Fairbridge is a New York-based venture capital firm on a mission to bridge the gaps in human progress. We back visionary founders driving access to health, wealth, and a livable planet through technology-enabled solutions. By tackling the world’s biggest challenges, we’re unlocking opportunities for billions.

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1 in 3 full-time jobs will transition to portfolio careers within a decade. As co-founder of Narwhal Network, I empower fractional professionals—Narwhals—to thrive in the era of AI. We're helping to define the future of work. Your job won't disappear, but it will evolve. Will you?

Invited by Swiss Government organization to create a program around customer discovery and run the first 1/3 of the inaugural cohort of BioSense Institute’s Agtech accelerator program, supported by European Commission and the Republic of Serbia, and the first agtech accelerator in the region. Asked back for an economic mission trip to North Macedonia, Albania, and Kosovo in Spring 2022. Invited for a 3rd trip to participate in a founders weekend in Kosovo in fall 2022. Invited for 4th trip to be an expert in a founders weekend in Kosovo and Albania in fall 2023. Invited for 5th trip to Vietnam Spring 2024. Invited for 6th trip in fall 2024 to speak on AI and growth at the ict conference and founders retreat in Kosovo. Invited for 7th trip in winter 2025.

Atfield transforms vineyard management with its mobile platform and connected in-canopy sensors. Moving beyond aerial imaging or single-point data, our continuous multi-point sensing captures microclimate conditions directly at the vine level. This delivers precise, actionable insights into how climate affects vines—past, present, and future—empowering growers to optimize vine health, prevent disease, and succeed in an ever-changing natural world.

Global end-to-end solution for organizing activities within individual sports communities - starting with Chess (the most popular sport on Earth).

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Easy access to quality healthcare is a right. Yet you can order your favorite food at midnight, but you cannot get a lifesaving diagnostic test at your preferred time and location. AmarLab was built to solve the logistics of medical diagnostics and eliminate the need of people traveling back and forth to a lab. You can now get tests done anywhere, anytime. #healthcareanywhere

The cloud gave us convenience, but took away safety. Blockchain gave us agency, but took away usability. AI gave us efficiency, but took away privacy. Maybe it's time we try something completely different. It's time to restore trust in software.

Innovation and technology scouting. Strategy & GTM consultant. Venture advisory. Global startup mentor. If you're not boldly leading the future, you'll be part of the pastProjects include:TeleSign, ChalkNotes, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), EIR with Swiss Contact, Advisor position with several startupsHit a market or adopt a frontier technology too early and you won’t gain traction. Hit either too late and you won’t profit. Stay the course while the world changes and you’ll slowly dwindle. Innovate too quickly without sufficiently delivering on your core business and you may not have enough money to see the new idea through. Manage by lagging indicators and you’ll steer the company in the wrong direction. Trust the wrong leading indicators and you’ll build unnecessary capacity. Fail to inspire and you’ll create a losing culture. Become irrelevant and you’ll have no place to go.Timing is everything – especially at the frontier

Interim CEO brought in to manage the first phase of a $30M turnaround and transform talent agency to a full-service digital influencer marketing company. Successfully navigated legal and financial risks to the company and cleared the way for growth. Increased margins, hired key personnel, grew client roster, and implemented career paths and development.

CEO of corporate innovation and technology division of $2.5 billion Welspun group, a global leader in home textiles, retail brands, and infrastructure, for project to explore potential new verticals.• Hired and led a global team of innovators. • Created proprietary framework to analyze 1,000 companies in 52 countries in less than 3 months. Analysis performed to measure potential for a roll-up/acquisition strategy and to prevent company from premature venture into building IoT products.• Spurred the creation of the public/private consortium, the Center for Integrated Innovation for the Internet of Things, with Carnegie Mellon University, Google, and Volvo. • Managed P & L

Colabriq developed the world’s first fully decentralized graph database that models knowledge for global supply chains. Participant, TechStars Berlin Metro program, Spring 2018.• Successfully co-created and executed business strategy resulting in a completed seed funding round, acceptance into TechStars accelerator program, initial launch and traction in the market, and tripling employees in one year while keeping the company capital efficient relative to peers. • Managed P & L• Developed international joint venture for software development resulting in greater flexibility & affordability. • Developed asset transfer pricing arrangements for global subsidiaries. • Optimized productivity with globally distributed teams across multiple geographic borders, time zones, and cultures.

Enterprise SaaS technology startup building a platform for end-to-end supply chain synchronization and communication. Built a comprehensive BI and operations solution for textile factories for use in emerging markets (Indonesia, China, Bangladesh) to create transparency and efficiency.• Oversaw technology, product development and deployment. • P&L responsibility for the business unit.• Experimented with blockchain technology to monitor payments across the network.• Hired and developed globally distributed technology team. • Built strategic relationships for early customers. • Organized first pilot in Monrovia, Liberia as well as additional pilots in Medellin, Colombia and Chittagong, Bangladesh.

George Soros and Jerry Yang backed private equity firm, TAU invests in underperforming manufacturers and producers in emerging markets to transform global supply chains and achieve financial, social and environmental sustainability. Increased revenue for factories while reducing child labor, air and water pollution.I led the corporate innovation division.

Synthenai is a consulting firm focused on operations optimization, business design, and digital strategy. I was a founder and focused on business development and operation as well as the lead consultant in several projects.Summary of key engagements• Deadline Detroit – Washington, DC & Detroit, MI: Engaged by startup online media business with $1.7 million in funding from Compuware Corporation venture division to guide from inception through launch and traction; led company through product re-development and acted as interim COO/CFO; grew company to 340k+ unique visitors per month.• American Roads - Michigan, Ontario, Alabama - Engaged by the investor of America’s only interstate transportation owner/operator/technology company to conduct a technology and operations audit; Review resulted in additional engagement to vet and select a new ERP provider • BRAC USA – New York, NY: Engaged by world’s largest NGO (65,000+ employees, $400+ million annual budget) to build American digital strategy and identity;• LRN – New York, NY: Engaged by global advisory firm in the ethics, compliance and culture space with Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients; primary assignments were shared leadership of $55 million solution; adoption (as measured by course completions) grew over 10% during tenure; developed comprehensive company-wide directory of services as well as innovations to improve efficiency (minimal savings of $500k per year).

Engaged by startup finance firm Sixth Gear Solutions Corp. (financed by Lehman Brothers and Warburg Pincus) with credit facility and operational funding exceeding $1 billion to provide key cross-functional operational support for organization working closely with C-level executives from company inception•Identified, documented & constructed waterfall model for money flow of inbound & outbound payment process of Sixth Gear’s Repurchase Facility •Conducted due diligence on customer relationship management software and intranet developers for IT; Established parameters, identified key drivers & gathered requirements for RFP•Performed legal and compliance duties for finance and legal departments; Negotiated with government officials and solved state licensing issues•Analyzed state and nationwide data using industry-specific software (self-taught) to aid in selection of new dealers and states for market entry for sales and marketing department

• Prepared host of Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith for over 700 interviews• Created and maintained a database of Nielsen ratings and other show statistics; Prepared reports for executives• Searched for, interviewed, hired, trained and managed 5 interns• Assisted host in preperation for radio show, newspaper column and TV program as well as special projects including CNN special, David Letterman appearances, Wheaties box and public speaking engagements• Assisted editorial producer and booking department with finding guests for a variety of topics

• Worked with media relations staff to manage visual communications for 11 NCAA women’s athletic teams (Lady Volunteers); Publicized UT to external community through television / video; Scripted and produced programs and ads• Produced The Pat Summit Coach’s Show, a weekly series that ran for nine consecutive weeks (Winter 2003 and 2004) on local affiliates in Tennessee and was picked up by Fox Sports, CSS, CSTV and Yahoo.Com

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