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    • Cohort 2
       
      Fall: Sept-Dec 2018

    • Cohort 2 included 23 investors (selected out of 4,000+ applications, ~0.5% acceptance rate) that formed five deal sourcing teams: Consumer, FinTech, Healthcare, HighTech, and Impact.

      Cohort 2 Deal Sourcing Teams

      Consumer Team

      Aakash Jain

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Fellow at Venture University

      • Previously Venture Fellow at Jump Capital, Growth-Equity Advisor at FinTech Partners, and Algorithmic Trader (coding + markets junkie) at Morgan Stanley
      • MBA, University of Chicago (Booth); Co-Founder & Membership Lead at Booth Bay Area Angel Network (Booth BAAN)
      • Built a world championship winning formula-style 600cc race car on the FSAE car-team while studying Computer Science at Cornell University

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      Kiyoko Osone

       

      After VU: Joined as a Managing Director of Cryptonite Ventures, focusing on blockchain, fintech, e-sports, consumer, and healthcare

      • Associate at Morgan Stanley
      • Research Study Coordinator at UCLA Heath
      • UCLA - English Literature & Neuroscience 

      LinkedIn

      Brian Kelley​

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Fellow at Venture University

      • Angel Investor and Real Estate Capital Raiser
      • Previously Institutional Sales & Trading Director at R.W. Pressprich & Co. Inc. and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
      • Assistant Controller at GoldenTree Asset Management L.P.
      • Assurance Senior Associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.
      • CFA Charterholder and CPA (NY)
      • Lehigh University - BS Finance & Accounting

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      Karishma Patel​

       

      After VU: Joined Tim Draper's investment fund platform Draper Venture Network, managing multiple venture capital funds.

      • Platform Specialist at LiveIntent
      • Strategy & Operations at ClassPass
      • Digital Marketing at Columbia Records
      • Masters in Social Entrepreneurship at USC Marshall
      • Harvard Business School, HBX, Business Analytics, Economics, & Financial Accounting
      • NYU (BA), Music Industry Management & Media & Technology 

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      Wayne Lim​

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Fellow at Venture University and is looking to raise a venture fund.

      • Involved with four startups, co-founded three of them
      • Work experience at Bain & Company, W.R. Hambrecht & Company, SynerAsia Venture Capital, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and Infosys
      • Harvard (MBA) and Case Western Universities (Doctoral degree)
      • Board of Directors, Harvard Business School Newspaper
      • Author of Prentice-Hall Software Management book, Managing Software Reuse

      LinkedIn

      FinTech Team

      Elias Can

       

      After VU: Joined an an Investment Analyst at Fenox Venture Capital

      • Formerly a Portfolio Management Associate at Harding Loevner
      • The College of New Jersey - BS Finance
      • Die-hard NBA fan, Fintech & Blockchain enthusiast 

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      Noubar Tedjirian​

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Fellow at Venture University and interviewing at venture funds and private equity funds

      • Previously Management Consultant at Euroconsult North America
      • Studied Finance at McGill University 
      • Active Boy Scouts leader and volunteer within Armenian communities 
      • Sports and eSports enthusiast

      LinkedIn

      Twitter

      Yan Mu

       

      After VU: Joining VU for a 2nd semester

      • Asset Servicing at BNY Mellon
      • Senior Operations Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
      • Senior Portfolio Manager at AuRui Chemical Corp
      • Shanghai Finance & Economics University, Masters in Financial Engineering
      • Liverpool John Moores University, Masters in International Banking & Finance

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      Ben York

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Associate at Archview, largest investment fund dedicated to the legal cannabis industry.

      • Formerly an Account Executive at Remedly Inc and an Analyst at Citigroup in Equity Derivatives and Mortgage Backed Securities
      • Studied Economics with a concentration in Financial Markets at Colby College
      • Sneaker collector and investor and avid Arsenal FC fan

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      Jeff Piltch

       

      After VU: Joined part-time at a new Crypto venture fund and VP of Business Development at Keybot

      • Sold family-owned business ARS Restoration Specialists to The RESCON Group in June of 2018, a strategic buyer financed by PNC Mezzanine Capital

      • Jeff stayed on as Director of Corporate Development before pursuing a career in VC

      • Active member of Beacon Angels and SideCar Angels in Boston

      • Founder and Manager of R&J RE LLC, a real estate investment and management group based in Boston

      • CFA Charterholder and Massachusetts Licensed Construction Supervisor

      • Blog: https://medium.com/@piltchj

      LinkedIn

      Healthcare Team

      JJ Fang

       

      After VU: Went back to Taiwan to raise a venture capital fund.

      • Previously Investment Manager @TTVC
      • Previously at New Deantronics, Quanta and Innolux
      • Masters in Applied Mechanics at Taiwan University

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      Margaret Quigley

       

      After VU: Continued to manage personal investment portfolio, looking to become an active angel investor, and joined Venture University as a Venture Fellow

      • Investment Manager, Managing Personal Investment Portfolio
      • Director of Institutional Equity Trading, Telsey Advisory Group
      • Director of Institutional Equity Trading, JMP Group
      • Director of Institutional Equity Trading, Bank of America
      • Hackbright Academy, Python Coding 

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      Joe Harris

       

      After VU: Joined Venture University as a Venture Fellow and interviewing at hedge funds, venture funds, and private equity funds.

      • Skilled at strategic management and practices for formulating, implementing, and evaluating strategies in organizations under conditions of disruptive technological change and uncertainty
      • Designed, implemented, and back tested algorithmic (IPython) Forex trading strategies at Quantopian
      • Master of Science degree in Organizational Management from Eastern Connecticut State University

      LinkedIn

      Vitor Lima​

       

      After VU: Received an offer to join a multi-billion private equity buyout fund

      • Blockchain & Crytpocurrency Hedge Fund Manager
      • 5x Entrepreneur
      • College Dropout To Do VC

      LinkedIn

      HighTech Team

      Lupo Benatti​

       

      After VU: Went back to Italy to pursue an MBA

      • From Verona, Italy
      • Private Equity Analyst at Praesidium
      • University of San Francisco focusing on Business Administration and Economics
      • Studied at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
      • Photographer, See Instagram

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      Grant Kendall-Bell​

       

      After VU: Joined Venture University for a 2nd Semester, focusing on the Frontier Tech in Cohort 3

      • Degree in Business, specialized in Entrepreneurial Finance and Investment at AU, LSE, CUHK
      • Senior Tech Sector Analyst at AU Student Managed Investment Fund
      • Business Development Research Analyst, Booz Allen Hamilton
      • Regional Finalist in Venture Capital Investment Competition
      • Space industry enthusiast, aspiring subject matter expert in Space Tech investment

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      Jagruti Bhikha​

       

      After VU: Joined Venture University as a Managing Director to launch the Angel Immersion Program

      • Angel Investor, 38+ portfolio companies
      • Senior Innovation Consultant, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
      • Founding Partner, Wingpact
      • Tech Mentor, Singularity University
      • Global Account Manager, Cisco
      • MS, Project Management, George Washington University
      • NYU - Polytechnic School of Engineering & Computer Science

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      Ben Steven​

       

      After VU: Received multiple job offers and is deciding what to do next

      • CFO, Bipronum, a Silicon Valley company developing the first-ever cloud-based DIY workflow solution
      • Co-CEO / Owner, Steven GmbH, Modernized a 170-yr old business and reinforced global leadership position
      • Senior Portfolio Manager, ABP Investments, world’s 3rd-largest managed pension fund

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      Rohit Gupta​

       

      After VU: Joined as an Investment Analyst at Plug and Play's investment Fund, leading cybersecurity investments

      • Product Manager, ShieldX Networks
      • Investment Banking Summer Analyst, Credit Suisse
      • Investment Banking Analyst, Bridge Street Advisors
      • Business Technology Analyst, Deloitte
      • UC Berkeley, Business Administration

      LinkedIn

      Impact Team

      Stefan Arteaga

       

      After VU: Joined Venture University for a 2nd Semester to join Cohort 3's Healthcare investment team

      • Innovation & Entrepreneurship minded professional with experience in both nanotechnology and marketing 
      • Cross-cultural experience in Latin America and Europe.
      • IP Portfolio Manager, Capacitor Sciences
      • Production Chemist & Marketing, Polypure AS
      • University of Olso, MS, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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      Alina Tioupikova

       

      After VU: Received two venture capital job offers and is deciding what to do

      • Experience ranging from startups, large enterprise, and government, dabbling in product, engineering and Ops.
      • Knowledge in leading and empowering teams to create innovative products that disrupt at scale
      • Led new technology initiatives on Pearson’s Global Product team, introducing VR and AI capabilities, delivering next-gen digital learning experience
      • Previously, co-founded an incubator in Australia that focused on helping non-technical entrepreneurs build and launch MVPs in the consumer facing tech space
      • Has a background in Entrepreneurship and Computer Science and thrives in conversations that intersect the two

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      Yvonne Okafor

       

      After VU: Looking to launch a venture fund in Nigeria

      • Born in Nigeria, raised in Argentina, Nigeria and the United States
      • Previously a Venture Fellow at Score 3 Angel Network and Operations Intern at United Way Worldwide
      • Passionate about investing to developed emerging markets, especially Sub-Sahara Africa
      • American University - Masters of Science in Finance; CAIA candidate 

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      Christopher Tarika​

       

      After VU: Joined as a Venture Fellow at Venture University, and is actively interviewing for venture capital and private equity roles

      • Experienced and licensed financial adviser at Fidelity Investments
      • History of social impact community service in Latin America
      • Economics Major at Hobart College with a focus in portfolio design

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