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.

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.

Victoria joined VentureOut in January 2019 as a venture analyst. She recently graduated from University College London with a BSc. in Geography.

Prior to VentureOut, Victoria experienced different industries across the globe. She was the Head of mapping and growth at cPark in Brussels, a researcher in diseases in cacao trees in Chiapas Mexico and a corporate finance intern in Singapore.

Additionally, Victoria co-founded Errata, an AI-powered semantic search engine in Dublin, lived in 10 countries and speaks 3 languages.

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.

Maksim joined VentureOut team as a VC analyst in June 2019. He is currently completing his commerce degree at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and BBA at Solbridge International School of Business in Daejeon, South Korea.

Before joining VentureOut Maksim used to study in 5 different countries and work in 3 of them.

Philanthropy plays a huge role in Maksim’s life; He effectively supervised volunteers to assist with a successful fundraiser for research in Tuberculosis; He participated in multiple fundraiser campaigns which led to collecting money for Ottawa’s local hospitals and ALS. Moreover, with the Relay For Life organization, he helped to raise $1mm for the American Cancer Society.

Sephora joined the VentureOut team June 2019 as a program manager. She is a rising junior at Binghamton University majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance.

At school, she is a member of Women in Business, an organization aiming to empower college women interested in finding their place in the professional world through networking and professional workshops. Sephora is also a campus manager for Life After Binghamton, a professional alumni network that serves and mentors Binghamton students interested in careers where their current demographic remains underrepresented.

Sephora came to VentureOut to learn about venture capital and various sectors of the tech industry. She also hopes that this experience will expand her knowledge and network so she can be more resourceful to students in the future.

Anushka is from Pune, India and she joined VentureOut in June 2019 as a venture analyst. She is currently pursuing her degree in Bachelor of Technology in Instrumentation and Control at Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune, India.
She comes from a family business background and she came to VentureOut to explore the ways of the international start-up ecosystem. She hopes to pursue a career that involves both management and technology. And she hopes to join and grow her family business in the future.

Gabriel joined VentureOut in June 2019 as a venture analyst. He is currently pursuing his degree in Bachelor of Science in Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University.

Prior to VentureOut, Gabriel interned at the Richmond County District Attorney’s office in an effort to combat the opioid abuse epidemic on Staten Island. He also works as a private mathematics tutor, assisting students with wide-ranging needs and abilities in Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry.

Gabriel is interested in Venture Capital and learning more about the international startup ecosystem.

Swastik joined VentureOut in June 2019 as a VC analyst. He is currently a junior pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Business at Cornell University.

Swastik is interested in learning about significant developments in technology that have immense impacts on other major industries such as Finance, Retail, and Healthcare. He hopes to pursue a career that straddles both the technology and finance worlds. He has landed on our team to explore the international startup ecosystem.