I came from a family of entrepreneurs who inspired and nurtured my unconventional path. I'm obsessed with creating and growing companies.

• Population. Physical AI for pandemic preparedness and workplace intelligence. Developed and won multiple patents, published peer-reviewed research. Served Fortune 500 customers. Written up in Geekwire and Grit Daily. Won Gold Stevie Award and Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award.
• Modular (acquired). Venture acceleration for tech companies. Served as interim CMO and provided ​​for >20 venture-backed Seed through Series D technology companies (see more below). Provided GTM strategy, marketing leadership, and operational execution that propelled companies toward successful funding rounds, acquisitions, and exits. Forbes writer.
• Core Health. Wellness-focused membership site. Grew to >20k MAUs & shut to pursue MBA.
• Infusion (acquired). A brick-and-mortar business I started at age 23 and grew into a multi-discipline wellness hub.

I focus on unstoppable founders innovating in the following categories:

Intelligent Industry + Physical AI + Energy Efficiency

• Miso Robotics. Autonomous robotic kitchen assistants for the food service industry (backed by Ecolab, Pitbull Ventures, and Meyer Global).
• Fort Robotics. Industrial safety and security platform for autonomous machines (backed by Tiger Global Management, Quiet Capital, Compound, and Creative Ventures).
• Raya Power. Clean energy automation solutions (backed by Banco Popular).
• Elastic Energy. Orchestration infrastructure for the New Grid, connecting and controlling distributed energy systems at scale.
• Parallax Worlds. Advanced reliability testing software for robots (backed by Unusual Ventures, Pear Ventures, and Boost VC).
• Network Ocean. Underwater data centers (backed by Y Combinator, Soma Capital, and Pioneer Fund).

AI Infra + AI Safety

• SoloKeys. Open source authentication hardware (seedstrapped + growing on revenue).
• Shelf.io. Enterprise knowledge management (backed by Base10 Partners, Insight Partners, Outsiders Fund, and Contour Venture Partners).
• TheNeeds. AI/ML-powered personalized content discovery, acquired by Shopkick.
• Noble. Virtual commerce for on-premise events, acquired by GRUBBRR.

Human Health + Potential

• Fauna Bio. Biotech company harnessing animal biology for human disease therapeutics (backed by True Ventures, National Institutes of Health, Lifeforce Capital, and The Longevity Fund).
• Clear Labs. Genomic sequencing for food safety and quality testing (backed by Menlo Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Wing Venture Capital).
• Spring & Mulberry. Date-sweeteneed chocolate and other consumables (seedstrapped + growing on revenue).
• Remi. Sleep and oral health solutions (backed by Foundation Capital, MAGIC Fund, and notable angels).
• HumanQ. Human capability and activation tool solving enterprise and small team challenges (backed by Kindred Ventures and notable angels).

Notes:

I've redacted companies in stealth, where I'm a silent investor, or who have disappeared.

AI seems to be a categorical investment trend, but I see it as a foundational technology that brings enablement and competitive advantage to companies with a clear definition of a value proposition. Many of the above companies are also "AI companies," but I've aligned them to a truer vertical.

Worked with the following selected companies as an interim Chief Marketing Officer and/or Chief Strategy Officer and/or, elastic team lead across GTM, product markting, and growth.

Companies included:

Adweek

Apollo

Browns

Captable.io

Density

Eventbrite

FaunaDB

KISSmetrics

Komposite

MakerBot

Matouk

NEOU

Parsley Health

Shelf

Silvur

Startups.com

WeConvene

Cultivated relationships across the VC landscape, from informal deal sharing to structured co-investment partnerships.

Current Venture Partner or Fund Advisor Roles

• Blue Vision Capital. Blue Vision Capital backs seed stage companies transforming industrial, energy, and urban infrastructure through deeply embedded artificial intelligence. I help with positioning and thesis-building, startup sourcing and due diligence, and capital formation.
• Halcyon Ventures / Halcyon Futures. Responsible AI/biosecurity fund (one of the first). I was a Fund of Fund syndicate lead, and continue with startup sourcing and diligence, LP relationship-building, and thesis development.
• Amenti Capital. Connected mobility fund. I advise on thesis, technical brand, and portco support.

Previous Fund Involvement

• Grishin Robotics. Early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley that invests in robotics, consumer, and consumerized enterprise sectors. I leveraged my network of founders and funders to identify right-fit backable startups.
• Republic. Financial technology firm specializing in private market investment services. I sourced compelling companies for community financing.

Venture Capital Continuing Education

• Venture Capital Unlocked, with Stanford University & 500Global. An invite-only program designed for emerging leaders to shape the future of the venture capital industry.
• Valuation, with Prof. Damodaran, Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA). A comprehensive review of the various methods used in valuation of a private and public firm in a domestic and a cross-border setting.
• VC Lab, considered the premiere Venture Capital accelerator. I developed my thesis and fund materials, but did not raise a fund to formally graduate from the program.

Provided extensive portfolio support, speaking engagements, and startup follow-on advisory for top-tier accelerators worldwide.

• Techstars. New York City, Hardware/IOT, Barclay's Fin-Tech & Blockchain programs.
• Plug and Play Tech Center. Supply Chain & Logistics, Brand & Retail programs.
• Highway1. Silicon Valley's original hard-tech accelerator backed by PCH.
• H-Farm. Italy.
• Gener8tor. International. Emphasis on building global manufacturing and hard-tech businesses.
• 500Global. International. Emphasis on deep-tech, hard-tech, and AI.