Aaron Holiday

Board Member

2023

Co-founder and Managing Partner

2014

645 Ventures is an early-stage investment firm with over $550M AUM. We partner with founders at the Seed and Series A stages. I specialize in committing to founders across who are pursuing bold ideas in enterprise and vertical SaaS, marketplaces, and consumer technology across industries.

Board Member, Cornell Tech

2020

Cornell Tech Councilor on the governing board of Cornell Tech

Adjunct Faculty (Early Adopters & Startup Spinout Clinic)

2020

Teach Early Adopters to Masters of Engineering in Computer Science, MBA, and LLM students. Also, lead Startup Spinout Clinics, a series of sessions that help students transition their academic startup projects to startup businesses that are on the verge of launching products and raising external capital.

Managing Entrepreneurial Officer

2013 - 2020

Work in tandem with Greg Pass to build and launch the Studio and Engaged Learning pedagogy, where masters students, PhDs, and postdocs build real technologies; and leading tech companies, venture capitalists, and successful startup founders collaborate with the Cornell Tech community to innovate, rapidly prototype, and access talented pioneering technologists.

Associate

2012 - 2013

Work with Managing Partners on a portfolio company acquisition strategy, drafting letters to LPs, fundraising, deal sourcing, due diligence, financial analysis, writing investment memos, and investment theme research.

Business Analyst - Product Development

2008 - 2010

Worked with the head of FX Options Product Management to design and launch a disruptive API for the derivatives trading market, moving a once voice brokerage model to an electronic trading business.

Software Engineer - Equities Division

2004 - 2008

Built, designed, and supported proprietary technology for the Program Trading desk. Collectively, the Program Trading and Algorithmic Trading desks executed over $4B in notional trades daily.