Experience

Taro Finance (Techstars '23)

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  TaroFi digitizes & automates the capital raises for startups while providing investors with access to secondary markets with reliable liquidity. TaroFi digitizes & automates the capital raises for startups while providing investors with access to secondary markets with reliable liquidity.



Intellectual Ventures

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate

  • Jul 2019 - Nov 2021

  Intellectual Ventures is a alternative investments fund focused on private equity & venture capital with over $6B in AUM. The firm also operates it’s own venture studio & incubator focused on cutting edge tech.

• Business Strategy Analyst

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2019

  Intellectual Ventures is a PE/VC firm with over $6 billion in committed capital focused on utilizing IP for the development of new technology ventures.



Advance Social Innovation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cryptocurrency Impact Fund Management

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

  CrowdDoing leverages micro-leadership, service learning, and virtual collaboration to allow volunteers from around the world to collaborate to support social innovations and social enterprises that have an impact potential that is transformative. CrowdDoing assesses each social innovation to understand its critical path, to identify leverage points for shared value scaling, and for global volunteers to collaborate across disciplinary lines to support social innovations progressing in service of the interest of all stakeholders. Show less



Merit Harbor Capital

• United States
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Analyst-Investment Banking

  • 2015 - 2016

  Merit Harbor Capital is a leading boutique investment bank focused on middle market companies between $50MM – $200MM in revenues. Merit Harbor executes sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, and capital advisory services. In addition, Merit Harbor offers corporate services such as debt and equity capital raises, corporate finance and valuation, and real estate & project finance.~Sell-Side M&A~Buy-Side M&A~Debt & Equity Capital Raises / Restructuring~Private Equity recapitalizations~PE LBO~Corporate Finance advisory~Real Estate development and project financing Show less

• Investment Banking Intern

  • 2015 - 2015



Cougar Investment Fund LLC

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Portfolio Manager

  • 2014 - 2015

  Managed macro trend tracking equity portfolio w/AUM $50 Million Also work as an analyst to pick stocks with a focus on the basic materials sector Generated returns of ~2% in 3 months Managed macro trend tracking equity portfolio w/AUM $50 Million Also work as an analyst to pick stocks with a focus on the basic materials sector Generated returns of ~2% in 3 months



Howard Hughes Medical Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012