EVCA Newsletter | December Edition - Tons of Jobs, Events, and Features for our Last Issue of the Year
As we enter into the early days of December, the month of festive cheer, we are excited to bring you the last edition of the EVCA newsletter for the year. Looking back, we’ve had a tremendous year of growth as a community. As the pandemic shifted our interactions from the physical world to the virtual one, the EVCA Slack community bloomed, becoming one of the primary platforms for young VCs to connect in a time of moratorium of industry events. The EVCA membership also has grown since inception to over 900 pre-partner VC members, representing 90% of all venture capital firms in the U.S.
Our mission has always been to support and foster collaboration across the emerging generation of VCs. Accordingly, the growth and development of the EVCA platform over the last few years is an outcome that has far exceeded our expectations. We remain grateful to all of you—EVCA members, mentors, partners, and supporters—who have made this ride possible. Until we meet again, we on the EVCA Leadership team wish you a Happy Holidays and a whopping Happy New Year!
And with that bit of introductory fanfare, welcome back to the December edition of the EVCA newsletter!
EVCA Spotlight: Meet Parker Barrile, Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
We had the chance to interview Parker Barrile, who is a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners. Parker shares with us his origins story—from joining a pre-IPO Google, leading product organizations at LinkedIn and Prosper, and, in his most recent role, leading investments as a partner at Norwest. Through his story, Parker shares his origins story and thoughts about life and career.
Featured Investors
This month we highlight Jesse Bloom of Alpha Partners and Ally Warson of UP.Partners as our featured investors of the EVCA community.
Jesse Bloom is a Senior Associate at Alpha Partners, where he is responsible for sourcing and performing diligence on growth-stage deals. Prior to joining Alpha Partners, Jesse built a financial advisory practice at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, specializing in corporate stock plans and asset allocation. He then transitioned to business school and got the venture bug after a summer internship at Alpha. Jesse now lives in NYC, likes tennis and scuba diving, and at one point led pub crawls in Queenstown, New Zealand.
Ally Warson is a Principal at UP.Partners, a venture firm that invests in frontier technologies that help move people and goods faster, safer, more efficiently and sustainably. Ally has helped the firm make over 12 investments to date in the firm’s debut fund. Prior to joining UP, Ally worked at ACME Capital (fka Sherpa Capital) and Google. Ally is originally from the Bay Area and now calls Los Angeles home.
EVCA Leadership Spotlight: Supply Chain Vertical Lead, Natan Reddy of Ironspring Ventures
This EVCA Leadership Spotlight Series is intended to help the broader community get to know what's going on behind the scenes at the EVCA, as well as highlight the valuable contributions of the roughly 50 individuals across the venture capital industry who make the EVCA possible.
Natan Reddy is on the investment team at Ironspring Ventures, where he sources, conducts diligence, and invests in startups upending supply chain, logistics, construction, manufacturing, and more. Previously, he led data-driven analysis and research on supply chain innovation at CB Insights in New York City. His work has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, NBC, TechCrunch, CNN, Forbes, Quartz, The Los Angeles Times, and more. Earlier in his career, Natan worked as a business valuation senior associate at Andersen in San Francisco. Natan is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BA Economics).
What We’re Reading
Insurtech Industry Overview - Paola Brignoni of Rebel One, provides an overview of the changes Insuretech is having on the insurance industry and the VC activity and ecosystem related to it
Nuclear Energy: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful - Andrew Kirima of Cantos Ventures, breakdowns and explains the many hot topics related to nuclear energy
Where The Top VC Funds Are Investing In Crypto/Web3 - Nicky Montana of MizMaa Ventures, digs through the portfolios of 5 venture funds that are investing in crypto/blockchain
Electricity and the Surge of Batteries - Kevin Smith of CAV Angels, delves into the causes for surge in battery usage and looks into a variety of startups in the space
A Deep-ish Dive into AI Health - Jake Oscherwitz of Kodiak Ventures, does a deep dive into the ways that AI is impacting the healthcare industry
Spring is coming for VR applications -Anand Dass of Meta, analyzes why Spring might be the catalyst for a boom in VR applications and why it is an optimal time to invest in VR
Events
CAV Canada 2021 | December 2 | Hosted by Invest Ottawa
Go-Ventures 2021 LP Conference | December 2 | Hosted by Go-Ventures
GAIM Ops West | December 5-7 | Hosted by Informa
Policy Matters Summit 2021: The Future of Work | December 8 | Hosted by Technology Alliance
The Gaming Lounge | December 8-9 | Hosted by Eximius Ventures
2021 Silicon Valley Tech Conference and Expo | December 9 | Hosted by OneTraction Ventures
Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures Winter 2021 Virtual Venture Forum | December 10 | Hosted by Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures
NVCA-Sidley Webinar: IP Management in CVC | December 14 | Hosted by NVCA and Sidley
Disruptive Innovation Summit - FinTech and Media | December 16 | Hosted by OneTraction Ventures
Jobs
Associate Role in San Francisco, CA at Grishin Robotics. If interested, email your resume and a 2-3 line description of an early stage startup that you would propose for investment to Andrew Wang at andrew@grishinrobotics.com
Associate Role in San Francisco, CA at Crosslink Capital
Associate to Principal Role in San Francisco, CA at GreatPoint Ventures. If interested, connect with David Resnekov
Analyst/Associate Role in Cambridge, MA at Rhapsody Venture Partners
Director of Investor Relations Role in Chicago, IL at 7wireVentures
Senior Associate Role in New York, NY and San Francisco, CA at MSD Partners. If interested, email your resume to Victor at vhwang@msdpartners.com
Associate Role in Toronto, CA; New York, NY; or San Francisco, CA at Ripple Ventures
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