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Sven Wollschlaeger

Founding Vice President @ Brightmind Partners | Fmr. CTO, Insight Partners, a16z

New York, New York

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $350,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Founding Vice President, Investor

    2024

    Brightmind is an early-stage venture firm leading Seed and Series A investments into the brightest minds in cybersecurity, infrastructure, and AI. Email me, and don’t be a stranger : ) 🙂🚀📈

2020 - 2024

  • Investor

    2020 - 2024

    Investing in Series A+ software companies, $90 Billion+ AUM.

2023 - 2024

  • Board Observer

    2023 - 2024

2021 - 2021

  • Data Projects (Executive Talent)

    2021 - 2021

    Supporting Seed-Series A+ technology companies, $10 Billion+ AUM.

2020 - 2021

  • Product Manager, New Product Strategy (Innovation)

    2020 - 2021

    Worked directly w/ VP Product Strategy. Built and launched innovation products, along COO, VP Eng, SVP BD, and Head of Innovation. Joined at Series C stage. Series E+ startup w/ $625.3M raised from investors like GV, Altimeter, General Atlantic, Battery Ventures, Mark Walhberg, and Scooter Braun. While here, StockX grew $1.2b to ~$4b and went from 600ees to 1,100ees. #Proudly Built in Detroit

  • Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

    2019 - 2019

    Invested in early-stage tech startups w/ a history of innovation, heart, and Detroit-Midwestern hustle. Seed to Series B, $400M+ AUM. Notable investments: Ethos, StockX, Vroom (NASDAQ: VRM), 100Thieves, Genius, autobooks, Guardhat, etc.

2018 - 2018

  • Software Engineer, Data Science (ML) & Fraud

    2018 - 2018

    Joined at Series A stage, pre-IPO (NYSE: ML). MoneyLion is a consumer fintech startup that leverages modern data approaches to fuel its smart lending and mobile-first personal finance platform.

2018 - 2018

  • Software Engineer, Data Lake

    2018 - 2018

    Joined pre-IPO (NYSE: RKT). Rocket Mortgage (QL) is America's #1 largest online mortgage lender.

2017 - 2018

  • Co-Founder

    2017 - 2018

    Co-Founded 3D and virtual reality tech company specialized in higher-ed campus tour creation. Built and scaled VenueTourist from my dorm room to being deployed at universities all across the U.S. – from campuses like GWU to the University of Miami. Operated out of Dan Gilbert’s Detroit Venture Partners. YC (SUS W20), Startup School. Learned empathy for Founders, the value of good products, great execution, and even better teams!

2017 - 2018

  • Various Projects

    2017 - 2018