Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$750,000.00Max Investment:
$3,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- CU
- CU
Lists including Richard
Investments
Work Experience
2015
Co-Founder & General Partner
2015
Underscore VC is an early-stage, venture capital firm backing bold entrepreneurs with an aligned community designed to fit each startup's unique needs.
2023
Venture Capital Advisor
2023
1:1 mentor to students and future founders, by holding monthly office hours on campus to provide students with feedback on their ideas, business models, and other core aspects of their new ventures.
2013
Angel Investor
2013
๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ (๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ +) โข Chainlink Labs (led Seed with Underscore VC) โข Ripple Labs ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ (๐ญ๐ฌ๐ +) โข Mercury Bank โข LabelBox โข OpenPhone โข Notion ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ (๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฌ๐ +) โข Abra, Abodu, Airmeet, AltoIRA, Anvyl, Arda Therapeutics, Cafe X, Cambrian Biotechnologies, Cash Live, Chalk, Clara, Constant, Eight Sleep, Endura Therapeutics, Firefly, Foresight Health, Glif, Golden, GreatMany, Here, Hotline, Jetty, Kinside, Kittl, Knowde, Kodiak Robotics, Levels, Loyal Health, Mastra AI, Melonn, Mem0, MindsDB, Neon, Passport, Pear AI, Permit IO, Pika, POAP, Rarify, SkySafe, Slingshot AI, Smalls, Smarthop, STRIVR, SuperMove, Ubiquity6, Upstream ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ โข Airhouse, Betterview, Creatorspace, Nodesource, Pillow, SketchDeck, Tessera, UpCounsel, Zuli
2013 - 2015
Investment Associate
2013 - 2015
MBA associate at top decile generalist venture capital fund focused on seed-stage investments.
2009 - 2012
Brand Manager (Direct-to-Consumer, Digital)
2009 - 2012
Managed the analytics for D2C from idea to become the fastest-growing channel in the company globally. Specifically launched prestige brands: Shiseido, SK-II, and Fekkai.
2008 - 2009
Software Developer (Front/Back-End, iTunes)
2008 - 2009
Wrote software for the initial iTunes product and iPod 1st generation.
2006 - 2008
Software Developer (Quantitative Research, GSAM)
2007 - 2008
Owned the software development for algorithmic vega-volatility trading on select FX currency pairs.
Software Developer (Front & Back End)
2006 - 2007
Contributed to the codebase for the company's first dynamically rendered customer-facing portal.