Leap backs technical founders working at top-tier tech companies to build something new while still employed.Prior Investments (personal and VC):Lending Club (series A, IPO), Klover (seed), AtomicFI (pre-seed), Kikoff (seed), Glean (seed), Deep Channel (seed), Tone Messaging (seed, acquired by Attentive), TrustLayer (seed), MVMT (seed), Free Model (seed), JustPaid (seed)

Defize is an incubator solving practical problems in web3. $500k of seed capital & resources to help our founders move fast.

1/ Incubated and launched payments on Instagram Direct2/ Led Messenger Biz Payments for APAC market ($10B+/m volume)

Core is an early-stage fintech venture firm investing in companies that help people be better off financially. I joined Core as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with intention of starting a new venture, and then later came on as a Partner. I recently moved back to the greatest city in the world, hello again NYC.

bitFlyer is Japan's largest crypto exchange.I helped launch bitFlyer USA and was responsible for growth and operations.

LendingClub is America's largest personal lender, and was the largest tech IPO of 2014.I launched and ran the 10-person business operations team, which was responsible for all borrower facing operational improvement and strategy. My team drove a 40% efficiency gain in lending, 20% faster loan decisions, and I hired some great people (now friends) who are now doing amazing things.

TaskRabbit helps people get stuff off their todo list. In 2017, TaskRabbit was acquired by Ikea.I joined TaskRabbit after they acquired SkillSlate. At TaskRabbit, I had a variety of roles, including running the ‘Shopping & Deliveries’ product vertical, and acting as head of finance (briefly), where I managed our Series C fund raise.

SkillSlate connected consumers with individual service providers such as dog walkers, tutors and handymen.I raised $1.5mm from First Round Capital and other investors, built the product and team, and sold the business to TaskRabbit.

Investment team on these deals: Lending Club (Series A & personal investment, ’14 IPO), eBillMe (’11 acq. by Western Union), Sourced CreditKarma for Series A - not executed :( , OpenSky (’15 acq. by Alibaba), MotionBox (‘10 acq. by SnapFish), GemVara (’16 acq. by Berkshire Hathaway)