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Brent Willess

Early Stage AI @ Innospark Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Pre-seed
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $400,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Management
Process Improvement
Project Management
Sales
Financial Analysis
Financial Management Services
Project Planning
Entrepreneurship
Public Sector
Business Strategy
Business Analysis
Strategy
Data Analysis
Research
Public Speaking
Time Management
Leadership
Marketing
Budgets
Finance

Education

Lists including Brent

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Ex-Uber employees who invest

146 people

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Based in UK

1884 people

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Based in Boston & Cambridge

668 people

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All Seed Investors

19691 people

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All Pre-Seed Investors

7972 people

Work Experience

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Innospark Ventures

2025

  • Early Stage AI Investor

    2025

    We invest early in ambitious founders who create transformative AI-driven solutions across enterprise and the physical world - industries where AI has the power to drive foundational change.

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Founder Collective

2020 - 2025

  • Principal

    2021 - 2025

  • MBA Associate

    2020 - 2021

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Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY)

2020 - 2021

  • Student Advisory Board

    2020 - 2021

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Dorm Room Fund

2019 - 2021

  • Investment Partner

    2019 - 2021

    Investing in student-run businesses and backed by First Round Capital

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Uber

2013 - 2019

  • Head of Strategy - UberTransit

    2018 - 2019

  • Strategy Manager - US & Canada

    2017 - 2018

  • Senior Operations Manager

    2015 - 2017

  • Operations and Logistics Manager

    2013 - 2015

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PwC

2011 - 2013

  • Senior Associate

    2013 - 2013

    Worked in the Public Sector Financial Services practice.

  • Associate

    2011 - 2013