Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- HU
- TH
Lists including Teddy
Investments
Work Experience
2024
Founder and Managing Partner
2024
Optimist Ventures is an inflection stage VC firm, starting with AI in three complex, dynamic, economic-backbone sectors: insurance, healthcare, and industrial automation. Our mission is to promote a positive, symbiotic relationship between labor and technology.
2021 - 2024
Partner
2021 - 2024
Co-leading $285M Global VC Fund at Antler, investing across most major tech ecosystems
2018 - 2021
Vice President
2018 - 2021
Investments, M&A, Funds for SoftBank Group International
2016 - 2018
Principal
2016 - 2018
Corporate Venture Capital investments at Comcast NBCU
2013 - 2016
Vice President
2013 - 2016
SoftBank Capital US Growth Investments and SE Asia investments
2011 - 2013
Investment Banking Analyst | Technology, Media & Telecom
2011 - 2013
M&A and financing transactions across the internet, software, commtech and semis.
2010 - 2010
Investment Banking Summer Intern
2010 - 2010
2009 - 2009
Intern
2009 - 2009
Intern for U.S. Congressman Steve Israel
2008 - 2008
Marketing Intern
2008 - 2008
2008 - 2008
Blogger & Intern
2008 - 2008
Worked for Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig to raise awareness around the idea that no matter your issue, campaign finance needs to be reformed to get it right