AI · Venture Capital · Growth Equity · Finance & Strategy

Investing at the frontier
of intelligence.

A decade-long career deploying $300M+ in capital across AI infrastructure, foundation models, and vertical AI.

$300M+
Capital Deployed
30+
Investments
11
Deals Led
$3B
Firm AUM
// Portfolio

Select Investments

Sourced, led and/or co-led investments across AI infrastructure, foundation models, developer tools and applied AI from seed through growth-stage/pre-IPO round.

All AI Infrastructure Foundation Models Applied AI Exited
AI Infrastructure · Led Series A, B, C
Together AI
Research-driven AI cloud for building models, agents & apps. ARR grew 60x and valuation increased 6x in 2 years since initial investment in 2023. Greycroft invested at Series A; together now valued at $3.3B.
60xARR Growth
6xValuation Growth
Conversational AI · Co-Led Series A
Character.AI
Conversational chat app with 20M MAUs. Founded by Noam Shazeer (co-inventor of the Transformer) and Daniel De Freitas. Acquired by Google for $2.7B.
ExitedGoogle Acq.
$2.7BAcq. Price
Voice AI · Led Series A
Cartesia
State-of-the-art voice AI models & infrastructure powering 50,000 customers. Founded by Stanford PhD researchers & professor. Customer count grew 5x since investment.
5xCustomer Growth
400%Cust. CAGR
Video Generation · Led Series B
Pika
AI video generation models and creative apps. Founded by former Stanford PhD students, advised by Stanford AI Lab professors. User base grew 10x since investment.
10xUser Growth
400%+CAGR
AI Healthcare · Led Seed + Series A · Board Director
Penguin
AI agents for healthcare. Founded by former Chief Data Officer at Kaiser Permanente & UnitedHealth. Built investor syndicate including Snowflake and UPMC (7th largest US health system).
10xVal. from Seed
Customer Data · Series D · Exited
Segment
Customer data platform. Acquired by Twilio for $3.2B. Primary deal team member on Series D investment in 2019.
$3.2BAcq. by Twilio
Mobile Gaming · Series D · Exited
Scopely
Mobile games publisher. Acquired by Savvy for $4.9B. Primary deal team member.
$4.9BAcq. by Savvy
Angel Investment · Exited
Voyage AI
Acquired by MongoDB for $220M. Personal angel investment with exceptional speed to exit.
$220MAcq. by MongoDB
App Testing · Series E · Centerview
Sauce Labs
Web & mobile app testing software. Led $70M Series E in 2016 at Centerview Capital. Acquired by TPG.
ExitedAcq. by TPG
// Professional Experience

Professional Experience

A trajectory built on pattern recognition — from technology investment banking at Jefferies, to growth equity at Centerview Capital, to leading AI venture investments at Greycroft managing $1B+ in funds.

2018 – 2025
Principal, Venture & Growth Equity
Greycroft · $3B AUM · Los Angeles
One of 10 investors managing $1B of funds raised in 2023. Deployed $300M+ across early-stage venture, growth funds, and SPVs. Led 11 investments, executed 30+ total. Presented firm's AI thesis to 100+ LPs at annual meetings. Built the AI portfolio that now represents the firm's highest-conviction vertical.
2021 – Present
Kauffman Fellow (Class 26)
Kauffman Fellows Program
Largest global network of VC leaders and LPs — 800 Fellows across 65 countries. Accepted into the program while at Greycroft, deepening institutional LP relationships and cross-border deal flow.
2016 – 2018
Investment Associate, Growth Equity
Centerview Capital · $200M Fund · Palo Alto
One of six investors at a fund founded by the former CEO of AT&T and former Cisco CSO. Evaluated 200+ investments representing $2B+ in enterprise value. Led two new investments (Sauce Labs, Infoworks) and managed portfolio companies including Secureworks (Dell IPO), Acquia ($1B Vista acq.), and Host Analytics.
2014 – 2016
Investment Banking Analyst, Technology
Jefferies · San Francisco
Technology M&A and capital markets across software, semiconductors, and IT services. Ranked top decile of analyst cohort. Advised on $3B+ in transactions including Avast/AVG ($1.3B), MFLX/DSBJ ($610M), and Deltek's $1.3B recap.
2012
B.S. Commerce — Finance & Economics
Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business
Double major in Finance and Economics with a minor in Management Information Systems. Foundation in quantitative analysis and technology markets that would define the career ahead.
// Governance & Strategy

Board Involvement

Hands-on strategic partner to founders — from financial modeling and market positioning to investor syndicate construction and product roadmap definition.

AI Gov't Contracting

Vultron

Led Series A. Built operating & financial model, defined strategic priorities alongside CEO.

AI Healthcare · Board Director

Penguin

Led Series A. Instrumental in building investor syndicate incl. Snowflake and UPMC.

AI Radiology

Hoppr

Defined product strategy with CEO. Led market & product positioning sessions with management.

AI Observability

Arthur

Worked with CEO & Chief Scientific Officer to define company strategy and product roadmap.

Open Source Chat

Rocket.Chat

Rebuilt core financial model and operating KPI dashboard with CFO & COO.

AI Comms / Marketing

Axios HQ

Spun out AI software company from Axios Media. Helped management raise Series A.