Max Brickman
Founder at Heartland Ventures | Forbes 30 Under 30
Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area
Invests in
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$1,000,000.00Target Investment:
$500,000.00
Skills
Education
Investments
Work Experience
2016
Founder
2016
2014 - 2016
CEO
2014 - 2016
Advanced cheating prevention. After seeing how prevalent exam cheating was at my school, I chemical engineered a paper that would allow students to take an exam normally while appearing black to a neighboring student. Research trials have shown close to a 100% reduction in answer copying. This technology was licensed in 2016.
2008 - 2016
Founder and President
2009 - 2016
Raised over $30M from investors and banks to acquire 450 Class-A/B residential apartment units throughout high school and college. Average Investor IRR of 34% on all sold properties
Co-Founder
2008 - 2009
At age 15, grew a commercial landscape design company to over 300 accounts and 7 employees within a year. Sold company in 2009.
2012 - 2015
Co-Owner
2012 - 2015
Worked with my co-owner to grow the company from $200k to $5mm in revenue within 12 months. Sold company back to co-founder in January 2015.