Invests in
Sectors:
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Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- HU
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Investments
Work Experience
2024
Founder and Managing Partner
2024
Optimist Ventures is an early stage VC firm investing in companies that enhance productivity and dignity in economic-backbone sectors: insurance, healthcare, and industrial automation. Our mission is to promote a positive, symbiotic relationship between labor and technology.
2021 - 2024
Partner
2021 - 2024
Co-leading $285M multi-stage global VC fund at Antler. Helped establish Antler as the most active investor globally across most major tech ecosystems.
2018 - 2021
Vice President
2018 - 2021
Investments, M&A and funds for SoftBank Group International, and co-founded offices in NYC, SF, and Jakarta.
2016 - 2018
Principal
2016 - 2018
Principal for multi-stage VC investments for CVC of Comcast NBCU.
2013 - 2016
Vice President
2013 - 2016
SoftBank Capital Princeville US Growth Investments and co-founder of SE Asia investment practice.
2011 - 2013
Investment Banking Analyst | Technology, Media & Telecom
2011 - 2013
M&A and financing transactions across the internet, software, commtech and semis.
2010 - 2010
Investment Banking Summer Intern
2010 - 2010
2009 - 2009
Intern
2009 - 2009
Intern for U.S. Congressman Steve Israel
2008 - 2008
Marketing Intern
2008 - 2008
2008 - 2008
Blogger & Intern
2008 - 2008
Worked for Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig to raise awareness around the idea that no matter your issue, campaign finance needs to be reformed to get it right