Invests in
Min Investment:
$2,000,000.00Max Investment:
$10,000,000.00Target Investment:
$6,000,000.00
Skills
Education
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Work Experience
2024
Investor
2024
2024
Investor
2024
2024
Investor
2024
2024
Founder
2024
working on something new
2023
Investor
2023
2018
Advisor
2022
VP Business Development & Strategy
2018 - 2022
Early exec hire. Led strategic partnerships and new business initiatives. * Negotiated agreements with Visa & Mastercard; brokered access to key network capabilities & services core to VGS' product offerings * Closed the 2 largest enterprise sales deals (7 figures) in company history * Media & analyst relations – regularly represented VGS; secured exclusive coverage in Bloomberg, Fortune, Cheddar; primary rep. for Gartner, Forrester, S&P Global analyst engagements * Instrumental in bringing on Goldman Sachs and Visa as investors VGS is building a completely modern approach to data security & compliance. We're hiring! https://verygoodsecurity.com/careers
2022
Managing Partner
2022
Early stage investments in AI, B2B SaaS and Fintech
2022 - 2024
Managing Partner, GM - M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund
2022 - 2024
Investing in seed and series A & B startups in B2B SaaS, AI, fintech & gaming.
2011 - 2018
Head of Visa Ventures
2014 - 2018
Responsible for leading Visa's global venture investments & managing Visa's relationships with VCs and the fintech ecosystem. Led investments in Stripe, Chain, Marqeta, MagicCube, Loop (now SamsungPay) and many others. Championed the first ever blockchain investment by a major payments network, which yielded Visa B2B Connect, a cross-border commercial payments platform operating in over 100 countries.
Sr. Director, Product Strategy & Innovation
2011 - 2014
Helping to build the future of payments at Visa. I worked on product strategy for Visa's emerging payment methods, in particular mobile, local, and e-commerce. Managed Visa's strategic partnership with & investment in Square. Evaluated new technologies and startups pursuing innovative solutions in the mobile, payments, and e-commerce spaces.
2010 - 2011
Vice President, Technology
2010 - 2011
Co-founder of October Three, a leading provider of financial services and retirement solutions. We created the first SaaS platform that automates and scales the design and administration of tax-efficient benefits programs. We also provide consulting services to maximize tax-deferred retirement benefits.