Andrew joined ff Venture Capital as a Partner Operations Manager in 2018. In addition to his work at ff Venture Capital, he is a Kairos Fellow and the Founder of ZUPP a platform that offers wholesale prices and machine learning-generated recommendations on health & fitness supplements.

Prior to ff Venture Capital, he served as the CEO & Founder of OnTrack, founded KodiBlue, worked as an Associate Vice President at Delta One Solutions, a Technology Consultant at Oracle, and an Analyst at Nielsen. Andrew received a Bachelor's in Marketing and Management Leadership from Boston College.

Ihar is an Engineering Manager at Facebook and Angel Investor at Empire Angels.

As an Engineering Manager at Facebook, he manages a team building a Facebook Local Discovery product, that helps Facebook users to find great local businesses, has overseen the launch of the "Local" bookmark in Facebook iOS & Android apps - which made the Facebook app one of the best tools to discover places nearby, and facilitated the launch of food ordering utility on the Facebook iOS & Android apps. 

As an Angel Investor at Empire Angels, for the last 6 years Ihar has invested in early stage startups that solve old problems in new ways and has an investment portfolio that includes companies such as Instacart, and Meldium and Screenhero which were both acquired.

Paul is an associate at HOF Capital where he leverages his technical background to build out HOF’s technology stack, which is used to source deals and test investment hypotheses.

He previously was a Software Engineer at Addepar, a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir., and a fellow at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Paul received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a focus in Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University.

Yair, a hands-on sales hacker, leader, and executive, is highly passionate about building excellent Saas and BI sales organizations, helps younger sales professionals to "Moon shoot" their careers, and helps companies improve their business results through modern data analytics.

SiSense is an innovative (BI) software company that is leading the way into a new era of business intelligence, dashboarding and business analytics.

Rafael is the Head of Talent Attraction at UiPath, a global software company that develops a platform for Robotic Process Automation (RPA). On March 6, 2018, UiPath received a $153 million investment from Accel, CapitalG, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, valuing the company at $1.1 billion.

Rafael received a BA in Finance and his MBA in IT and Sustainability. Rafael has a lot of experience as a consultant, having worked at Linkedin and LML Consultant Group. He has also founded two companies of his own: OwnOut and getAchef.

Paul founded Graphite Financial, as an internal service for (nearly 50%) of Venture Capital’s ("ffVC") portfolio of early-stage technology companies since 2008. In 2016, while continuing to serve ffVC's portfolio, Paul oversaw Graphite Financial's transition to operating as an independent company to serve the broader startup community.

He is an expert in helping startups and other young ventures with strategy, financial modeling, fully outsourced or augmented bookkeeping & accounting, tax, compliance and interim CFO work.

Edwin is the Director of Growth at Ladder.io, a growth technology and services agency that uses proprietary technology and data-driven strategy to increase your ROI.

Edwin grows businesses with impactful analysis + tech-infused creativity, as an ROI-Driven Growth Strategy Architect and Director, Transforming Performance Marketing Into Systemized Solutions/Processes.

Robert joined Michael Page as their Senior Recruitment Consultant in 2017 before he was promoted to his current role as Managing Consultant of their Sales & Marketing division. In addition to working at Michael Page he is the Executive Consultant of Global Sales and Strategy at Beast Technologies. Prior to that he served as the Chief Business Development Officer of Beast Technologies, and the Client Relationships Director of Kforce.

Robert is an experienced professional with 6+ years B2B and B2C sector with a heavy focus on B2B Marketing and Sales. He graduated with a Masters in International Marketing Management from MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business.

Luke is an investor and advisor for early stage ventures, PE and corporate media clients. Luke was formerly the market lead for McKinsey’s Fast Growth Tech practice serving consumer clients on a variety of growth and operational strategies. As an Engagement Manager he has experience leading digital strategy and transformation projects for consumer finance, media and telecom clients.

Prior to McKinsey, Luke ran the digital media division of a Hollywood literary agency, consulting on digital video content, organization and advertising strategy for publishers and television networks in addition to representing IP for film/TV. Luke is a Feldberg Fellow of Columbia Business School and a Scholar of Merton College, Oxford.

Chris Errico is Co-Chair of the firm's US Startup Program and member of the Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice at Dentons. Chris is actively engaged in a diverse corporate practice, working with a wide range of fast-growing technology, software, digital media and life science companies at every stage of their development.

Chris regularly counsels emerging growth companies on transactional matters, including venture capital, seed/angel financings; public and private offerings; asset and stock acquisitions; debt financings and mergers and acquisitions. Chris also advises his clients on a daily basis regarding complex securities matters, corporate governance matters, joint ventures, strategic transactions, and general legal issues.

Caroline obtained her Barrister-at-Law degree from the Honorable Society of King’s Inns in Dublin, got admitted to practice at the Bar of Ireland, and is a member of AILA and the Irish American Bar Association of New York.

Caroline is experienced in employment-based, family-based, and investment-based immigration. As part of our EB-5 practice, she has worked with investors in both direct investment and Regional Center petitions, and has counseled individual EB-5 investors on Source of Funds requirements. Caroline has experience with corporate clients and startups seeking E, H and L nonimmigrant visas, as well as a range of extraordinary ability individuals, including entrepreneurs and entertainers. She has broad experience working with Irish individuals on J-1 Intern and Trainee visas.

Brett joined the VentureOut team in January 2014 as the Director of Business Development responsible for developing the pipeline of programs sponsor and partner outreach and startup due diligence. Prior to VentureOutBrett spent time in consulting, finance, and sales within a number of startups and small institutions. While not at work you can find him playing guitar, checking out local music or cheering on his beloved Knicks. He earned his Bachelor's of Science in Management at Tulane University where he studied Finance and Music and is proud to call New Orleans a second home.

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Marcos Dinnerstein is Executive Council Member at NYVC

After being an editor at Digital.com, Marcos is now an Executive Council Member at New York Venture Council, with experience at establishing processes and continually improving them. He is an effective Product Management team member, possessing a ‘Figure it out and get it done’ attitude. New York Venture Council members are leading NYC-area venture capitalists, family offices, angels, entrepreneurs, universities, media and professional advisors, all dedicated to increasing deal flow and ecosystem cooperation in the world's financial capital.

Karel Smékal is the Deputy Consul General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. Prior to his current role he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic for 5+ years as a Desk Officer for Mexico and Central America, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Albania, and a Desk Officer for Albania and Kosovo. He also is a member of the Board of Director on the European Procurement Forum.

Jan Chmelík serves as the Director of East Coast Operations at CzechInvest. Prior to his current role he was the Aerospace Sector Manager at CzechInvest, an Administrative Assistant at Siemens Czech Republic, and worked in intern capacities at CzechInvest and Czech Trade, and as a trainne at the European Development Agency. Jan received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in International Relations and European Studies from Metropolitan University Prague.

Eric Wollberg is the Business Development at Gnowbe

Prior to Gnowbe, Eric was Director of Business Development at VentureOut, Eric sourced the world-class startups that populate our programs. Additionally, he helped develop and run our accelerators, so that our participants have a flawless and fruitful experience.

Eric was also an Israel Government Fellow, working at the Israel Innovation Authority. There he helped bring companies totaling $1.5 trillion in market capitalization to engage with Israeli startups. Eric studied innovation economics at Sogang University and graduated with a degree in economics from New York State’s Public Honors College at Geneseo.

Brian is the CEO and founder of VentureOut, which he launched in 2012 while working at Gotham Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund. He started VentureOut as a vehicle to help bridge the gap between the innovators around the world and the opportunities available to them in the New York and San Francisco technology ecosystems.

Brian is also a proud advocate of the New York City's vibrant technology community, a role he plays as a speaker, a mentor, on the Board of Directors of the NYC Innovation Collective, Founding Member of NYC Tech International, a member of the FWD.us Innovation Council and as the Founder of the Chaminade Alumni Entrepreneurs Association.

Prior to VentureOut, Brian’s career has spanned venture, at Gotham Ventures, consulting, supporting early-stage tech startups in NYC, business development, at OTR Global, and sales, as the youngest institutional salesperson globally at Standard & Poor's. Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.

Sam Newbold has been supporting VentureOut companies to secure US visas since 2013. He is experienced in a wide range of employment based, family based, and investment based immigration issues, working closely with the global startup and tech communities, representing cutting edge companies and talented individuals who comprise New York’s rapidly growing Silicon Alley.

Mr. Newbold also works closely with foreign investors seeking nonimmigrant or immigrant status through EB5 or E-2 investments, and he is also experienced in helping foreign business owners receive L visa status through establishing New Offices in the United States.

John’s mission is to align the future of work with the future of education, and he was featured on Forbes to talk about how acceleration at places like Studio Project and Techstars represents a new kind of educational model.

He is also a veteran of the startup community and ready to talk all things entrepreneurship: in the past, he founded a company accepted to one of the world's top accelerators, closed term sheets, helped launch and manage the Techstars NYC program. He has engineered connections resulting in LP investments for venture capital funds (including the Techstars Venture Fund, $150mm), the creation of a Techstars company, angel investment for a mentor's new venture, and sourced co-founder relationships, c-suite hires, and first hires.

Arthur Godiva is the founder of Triangle, a consulting firm and university helping companies and people grow from the three angles of innovation, development, and marketing. As a consultant, he has worked with countless growth startups in the venture community either directly or by launching hackathons, labs, incubators, and accelerators for companies like Techstars, Samsung, NYU, and WeWork.

Previously, Arthur was a management consultant and VP for Bank of New York Mellon’s Fintech Innovation Division advising the firm and its clients on Technology UX/Product Management and Business Architecture. Before graduating Baruch College Zicklin School of Business in Computer Information Systems, he ran product for firms like Cablevision and NYC Diamond District, and ran strategy/marketing for nonprofits like Children’s Tumor Foundation, Yankees Foundation, UNCF, and the Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation.