Hi, I’m Laura Rippy. I am a Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures. I’m thrilled to be here. Tell Us About Your Journey I think of venture capitalists as one of two arcs, either they come in as a financial person who makes their way into investing in early stage companies, or they come in as […]
Hi, I’m Jimmy Orsillo. I’m a General Partner and the CFO of Underscore VC, an early-stage venture firm here in Boston. My role is to support the back office of Underscore, and then also get deeply involved with portfolio companies to help them build and grow. Tell Us About Your Journey My journey started as […]
My name is Jean Hammond. I’m the co-founder and general partner at LearnLaunch Fund Plus Accelerator. We work with Ed-Tech companies and workforce upscaling companies to build a better future. Tell Us About Your Journey I started as a tech entrepreneur. I got to be a tech entrepreneur after business school, going to Edinburgh, Scotland […]
Hi, I’m Charlie Hipwood, President and CEO of MassVentures. We’re an investment firm focused on early-stage deep-tech companies in Massachusetts. Tell Us About Your Journey Well, my journey is a bit of a complicated one, but a fun one. I originally worked on Wall Street, but at a time when the tech boom was occurring, […]
Phil Gager is the Managing Director of Service Provider Capital, New England, a very active fund that is now two years into its investment period. Likely to do 60 – 70 investments from this fund, Phil and SPC have amassed an extraordinarily valuable network of entrepreneurs, service providers and financing sources that creates enormous value for the SPC portfolio.
Interview with Tom Lazay, Co-Founder and General Partner, Companyon Ventures Hi I’m Tom Lazay Co-Founder and General Partner at Companyon Ventures. We’re a venture capital firm based in Boston, investing in B2B software companies at the post-seed pre-A stage. Tell Us About Your Journey I got into entrepreneurship starting in undergrad with a classmate of […]
My journey: I’m a generalist, and I feel really grateful that I was able to build my career at a time when being a generalist was acceptable. I think we are hyper focused on specialists, and I think my journey has allowed me to do many different things through the years and be many different things. And I think all of that has contributed to what I do today, which is work as a professional investor.
Interview with Tom Meyer, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures Group Hi, I’m Tom Meyer, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures Group, Nassau Street Ventures. We invest in all types of companies, all stages, sectors and geographies. Tell Us About Your Journey I’m lucky. I had a lot of opportunities growing up. Before I got here, I […]