Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- DU
- NC
- NC
Lists including William
Investments
Work Experience
2021
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2021
Investing in the evolution of financial services. Supporting founders at the early stage of their journey to build category-defining companies. Current investments include: Anonybit, Azimuth, Freeing Returns, Goodfynd, and GreenLyne. Learn more at www.aperturevc.com and find us on X via @aperturevc
Adjunct Professor
2024
Teach a second-year course for MBA students interested in the venture capital profession. "Special Topics in Finance: VC Lab" is an experiential deep dive into the world of venture capital as a practitioner. Students learn to embracing risk in times of great uncertainty through a hands-on opportunity to evaluate and assess opportunities to invest in early stage companies currently raising capital.
2017 - 2021
VC In Residence
2017 - 2021
First VC in Residence for Morgan Stanley’s Multicultural Innovation Lab, an accelerator program designed for seed stage companies with multicultural founders including women and people of color.
2012 - 2017
Lead Investor, Catalyst Fund
2012 - 2017
Built the Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund, a $20M venture capital fund focused on investing in early stage tech companies led by diverse entrepreneurs. Invested in 50+ startups with aggregate enterprise value exceeding $5 billion including Squire, Flutterwave, EightSleep, and PartPic (acquired by Amazon).
2011 - 2016
Managing Director
2011 - 2016
Sourced and advised pre-seed founders building the next wave of game-changing companies. Dreamit-backed companies include SeatGeek, Octane Lending, and LevelUp (acquired by Grubub).
2008 - 2011
Founder and Managing Director
2008 - 2011
Strategic advisory and consulting firm serving the strategic and operational needs of growth-oriented companies. Client engagements included: Managing the planning, development, and launch of an online venture for a $350MM media company with radio, TV, and print holdings. Leading the post-merger integration of multiple media properties (3 companies, 150+ employees) with a publicly traded traditional media company (1,000+ employees).
2004 - 2009
Director Strategy Business Development
2007 - 2009
Transformed the post-merger operations of 4 online advertising businesses into a fully integrated digital $2B advertising entity. Served as chief of staff to and managed business unit performance and led strategic initiatives to achieve growth objectives.
Senior Manager, Operational Effectiveness Program
2004 - 2007
- Strategically wound down operations of AOL's worldwide customer support and call center operations. - Led cost reduction initiatives to offset subscriber revenue decline
2001 - 2002
Manager, Global Strategy
2001 - 2002
More strategy and M&A consulting. This time in the legal and regulatory space.
1999 - 2001
Associate
1999 - 2001
Strategy and M&A consulting. Advised on a wide range of financial services cases including the management buyout of a payments processor, pre-IPO preparation of a life insurance provider, and the creation of a venture-backed eCommerce roll-up.
1998 - 1998
Summer Associate
1998 - 1998
My introduction to the world of management consulting between Y1 and Y2 of business school.