all aspects of the investment process, from initial manager screening to strategy analysis, due diligence, investment recommendation, term negotiation and portfolio allocation.

2003 - 2003

  • Analyst

    2003 - 2003

    Deutsche Bank Advisors

2001 - 2003

  • Analyst (part time)

    2001 - 2003

    The Carlyle Group's former fund of funds unit now The Rock Creek Group.

  • Analyst

    1998 - 2000