Seasoned Alternative Investment Professional

• Former Vice President at Portage Partners, a $1.5B AUM private alternative investment firm backed by the founders and key principals of prominent hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, and real estate development firms

• Active across venture, growth, private equity, and special situation investments

• Invested +$350 million across +60 opportunities over six years

• Led +10 discrete, non-banked secondary sale of credit and venture assets, generating +$100 million in liquidity

• Angel investor across +25 startups and funds

The Entrepreneurial Journey

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude on full scholarship from Babson College, consistently ranked #1 university for Entrepreneurship

• Worked +20 jobs across restaurants, procurement, law offices, financial services, startups, and political campaigns

• Joined as the fourth hire at Washify, a private-equity backed point-of-sale/connected hardware business focused on car washes. Acquired in 2021 by DRB Systems, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, later acquired by Vontier, NYSE:VNT)

• Incubated a real estate technology startup at ZX Ventures, the corporate venture and innovation arm of AB-InBev, the largest beer company in the world

• Founding team member of 10 East, a members-only platform for individuals to access vetted alternative investments

• Venture Partner at Coolwater Capital, which has helped launch +300 emerging manager funds

• Advised in the launch of multiple funds and startups, which have raised +$350 million in collective funding

• Founder of Ainslie Partners LLC