About

Julie le Blanc Duvergé is the Director of Marketing at VentureOut and the Managing Director for Europe. A seasoned startup executive having helped a number of foreign startups to launch and build their brand in the U.S. market, Julie joined the VentureOut team in April 2017 and is responsible for branding, communication, and partner and sponsor relationships. She has been based in France since January 2018.

Prior to VentureOut, Julie spent 10 years working in sales, marketing and business development roles for tech companies in 4 different countries across 3 continents. A French citizen, Julie earned her Master’s of Management from ESCP Europe where she studied Marketing.

Eric Wollberg is the Director of Business Development at VentureOut and a conduit between the Israeli and American innovation ecosystems. As the Director of Business Development, Eric sources the world-class startups that populate our programs. Additionally, he helps develop and run our accelerators, so that our participants have a flawless and fruitful experience.

Prior to VentureOut, Eric was 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.

Fay-Louise is the Program Director at VentureOut, overseeing strategy and operations for all accelerator programs. A veteran startup advisor, Fay joined VentureOut after eight years working with investors and startups on cross-border and global market strategy across Latin America, Asia & North America. In her role at Venture Out, Fay manages all programming, supporting the startups, mentors, and clients related to those programs, and is a key member of the executive team.

Prior to VentureOut, Fay worked for several years in Private Equity where she managed a portfolio of alternative assets with Acquisition Group Inc and she played a key role in leadership and operations while working as a strategy analyst at Global Impact. Fay has also traveled to over 52 countries and is passionate about working with international startups.

Fay-Louise studied Economics & Political Science at University of Sydney.

Brett Brody is the Director of Business Development at VentureOut and an advisor to a number of top startups in NYC. Brett was the first employee of VentureOut, joining the team in 2013, and enabled a lot of the growth and success they have seen in the past 3 years. As the Director of Business Development, Brett is responsible for developing the pipeline of upcoming programs, sponsor and partner outreach, and overseeing the entire startup application, interview and selection process.

Prior to VentureOut, Brett’s career covered consulting, finance, and sales working at PetCareRx, Kyriba and Sterling AMG. Brett earned a Bachelor's of Science in Management at Tulane University where he studied finance and music.

Yeongdong joined VentureOut as a research analyst in March 2019. He is currently a junior with a major in BA and English at Chonnam National University in S.Korea. He came to New York to learn more about marketing and expand his knowledge and skills into the global market.

Prior to VentureOut, He worked at the office of International Affairs in CNU as the assistance of undergraduate admission team and organized special events for international students.

He is interested in marketing and branding related to startups.

JooYeon joined the VentureOut team in April 2019 as a Business Development Analyst. She is currently a senior at Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea and came to New York to learn more about the tech startup ecosystem and venture capital.

Prior to VentureOut, she spent the last four years studying international business in college focusing on International Marketing and Macro Economics. To broaden her economic knowledge and experience in the fields, she is participating in a wide variety of activities in school. Through participating in the economics club, she analyzed companies and their marketing strategy such as Amazon and discussed recent economic issues.

Jooyeon is very interested in venture capital and startup ecosystem.

Daniel joined VentureOut as a VC analyst in August 2019. He is currently a senior pursuing a self-designed degree called Public Markets and Global Conflicts, complex systems approach to finance, economics, politics, and history through CUNY BA. In 2017, Daniel took first in the TD Ameritrade think or swim challenge, a national trading competition with over 1000 colleges participating.
Prior to VentureOut, Daniel leveraged his competition wins to found a small macro long/short fund.
He is interested in how startup innovation spreads through business ecosystems.

Karina joined VentureOut team in June 2019 as a Business Development Analyst. She is currently working on building an Alumni Community.

At the same time, she is majoring in Marketing at Tecmilenio Ferreria, Mexico City.

Prior to VentureOut Karina used summers to travel to seventeen different countries and study English in two of them. She also spent six months studying abroad in YSchools Troyes, France, learning about the market study, global supply chain management, and brand & community management.

Karina came to New York to learn about the tech industry and the working environment. She hopes to build a networking agenda and expand her knowledge so she can help her family business in the future.

Sean joined the VentureOut team in August 2019 as a Business Development analyst. He is currently a senior pursuing a degree in BS Economics with a Specialization in Saemaul Undong Studies at Enderun Colleges in the Philippines. Prior to VentureOut, he immersed himself in creating an interactive and thriving student life in his college, serving in the Student Government for over two and a half years then branching out to a more prominent role as a Student Ambassador. He dreams of working in a career which ties economic development with international relations. He came to New York to pursue his goal of learning more about venture capital and developing a network of founders in the international startup ecosystem.