Capital Allocation, Ops & Asset Management
Venture capitalist with 17+ years structuring transactions across the capital stack, with a penchant for rolling up his sleeves to capitalize on opportunities.
Chart venture partners
$80m Series A venture fund investing in dual use defense & commercial technology
Founding Member
- Established investment thesis while working at US Army Picatinny Arsenal performing tech transfer services for RDECOM
- Deployed capital in 16 companies, performed due diligence and structured deals
- Transitioned into Managing Partner towards end of fund life, created liquidity at remaining 7 companies through 5 transactions in 2 years generating 59% of all returns
Flyby media
Computer vision developer creating mobile augmented reality applications
Co-Founder & General Manager
- Born out of a conversation with DARPA at the height of the financial crisis in 2008
- Co-authored business plan focused on harnessing emerging mobile hardware advances to commercialize AR experiences
- Joined full time in 2012 to help affect a pivot to focus on localization and mapping technology that enables GPS-denied navigation
- Sold in 2016 to Apple, now part of driverless car effort Project Titan
Bellnote Venture Partners
Venture partnership pursuing outsized returns through active management
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
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
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 grew to encompass a broader network of investors of founders
Lux et veritas
Promoting the Yale entrepreneurial ecosystem by bridging affiliated startups and alumni
A global community of over 6,000 alumni and friends of Yale who are engaged in innovation, tech, and entrepreneurship. We support a collaborative framework and partner with organizations including the 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.
Typogram
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Typogram
Web-based custom brand builder for small businesses and startups.