Capital Allocation, Ops & Asset Management
Private capital investor with 20 years experience structuring transactions across the capital stack, with a penchant for rolling up his sleeves.
Chart venture partners
$80m Series A venture fund investing in dual use defense & commercial technology, 2006 - 2018
Founding Member
- Established investment thesis while working at the US Army's Picatinny Arsenal, performing tech transfer services for RDECOM
- Deployed capital across 16 companies, occupied 7 Board seats
- Transitioned into Managing Partner towards end of fund life, created liquidity at remaining 7 companies through 5 transactions in 2 years - generated 59% of all fund returns
Flyby media
Computer vision developer creating mobile augmented reality applications, 2009 - 2016
Co-Founder & General Manager
- Originated from strategic discussions with DARPA during the 2008 financial crisis
- Co-authored the founding business plan, focused on leveraging emerging mobile hardware capabilities to commercialize augmented reality experiences
- Helped build the founding corporate and technical team; supported capitalization efforts and contributed to business development and early product adoption
- Joined full-time in 2012 and helped drive a strategic pivot toward localization and mapping technologies (SLAM) to enable navigation in GPS-denied environments
- Acquired by Apple in 2016; technology and team integrated into Apple’s autonomous systems initiative (Project Titan)
Bellnote Venture Partners
Venture partnership pursuing outsized returns through active management, 2018 - 2024
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
- Asset manager for Chart Venture Partners portcos sold to large secondary fund in 2018
- Strategically allocated resources to create value and double down on winners, realizing 11x MOIC
Represented major shareholder positions at the following assets:
CoolIT Systems
Leading liquid cooling solution provider for HPC, Cloud and Enterprise markets, enabling more efficient operation and higher processing power at lower cost.
IntegriCo Composites
Transforming landfill-bound plastics into dependable composite products in a closed loop system by producing eco-friendly rail ties and industrial construction matting that offer significantly longer life cycles.
Katai
Intelligent video conferencing systems that deliver high-quality, low-cost 360° video paired with artificial intelligence for seamless panoramic streaming and no moving parts.
Gro Capital
Conventional working capital solutions for non-traditional industries, 2018 - 2024
Co-Founder & Manager
- Established in 2019 to optimize supply chain and inventory management through structured credit transactions
Hawaii Sandalwood
Exclusive distributor of Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood products, 2018 - 2025
Co-Founder & COO
- Formed in 2018 to support the reforestation of Hawaii’s natural sandalwood forest through a fully sustainable business operation, producing the only organic source of American sandalwood essential oil & hydrosol
- Dedicated to creating an environmentally & economically sustainable Hawaii
- Expanded product catalog to encompass exclusive rights to sell over 50 organic oils and compounds
Intramural ventures
A community of syndicated investors in a collegiate atmosphere
Co-Founder & Manager
- Initially created in 2018 for Yale alumni investing in Yale startups, the syndicate has grown to encompass a broader network of investors & founders
Lux et veritas
Promoting the Yale entrepreneurial ecosystem by bridging affiliated startups and alumni
A global community of over 7,000 alumni and friends of Yale who are engaged in innovation, tech, and entrepreneurship. We support a collaborative framework and partner with organizations including Yale Ventures, Yale Entrepreneurial Society (YES), Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (CITY), Yale Law School, and Yale School of Management.
Advisory
Avocado
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Avocado
The AR code: overlay experiences onto videos by encoding markers into frames.
LynQ
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Avocado
Decentralized, flexible and rapidly deployable network for enhanced integrated comms.
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Web-based custom brand builder for small businesses and startups.