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This event is free to Betaworks Studios members. Tickets for non-members are available for $150.
Gain a unique insight into the inner-workings of a VC investment committee during this pitch event & discussion.
One founder will pitch their business to our panel of VCs, this month from Tribeca Venture Partners, followed by a discussion with the VCs on their thoughts, suggestions, & what they look for in a pitch.
One Betaworks Studios member will be chosen to pitch their company.
IIf you'd like to submit yourself for consideration, please do so in the RSVP form.
Since joining General Catalyst in 2013, I've focused on making early stage investments & work closely with portfolio companies including: Cadre, Major League Hacking, Mark43, Outdoor Voices, Ro, & Rebag. Other investments I have supported include Circle, Freebird, Giphy, Jet.com (acquired by Walmart), & Workflow (acquired by Apple).
In addition, I co-founded & oversee Rough Draft Ventures, through which General Catalyst invests in promising university entrepreneurs. With a portfolio of over 100 startups we've backed on college campuses, RDV has expanded access to capital & mentorship for student entrepreneurs across the country. It's incredibly rewarding to work with first-time CEOs as I am passionate about empowering high-potential founders early in their careers.
Brian is a co-founder & Managing Partner of Tribeca Venture Partners. Prior to starting Tribeca Venture Partners in 2011, Brian was the founder & Managing Director of the venture arm of Greenhill & Co (NYSE: GHL), a Principal at Sterling Partners & a Vice President at ABN AMRO's U.S. venture fund. In total, Brian has spent more than 20 years in the venture business.
He has invested across a broad number of sectors during his career including fintech, enterprise & SMB SaaS, marketplaces, healthcare, martech & real estate tech. Brian currently is responsible for the following TVP investments: ACV Auctions, AiCure, AlphaSense, CommonBond, Cuebiq, Domio, Honeybook, Lendio, Mighty, Ozobot, ShopKeep, Suzy, Thinkful, Truveris, Visibly & Zibby.
Brian serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Venture Capital Association (NYVCA).
Brian holds a BA in economics & American studies from Brandeis University.
CHIP MEAKEM
Chip is a co-founder & Managing Partner of Tribeca Venture Partners. Chip has been operating & investing in NYC companies since 1996 & has been a founder, operating executive or lead investor of several leading NYC companies including 24/7 Media, N2K, Massive & AppNexus.
Prior to co-founding Tribeca Venture Partners, Chip was an active NYC VC at both Kodiak Venture Partners & DFJ Gotham. Chip serves on several Boards of Directors & manages investments including Backtrace, BetterCloud, Hive, Journaya, Loftsmart, Pebblepost, Spiffy & Tentrr.
Chip's previous investments include Appnexus (acquired by AT&T); Ingenio (acquired by AT&T); Massive (acquired by Microsoft); Pantero (acquired by Progress Software) Q-Link Technologies (acquired by Adobe Systems); TRA Global (acquired by Tivo) & Where (acquired by eBay). Chip was also a seed investor in FreeMarkets, which went public & peaked at a $12B market cap.
Before moving to the venture side, Chip was a founding employee at Interactive Imaginations where he started the Commonwealth Network (launched in Q1, 1996), one of the Internet's first advertising networks, building it from a concept to top 10 media property. Interactive Imaginations eventually became 24/7 Media & went public in 1998. Chip also worked at N2k & was responsible for
strategic distribution partnerships for the leading music e-tailer.
Chip holds a B.A. from Cornell University, where he was a member of the varsity basketball team, & an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
NITYA RAJENDRAN
Nitya is a Senior Associate at Tribeca Venture Partners. She leads sourcing & diligence & serves as a Board Observer for ACV Auctions, Domio, Porter Road, & Vivvi. Prior to joining the firm, Nitya was an investment banking analyst at Lazard where she received the Andr Meyer Fellowship. At Lazard, she worked on mergers & acquisitions as well as restructurings across numerous sectors within the Middle Market Group.
Her passion for entrepreneurship & investing began at Georgetown University where she was the Director of Operations at the Social Innovation Public Service (SIPS) Fund, a $1.5 million fund dedicated to fund student & alumni projects to improve the Georgetown community & the community at large.
Nitya graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a B.A. in Classics & a minor in economics. She serves on the Trinity Alumni Women's Committee & is a Board Member for Off the Record, an organization that creates curated forums for founders.
When she's not meeting with entrepreneurs, Nitya can be found singing musical theater, reading about Ancient Rome, & rooting for the Georgetown basketball team.
RAQUEL (ROCKY) LACHMAN
Rocky is Head of Marketing at Tribeca Venture Partners where she leads marketing for the firm & advises portfolio companies on marketing & branding. She is a brand leader with experience in financial services, health & wellness & lifestyle brand marketing in Fortune 500, startup and
entrepreneurial companies.
Rocky has led marketing at early & mid-stage startups, focusing on brand & digital marketing, innovation, retail strategy, experiential, partnerships & pr & communications. She lives & breathes brands & has spent time at The Coca-Cola Company, American Express, S'well & BlackRock.
Rocky graduated cum laude from Harvard with a B.A. in economics & Spanish. She received her MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. She was awarded the Kellogg Dean's Distinguished Service Award for her efforts in women's leadership.
Rocky is a Trustee of the Dana Hall School & she has previously served on the boards of Girls NYC & Girls for Gender Equity. She is passionate about fitness, women's leadership & startup marketing.
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