JO

Jerome O'Grady

Venture Associate at boro capital

New York, New York

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Venture Associate

    2020

    Early stage Venture Capital investing in tech and tech-enabled startups in their first round of institutional funding (Pre-Seed, Seed).

2015 - 2019

  • Investment Banking

    2015 - 2019

    Restructuring and M&A

2013 - 2016

  • Co-Founder

    2013 - 2016

    • College based social app that was a forerunner in automatic check-in capability. • Selected as semi-finalist in casting call for Apple TV’s reality show “Planet of the Apps.” • Featured by AllTopStartups and accepted into the Boston University 2016 Incubator Program.

  • Director of Public Relations & Senior Analyst Healthcare Sector

    2013 - 2015

    • Student run strict long-equity investment fund that manages $210,000 of the university’s endowment. • Built detailed financial models for healthcare equity securities conducting a fundamental bottom-up approach which blends historical, comparable, and DCF valuation techniques. • Pitched company models to an Advisory Board of finance faculty and investment practitioners. • Creator of the University at Albany School of Business Investment Group website.

2012 - 2015

  • President & Founder

    2012 - 2015

    “Meals That Heal,” an IRS 501(c) 3 nonprofit that provides cancer afflicted families with restaurant gift certificates and participating restaurants with public relations and advertising.

2014 - 2014

  • Summer Analyst

    2014 - 2014

    • Built a trademark valuation model to determine brand value of two European online banks. • Enhanced and updated bank valuation models. • Prepared benchmarking of 9 competitor banks and assisted in preparing reports for investment committee.

2012 - 2013

  • Resident Assistant

    2012 - 2013

    • Selected from an applicant pool of over 1,200 with an acceptance rate of 7%. • Supervise 60 residents (with indirect stewardship for 1,300), providing conflict mediation and peer support. • Helped build and maintain environmental sustainability in dormitory and community. • Led student residents in environmental sustainability initiatives, winning campus-wide competition that saved $140,000 in kilowatt usage and 393 tons of carbon monoxide from being released into the air.

  • Sales Representative

    2009 - 2011

    • Successfully sold biographical publications to business professionals in over 100 industries. • Created new sales markets in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. • Consistently ranked #1 in sales for the German division. • Selected to work on specialized sales teams with Australian and South African clients.