Lorenzo Thione
Public Speaker & Investor in Artificial Intelligence / Broadway Producer / 🏳️🌈 Advocate
Chicago, Illinois
Invests in
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Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$500,000.00
Skills
Education
- TU
- Pd
Lists including Lorenzo
Investments
Limbic
Total Funding: $14M
Leap AI
Total Funding: $1M
Paxton AI
Total Funding: $6M
BetterBrand
Total Funding: $9M
Zamp
Total Funding: $29M
SpecCheck
Total Funding: $4M
Bridge (a Foro company)
Total Funding: $4M
Chai
Total Funding: $3.8M
Upaway
Total Funding: $540K
Biofire
Total Funding: $45M
Work Experience
2019
Managing Director
2019
Managing Partner
2008
Sing Out Louise! Productions is a theatrical and film production company in New York City. Sing Out Louise! won a 2019 Tony Award for its production of Hadestown, and a 2020 Tony Award for its production of The Inheritance, in addition to numerous nominations and wins for its other productions, including Slave Play, American Idiot, Catch Me If You Can, and Slava Snowshow on Broadway. It was the originating producer for Allegiance, and it produced and created the Broadway stage-to-screen film captures of both Allegiance and Bandstand on Broadway. Its current projects include: Theresa Rebeck's Seared, an adaptation for the stage of The Elephant Whisperer, and a new original Broadway-bound musical, Indigo.
2009
Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus
2009
Co-founded the leading entrepreneurial LGBT organization; grown the organization and its leadership in three US markets and currently leading its expansion in several other areas; oversaw the creation and execution of the first LGBT Entrepreneurial Awards in 2012.
2013
Co-Founder & Chairman of The Board
2013
The Social Edge is a dynamic social media tech startup that helps digital publishers connect their content with targeted and engaged audiences by harnessing the power of social influencers. The Social Edge's proprietary influencer platform, Contempo, helps each influencers develop and grow their audience by uniquely selecting, testing and targeting syndicated content from our publisher network that is relevant to their audience and their shared interests.
2017 - 2019
Member Board Of Directors
2017 - 2019
2014 - 2017
Member Board of Directors
2014 - 2017
2012 - 2014
Co-Founder, President & Chairman
2012 - 2014
2008 - 2010
Principal Program Manager, Powerset/Bing
2008 - 2010
2006 - 2008
Founder & Product Architect
2006 - 2008
I started Powerset with an exciting vision to change online search, based on a better understanding of documents and users' intent. In August 2008 Microsoft acquired Powerset with the vision of bringing its team and technologies together to help Microsoft Live Search become the world's best search engine.
2006 - 2006
Sr. Research Scientist
2006 - 2006