As the startup ecosystem in NY continues to mature, many seed stage startups are now looking to raise Series A funding in order to reach the customers and milestones they've identified. We'll be speaking with seed & series A Venture Capitalists, who will help us identify the factors that go into startups being able to successfully raise Series A funding, and effectively manage their capital in order to scale their teams and bring their ventures to new heights.
Andy joined Two Sigma Ventures in 2017 and spends his time on the investment team finding, funding, and supporting early stage technology companies.
Prior to joining Two Sigma, Andy was an investor with ff Venture Capital where he focused on seed stage companies in areas such as machine learning, blockchain, robotics, and VR/AR.
Olivia Benjamin joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2018 as an investor focused on consumer products and technologies and enterprise software. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Olivia spent four years at Goldman Sachs in New York. Most recently, Olivia worked on Goldman Sachs’ Impact Investment team, focused on healthcare and education technology investments.
Hootan co-leads Canaan Beta, the firm's consumer seed program, and focuses on blockchain investments. He also works closely with the firm's fintech, SaaS and consumer portfolios. Prior to Canaan, Hootan spent three years on LinkedIn’s business operations team in Silicon Valley, where he worked on the mobile and feed consumer product teams and oversaw mobile growth.
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