CornerUP is a B2B eCommerce-focused fintech-enabled marketplace that modernizes independent food retailers (e.g., corner stores, bodegas, grocers). We aim to level the playing field for the $450B+ US market of small merchants and empower them with the digital tools, financing, and purchasing power to compete with chain stores, new market entrants, and heightened consumer expectations.-The team has built and invested in multiple unicorns, #1 taxi payments platform, and multiple local e-commerce startups (acquired by REEF, Axle Hire). -Select investors include Tiger Global, Reshape, and other leading funds + strategic angels.*Co-founded within the stealth startup studio I co-founded alongside a serial unicorn founder, Popular Change.

Aikito is a B2B marketplace, process automation, and financing platform for commercial real estate across office, medical, retail and industrial. We remove friction and provide capital for the burdensome process of designing, building, moving into, servicing, and paying for new spaces for occupiers, landlords, and vendors. -The team includes founders, executives, early team members, and investors from WeWork, Knotel, Point72, Goldman Sachs, and more. We've constructed a strategic advisor board including Citadel, CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, and Time Warner. -Select investors include Northzone, Global Founders Capital, FJ Labs, Peakstate, Quiet Capital + strategic angels.*Co-founded within the stealth startup studio I co-founded alongside a serial unicorn founder, Popular Change.

Confluence.VC exists to connect and uplift the next era of investors. We're 2k+ investors strong across 1.5k funds globally. We are investing in and supporting founders using the collective power of the venture capital community. We are also providing young emerging VCs the opportunity to build their own track records and funds on our infrastructure and capital base.More broadly, our shared workspace and open-sourced resources allow our exclusive investor members from the industry’s top venture capital & growth equity funds to learn, connect, share deal flow, collaborate for cross-pollination of ideas, invest and collaboratively elevate themselves to becoming the next generation of VCs leaders.

Wokelo is building the future of how investments are researched and executed. I love this team and am lucky to have leveraged my investment/founder experience and ConfluenceVC resources/network to make a difference, starting from their origin. I help them however I can, from designing products to raising money and getting customers.

An impact-focused investment fund with a team hailing from CalPERS and leading institutional cross-over funds and FOs. I love them because they don't use the words ESG and climate just to raise money—they actually care! I've been helping however I can, from strategy to process, hiring, partnerships and fundraising.

I love the GP(s) of this fund, so I'm helping them however I can. Their youth, ambition, uncommon stories, and work ethic alignment will force them to succeed. They have become a rising star & favorite among LPs, founders & media because they are authentic & actually helpful.

Helping improve the world efficiently along side Joe Lonsdale (Co-founder of Palantir, OpenGov, Addepar, 8VC, etc.)

Evergreen Multi-Family Office/Crossover Investment Firm for the $20B+ Estee Lauder & Zinterhofer FamiliesSelect Deals-VC & Growth Equity: Esusu ($130M Series B), Gro Intelligence ($85M Series B), Zipline (Post-$250M Series F Insider Impact Investment), Clear (Public Stock), and Grab (Public Stock), Wokelo ($1.5M Pre-seed), and Aku World (Pre-ICO Token).-Funds & Fund of Funds: La Famiglia ($150M Fund 3), Serena Ventures ($110M Fund 1), Courtside Ventures ($100M Fund 3), Concrete Rose ($80M Fund 2), Divergent Capital ($30M Fund 2), Ex/Ante ($25M Fund 1), Noemis Ventures ($25M Fund 2), and Hometeam Ventures ($25M Fund 1), Cendana Capital ($300M Fund 5), Level VC ($100M Fund 1), PowerSet ($50M Target Fund 2), and Equity Alliance (Undisclosed AUM Fund 2).Accomplishments and Responsibilities-Spearheaded research, design & launch of the Sage Collective firm spinout for a multi-generation wealth transition & consolidation.-Crafted and executed the firm’s portfolio construction, investment scope, and sourcing funnel across Fund of Funds, Funds, and direct Seed to Pre-IPO investments across fintech, AI, enterprise, logistics, agriculture, prop-tech, crypto, consumer, and healthcare.-Executed recruitment, onboarding/training, and management of the investment team, operations team, admins, and partners.-Designed & Executed investment funnel, selection criteria, due diligence process, committee structure, and closing strategies.-Created and managed portfolio support, monitoring, and management strategy, as well as team, technology, network, and programming.*I incubated Sage as a Family Office investment consultant/EIR for the first year while launching and raising $15M+ for my VC-backed startups. After placing talented full-time executives with ample runway capital and teams, I converted from founding in-house startup executive to board advisor to give Sage Collective 100% of my time.

Investing in Seed-series C companies solving big problems that can transform industries and benefit society from enterprise to healthcare to food to frontier tech. Executed several early and growth-stage investments alongside Ray Lane (former Oracle President, Hewlett Packard Chairman and Kleiner Perkins Partner), Andrew Perlman (Founder/Executive of several large companies w/ 5 of which have exited and/or gone public), and Ashok Krishnamurthi (leading early Executive at Juniper Networks and CEO/Founder of 2 large exits to Oracle and Roche).Select Deals-VC & Growth Equity: Truvian ($105M Series C), Cooler Screens ($80M Series C), Excision Biotherapeutics ($60M Series B), ZenBusiness ($55M Series B), Recogni ($49M Series B), Rapid Deploy ($40M Series B), GameOn Technology ($35M Series B), & Plethora ($10M Series B). -Boards: Include Activ Surgical, Truvian, StriVR, Plethora, Rapid Deploy and Recogni.Boards -Activ Surgical, Truvian, StriVR, Plethora, Rapid Deploy and RecogniInvestment & Ops Responsibilities-Thesis formation, internal incubation, deal sourcing, due diligence, financial/unit economic analysis, investment memo formation, deal term/cap table evaluation, investment committee presentation, deal closing, and company onboarding

Helping minorities break into and prepare for becoming investors (VC, Growth and LP).

Quantitative, outbound thematic, and stage agnostic investment in Fintech/Insuretech, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise SaaS, SMB enablement, & Consumer on behalf of hedge fund titan Steve Cohen.Select Deals-MX ($100M Series B), Credijuto ($50M Series B), Drive Wealth ($50M Series B & $10M Extension), FlyBits ($35M Series B), Mirror ($34M Series B), Flare ($21M Series B), Bayzat ($16M Series B), ClickSwitch ($13M Series B), and Kanga ($1M Seed).Accomplishments and Responsibilities -Participated in highly selective Point72 Academy to hone my fundamentals and acquire cross-investment strategy capabilities.-Executed thesis formations, crafted investment market reports, and sourced/managed investment funnel for 1000+ companies.-Completed diligence, investment memos, presentations, closing processes, onboarding processes, and portfolio support initiatives.-Assisted in the design & incubation of a $2M+ technology platform for portfolio support, market analysis, and firm data/AI optimization.-Created & executed founding due diligence processes/templates, financial/unit economic models, deal term sheets, and cap tables.

Independent research and publication on immigrant entrepreneurs' investment performance and economic / innovation impact in the US and abroad to help support the launch of a new fund and demystify the rise in anti-immigration rhetoric in the U.S.

Note:In addition to assisting in VC & Growth Equity investments for the WndrCo holding company; I dedicated a significant portion of my time to operationally supporting Jeffrey Katzenberg (former Disney Chairman & founder of DreamWorks) on a $2 Billion media startup incubation, Quibi. At the time, it was the largest pre-seed raise in venture history.

Note:-First 8VC Analyst hired during university via being awarded selected as a Silicon Valley Scholar for the Claremont University Consortium.-Worked full time for a semester & my winter/summer breaks, with dedicated professors administering weekend classes & exams.Select Deals:-Joby Aviation ($100M Series B), Wish (IPO Company Assistance, Liquidity Modeling & Execution)Accomplishments & Responsibilities-Participated in deal sourcing and screening initiatives and took initial screening of 250+ startups from Pre-seed to Series C.-Assisted in the execution for ~30 due diligence processes for in-scope investment leads to support the associates & partners.-Created ~10 investment thesis reports within AR/VR, Transportation/Trucking, and Consumer Marketplaces.-Assisted in portfolio monitoring and support across the 8VC portfolio for hiring, market insights and business development.