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Oshiomah Richard Odior

Pre-seed and Seed VC

New York City Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $200,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $125,000.00

Work Experience

  • Head of Pre-seed Investments

    2023

    Investing in early stage companies Pre-seed & Seed in partnership with one of the top global banks.

  • Adjunct Course Leader - Product Strategy

    2019

    Course Topics Include: Discovering, Developing, Managing, and Marketing Products as a Business

2020

  • Venture Advisor

    2020

    Mercury is an early-stage venture capital firm. With over $600 million under management, Mercury focuses on software entrepreneurs and innovation originating in Middle America. Our investment themes target SaaS, Cloud, and Data Science/AI platforms that make the markets and industries of Middle America more competitive and efficient.

  • Limited Partner

    2020

    Darkmode Ventures is an early-stage fund managed by builders for builders. Investing in the next generation of enterprise software companies with a focus on developer platforms, AI/ML, and the modern data stack.

  • Limited Partner

    2020

    First Close Partners is a venture capital fund-of-funds investing in both established and emerging VC funds globally.

  • Venture Partner

    2019

    NextGen invests $1 million in seed stage companies and $2 million to $10 million in companies with more than $10 million in revenue.

2019 - 2023

  • Corporate Innovation & Strategy

    2019 - 2023

    I led global cross-functional product and program initiatives to execute against our Chief Revenue Officers strategic and product initiatives across the family of apps. Key Projects: Commerce Initiatives - Facebook and Instagram Shopping - $100 SMB Investment Platform investment Program

2017 - 2020

  • Co-Founder

    2017 - 2020

    Co-founded an organization focused on providing support to Black & LatinX founders at the Friends & Family Stage through providing access to mentorship, connectors, investors and venture ecosystem players to help scale their business. Over 33% of companies served raised over $1M in Seed Funding.

2017 - 2019

  • New Product and Company Launch Strategist

    2017 - 2019

    Executed projects focused on software and platform companies exploring 0 to 1 Build Product Builds, New Product Builds, and Growth Expansion via Acquisition or New Market Entry: New Company and Product Launch Strategy, RCS Messaging Company Growth Strategy, Automotive Technology company Investment & Due Diligence Strategy, Telehealth Expansion Strategy, EdTech Organization Business Innovation Strategy, Global Telco Customer Acquisition Strategy, Global Devices Company

2015 - 2017

  • Venture Capital

    2015 - 2017

    Sourced companies and conducted due diligence on potential investment opporutnities across multiple verticals align with our organizational mission. Executed special projects and programs with partner organizations to enhance our investment landscape and opportunity size. Created operational frameworks that enhanced the speed, consistency and execution of Fund systems and operations.