JV

Joe Vasquez

Head of Growth Tech & AI Partnerships at BCG | Product Leader & Investor | Rice MCS (AI/ML) | Michigan Ross MBA | Past: Gusto, Runway Incubator (Acquired), TFA, StartX, Stanford

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $3,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Director, Growth Tech & AI Partnerships

    2023

  • Senior Manager, Partnerships

    2021 - 2023

2015 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2024

    826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills.

2023 - 2023

  • MBA Consultant

    2023 - 2023

2019 - 2023

  • Venture Partner

    2019 - 2023

  • Partner, Innovation & Strategy Consultant

    2019 - 2022

    Boutique innovation advisory, investment, and venture building practice with clients including Visa, Balero Accelerator, Turkish and Korean government innovation programs, and 10+ startups ranging from pre-seed to series B (two exits). Acquired by Mind the Bridge in 2022. Select investments: With, Karat, Tyba, Quoll, Modyfi, Release, Arketa.

2021 - 2021

  • MBA Product Manager, Financial Products

    2021 - 2021

  • Director

    2015 - 2019

    Runway Incubator is a corporate innovation advisory firm, social impact accelerator, and coworking space for high-growth early stage startups in San Francisco. Led exit to China Vanke (Fortune 500).

  • Co-Founder, Lead Investor

    2015 - 2018

    Michelson Runway is an accelerator for startups in higher education and career training. - Portfolio One: Lrnr, Motimatic, Pragya Systems, ReUp Education, and WorkAmerica - Portfolio Two: APL nextED, Gooroo, MeasureOne, NameCoach, NexusEdge, Osmosis, Qualified.io, The Whether by Better Weekdays, Year On

  • Data Strategy & Product Management – Education Pioneers Fellow

    2013 - 2014

2011 - 2013

  • Corps Member

    2011 - 2013