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      Cohort 1
      Summer: Jun - Aug 2018
       
       
       
       

    • Cohort 1 included 17 investors (~0.5% accepted) that formed five deal sourcing teams: Big Data, Consumer, Enterprise, Marketplaces, and Robotics. Cohort 1 sourced over 850+ companies and selected 4 companies to invest in.

       

      View Cohort 1's Portfolio Companies.

      Cohort 1 Deal Sourcing Teams

      Big Data Team

      Taylor Hurst

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate @ Esports Venture Capital Fund - Konvoy

      • Previously an Analyst @ Rockies Venture Club
      • Arizona State University, BS

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      Oluwaseyi Olaleye

       

      After VU: Went back to Stanford University to finish undergrad

      • Co-Founder, MookieDough
      • Previously Summer Analyst @ Private Equity Fund - Concentric Equity Partners
      • Graduating 2019 From Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering

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      Francis Vu

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Analyst at KingsCrowd, empowering individuals to invest in startups confidently through a platform-agnostic suite of products including research, recommendations, data analytics, and financial products

      • Currently learning Data Analytics in Python, SQL, and Machine Learning
      • Previously a Private Equity Analyst @ Pacific Oak and investment experience at a family office in real estate 

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      Consumer Team

      James Frankel

       

      After VU: Continued to work on his startup Mesearch

      • Founder & CEO, Mesearch, making big decisions easier to navigate with personalized recommendations 
      • Grew partnership revenue 10x while Chief Revenue Officer of at Gooten

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      Daniel Salzner

       

      After VU: Joined Balderton Capital (London's top VC firm) an Analyst, and then joined Pi Labs (Europe's most active PropTech VC Fund) as an Investment Associate

      • Previously Venture Capital Intern at Picus Capital, Strategy Consulting Intern at Monitor Deloitte, Financial Analyst Intern at Goldman Sachs, Investment Intern at Invest UK
      • Soon to be certified skydiver, aspiring wingsuiter, heli-skier

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      Ahmana Tarin

       

      After VU: Technology Analyst, Accenture

      • Previously Program Manager @ Microsoft
      • Bachelors in Computer Science at University of San Francisco

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      Enterprise Team

      Jitendra Kavathekar

       

      After VU: Launched his own fund, Horizon 3 Ventures (H3VC)

      • Managing Director & Co-Founder, Global Accenture Ventures - Open Innovation Fund
      • Board Member, Silicon Valley Forum
      • Previously at Yahoo, Motorola, Palm, Sun Microsystems, and HP 
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      Sonal Panda

       

      After VU: Joined as an VC Associate at DigitalDx Ventures, and then as an VC Associate at Tau Ventures

      • Angel investor in real estate tech and healthcare

      • Finishing MBA at Wharton, majoring in Health Care Management & Finance, where she was awarded the merit-based Kaiser Fellowship

      • Previously worked on multi-billion dollar global M&As for a $40B conglomerate in India

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      Matthew Kol

       

      After VU: Joined Trilogy, a multi-billion dollar private equity buyout fund focused on enterprise software companies

      • VC Blog
      • Previously Associate at Amazon
      • Venture Capital Analyst, Rockies Venture Club

      LinkedIn

      Jing Liu

       

      After VU: Joined Private Equity Fund, Glen Prairie Capital

      • Morgan Stanley, Wealth Management
      • MBA student, focused on corporate finance, originally came from China
      • Financial journalist: Interviewed nearly 100 economists, entrepreneurs, and politicians within 2 years;
      • Fintech Operator: Increased the number of users by 4 million and the transaction volume by $4 billion within 1 year

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      Marketplaces Team

      Sergio Marrero

       

      After VU: Founded LTX VC, and joined Stat Zero's VC investment team

      • TEDx Princeton University, "The Degree Is Dead"
      • Corporate experience at Teach For America, Deloitte, Pepsico, Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Gillette
      • Harvard Business School, MBA
      • Harvard Kennedy School, MPP

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      Andrew Van Nest

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate at Blumberg Capital

      • Business Development & Strategy at Ellation
      • Associate - Technology at Silicon Valley Bank
      • Investment Banking Analyst at William Blair
      • Analyst at Point 72 Asset Management
      • Basketball Player at Harvard Crimson Men's Basketball Team - First Harvard Men’s Basketball team to reach the NCAA tournament since 1946
      • Harvard University, BS
      • Boston College, MS
      LinkedIn

      Michael Siegel

       

      After VU: Joined as Strategy Analyst, Oracle

      • Previously worked at VentureSouth, a network of 250+ angel investors based in Greenville, SC
      • Worked as an archaeologist at the Horvat Kur digsite in Israel 
      • Studied at Wofford College before going to get an MBA in Entrepreneurship at Clemson University

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      Farshad Yousefi

       

      After VU: Joined Visionful, a 500 Startups Portfolio Company, as a Co-Founder & CMO

      • Born in Iran, raised in Bay Area, received bachelor’s degree in Finance from University of San Diego in 2016
      • Founder & CEO of Cravoo 
      • Work closely with the Founder and CEO of Alluxo to support accelerating business development and go-to-market strategies
      LinkedIn

      Robotics Team

      Kaylan Agarwal

       

      After VU: Went on to undergrad at DePaul University

      • Recently graduated high school having taken 17 college courses and achieved a 4.0 GPA
      • Looking to pursue a VC internship every semester while in college
      LinkedIn

      Carter Boisfontaine

       

      After VU: Joined an an Investment Analyst at Pegasus Technology Ventures, a $1B+ VC fund

      • VC Blog: TheBoisfonBlog.com
      • Previously Research Analyst at Venture Fund Canyon Creek Capital
      • Studied Business & Digital Entrepreneurship at USC, where he co-founded two companies

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      Iris Mok

       

      After VU: Continues to angel invest & joined as a Venture Fellow at Venture University

      • Managing Patent Council at Intel for 9+ years
      • Angel Investor @ Bay Angels & 37 Angels
      • Over 15 years as an engineer and lawyer
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