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Justin Fasano

Venture Associate at Struck Studio

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Venture Associate

    2023

    As a Venture Associate, I support the team with idea generation, diligence, and validation. Struck Studio is a venture studio building next-generation startups from concept to seed.

2021 - 2023

  • Investment Manager

    2021 - 2023

    As a member of the investment team, I am responsible for the entire process of making an investment including sourcing innovative early to late-stage startups and performing necessary due diligence. I am also the point of contact for several portfolio companies, managing updates and supporting them as needed. Additionally, I support our corporate LPs on their strategic initiatives and provide support to the Pegasus team on fundraising activities and the Startup World Cup. Pegasus Tech Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based global venture capital firm working with emerging technology companies around the globe. Pegasus Tech Ventures works with world-class management and technical teams that are targeting disruptive opportunities in AI, Health Tech, IoT, Robotics, Quantum Computing, Robotics, FinTech, Gaming, and Next Generation Technologies. Notable investments include SpaceX, SoFi, Airbnb, and Rigetti.

2020 - 2021

  • Account Executive

    2020 - 2021

    Cybersecurity ZeroTrust Platform - Micro Segmentation, Visibility, Cloud Workloads, and Endpoint Security. Extensive product/service training, including platform benefits, value, role-based scenarios, vertical markets, case studies, etc. • Built qualified target lists, actively engaged prospects through email campaigns and calls. • Opened up key channel partners and positioned ColorTokens as the leading ZeroTrust Platform. • Developed presentations, coordinated technical demos and POC’s, worked on reseller and referral business models and agreements with internal stakeholders.

2019 - 2020

  • Alumni Engagement Officer

    2019 - 2020

    While attending SDSU. Actively engage alumni members and parents through interactions over the phone and email. Collect donations to further expand the Aztec Parents Fund. Help organize and facilitate alumni events.

2019 - 2019

  • Marketing & Sales Operations Intern

    2019 - 2019

    Internship Role: Built qualified customer lists, managed targeted marketing campaigns, and evaluated digital marketing metrics. Actively using the following platforms and tools: Salesforce, Marketo, DiscoverOrg, Apollo.io, ZoomInfo, SalesLoft, and Hunter.

2019 - 2019

  • Venture Capital Intern

    2019 - 2019

    Based in Silicon Valley, Rain Capital investments focus on early-stage companies with cutting-edge category defining businesses in Cyber Security, IT Infrastructure, and Application Software. www.raincapital.vc Internship Role: - Shadowing and gaining exposure to VC firms from General Partner Dr. Chenxi Wang. - Provide daily social media updates on portfolio companies to help grow their social presence and brand awareness. - Assisted in writing Bi-Annual LP report. - Listening and taking notes on portfolio company updates, business, and product progression.

2017 - 2017

  • Summer Intern - Professional Sales Development & Database Marketing Representative

    2017 - 2017

    Motivaim (www.motivaim.com) is a leading National IT Training and Personal Development Company. Providing Certified classes for CyberSecurity, Cloud, Networking, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, VMware, Microsoft, and many others. Role: Provided qualified enterprise business leads and meetings to the sales team. Created a successful call/email cadence, scripts, and a good understanding of the services. Acted as Pro-Tem Representative for training days as needed