I am a co-founder and partner at NextView Ventures, a thematic, seed-stage venture capital firm focused on companies that redesign the everyday economy. Throughout my career, I have partnered with founders to build and scale technology businesses across diverse sectors, including numerous successful exits. Previously, I served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and held roles at Spark Capital, eBay, and The Parthenon Group.
Co-Founder and Partner
NextView Ventures
Apr 2010 – Present · 16 yrs
NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm. We invest in companies that leverage technology to redesign the "everyday economy". These are the categories of life where mainstream people spend most of their time and money - housing, food, transportation, apparel, wellness, etc. For a look at our current portfolio or more about NextView, please visit www.nextviewventures.com.
Seed Investor
bobbie baby
Sep 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 7 mos
Investor
Devoted Health
Oct 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 6 mos
Investor
Setpoint.io
Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs
Investor
Canopy
Jun 2025 – Present · 10 mos
Investor
Theo Ai
Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos
Investor
Patrol
Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos
Investor
Beside
Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos
Investor
Bito
Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos
Investor
CarEdge
Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos
Investor
The Browser Company
May 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos
The Browser Company was acquired by Atlassian in 2025
Investor
Reforge
Feb 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos
Seed Investor
Form Health
Feb 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos
Seed Investor
Carefull
Dec 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos
New York, United States
Seed Investor
Tive Inc
May 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 11 mos
Sensor-driven supply chain visibility
Seed Investor
Heat Watch
Apr 2020 – Present · 6 yrs
Seed Investor
kencko.com
Nov 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 5 mos
New York City Metropolitan Area
Seed Investor
Jumbo Privacy
Dec 2018 – Jul 2023 · 4 yrs 7 mos
Jumbo was acquired by Coalition in 2023
Seed Investor
GetHuman
Aug 2016 – Jul 2022 · 5 yrs 11 mos
GetHuman completed a successful investor buyout in 2022
Seed Investor
Troops
Jun 2015 – May 2022 · 6 yrs 11 mos
Troops was successfully acquired by Salesforce in 2022
Entrepreneur In Residence
Harvard Business School
Aug 2016 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos
Board Director / Seed Investor
Paintzen
Jun 2014 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos
Paintzen was successfully acquired by PPG in 2018
Board Director / Seed Investor
Sunrise (acq. by MSFT)
May 2013 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos
Sunrise was successfully acquired by Microsoft in Feb 2015
Board Director / Seed Investor
Directr (acq. by GOOG)
Apr 2012 – Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos
Directr was successfully acquired by Google in August 2014
Seed Investor
RentJuice (acq. by Zillow)
Jun 2009 – May 2012 · 2 yrs 11 mos
Rentjuice was successfully acquired by Zillow in May 2012
Seed Investor
Hyperpublic (acq. by GRPN)
Aug 2010 – Feb 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos
Hyperpublic was successfully acquired by Groupon in Feb 2012
VC
Spark Capital LLC
Jul 2007 – Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 9 mos
Online Strategy
Fidelity Investments
May 2006 – Jun 2006 · 1 mo
Product Management
Bzzagent
2006 – 2006
BzzAgent was successfully acquired by Tesco (LON: TSCO) in May 2011
Product Marketing
eBay Inc
Feb 2003 – Jun 2005 · 2 yrs 4 mos
Led product marketing efforts around search and product discovery on eBay.com.
Strategic Planning
WellPet, LLC
2005 – 2005
Led supply-chain optimization initiatives and strategic marketing analysis for OMH, a leading manufacturer of organic pet food and portfolio company of Catterton Partners. The company was acquired in 2008 for $400M.
Co-Founder
Letslink, Inc.
Oct 2003 – Oct 2004 · 1 yr
Co-founded first bilingual social networking site (similar to MySpace, Facebook, etc.) in Japan
Senior Associate
The Parthenon Group
Aug 2001 – Jun 2003 · 1 yr 10 mos
Management consulting with an emphasis on strategic due diligence for private equity firms.
MBA at Harvard Business School
2005 – 2007BS, Economics at Duke University
1997 – 2001at Hong Kong International School
1993 – 1997