Mia Nguyen

Employee #1

2024

VC Champions Lead

2021

Providing mentorship opportunities for the next generation of women & underrepresented investors by connecting them with General Partners at top tier venture capital firms.

Operating Principal

2022 - 2024

Joined as the first full-time employee, working alongside part-time General Partners (GPs). Wore many hats supporting the firm and its $60M AUM. Tracked capital deployment, executed the formation of single-asset SPVs, supported institutional fundraising efforts, revised portfolio monitoring system to track 200+ investments, prepared quarterly investor reports, hired & managed outsourced service providers to support with fund administration and financial services, and more.

Chief of Staff

2019 - 2022

Initially joined as a summer intern on the platform team (May 2019), transitioned to the investment team during undergrad (January 2020), and then joined full-time as Chief of Staff (January 2021). As Chief of Staff, I supported the co-founding partner, Michael Skok, with his new investments and portfolio companies as well as managed the firm's investor relations and fundraising efforts.

Advisor

2020 - 2022

Founder & Co-Director

2018 - 2020

Co-founded Northeastern's first student-run organization that aims to increase the number of female & nonbinary entrepreneurs through programs that build confidence and teach an entrepreneurial mindset.

Product Marketing

2020 - 2020

Joined as their 5th employee and first non-technical hire focused on helping find product-market fit. RemoteHQ was acquired by Presence in August 2023.

Marketing Director

2018 - 2019

Managed a four-person marketing & design team for the largest club at Northeastern University.

Husky Startup Challenge Director

2018 - 2018

Program director for 40 ventures comprising of 100+ students for a semester-long bootcamp. Co-created the curriculum, sourced speakers and mentors, hosted weekly office hours, and executed a Demo Day.

Content Marketing Intern

2018 - 2018

Helped set content strategy, wrote travel blog posts, create competitive market maps, etc.

Student Founder of CC Cords

2016 - 2018

My first experience with entrepreneurship was at Barrington High School’s IncubatorEDU program. Co-founded CC Cords, a promotional premium product that combined the traditional lanyard with the a phone charger. Sold to trade shows, conventions, and school districts. Raised $13k in non-dilutive funding.

Northeastern Fellow

2017 - 2017

One of four students representing Northeastern University in a cross-university pitch competition with students from Boston College, Boston University, and Babson.