Isaac Schlecht

Head of Strategic Finance & Investor Relations

2025

Akool provides personalized visual marketing products powered by cutting-edge Gen AI and trusted by major brands including Coca Cola, Amazon, General Mills, and McDonalds.

Member | Angel Investor

2021

Brown Angel Group is a global network of 900+ angel investors who are leveraging capital, connections, and community to support startups founded by Brown University alumni. We invest in companies at any stage in the startup lifecycle. Our investments to date have been in wide-ranging industries including computer vision, robotics, CPG, digital health, computational biology, therapeutics, HR tech, ed tech, e-commerce, sports media, and marketplaces.

Investor & Analyst

2024 - 2025

Sourcing, investing, and consulting for outstanding venture companies. Sectors include B2B AI, legal tech, healthcare, and energy storage. Clients include venture capital and professional services firms, multinational banks and insurance companies, angel groups, and family offices.

Partner

2023 - 2023

Castor Ventures is a private venture fund for MIT alumni and friends of the community to access high-quality, diversified venture portfolios in early to growth-stage companies, many with a MIT alumni connection. Our investors own a portfolio of ~20-30 venture investments diversified by stage, sector, and geography. The fund co-invests alongside other established venture firms. Castor Ventures is part of the Alumni Ventures (AV) family of venture funds. AV is a network-powered venture capital firm that provides accredited investors with a smart, simple way to own professionally managed venture portfolios. We are consistently recognized by Pitchbook as one of the most active venture investors in the world. We have a rapidly growing portfolio of over 800+ companies and have raised over $800M in capital from our investors. Our community boasts 600,000+ alumni, entrepreneurs, and subscribers, and we typically co-invest alongside other established venture firms.

Senior Principal

2021 - 2023

Principal

2020 - 2021

Senior Associate

2019 - 2019

Founder, CEO

2017 - 2019

Design and development of digital economic simulation game, with collaborators at MIT and worldwide

MBA Candidate

2017 - 2019

Co-President of 2018 MIT Venture Capital & Innovation Conference; VP of Content for 2018 MIT Investment Conference; active in Venture Capital & Private Equity Club, Technology Club, and Sloan Coders Club

MBA Associate

2018 - 2019

Provided analytic support for transactions, due diligence, and market research in growth-equity and venture capital across the global internet, technology, and consumer sectors

Senior Analyst, Business and Research

2014 - 2017

Research, deal sourcing, portfolio management, valuation, and investor relations at growth equity venture capital firm focused on technology-enabled services (SaaS, clean tech / distributed solar, fintech, internet & communications infrastructure, business services, and online media)

Associate

2013 - 2014

Investment analysis, marketing, research, and new product development at investment management firm specializing in fixed income and currencies

Summer Analyst

2011 - 2011

Investment analysis, deal sourcing, and portfolio monitoring at lower-middle-market private equity firm