Touchdown Ventures & DFJ Frontier founder ⛏, UCLA & USC professor 📓, father of twins 😍, my work stuff is on LinkedIn & Medium✒️
Los Angeles, CA
Joined July 2011
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My writing on corporate innovation and venture capital is at lenet.medium.com and on LinkedIn
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.@touchdown_vc corporate partner @CencoraGlobal closed an investment in @semprehealth, a company that uses behavioral economics to improve medication adherence and affordability. #CVC
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📚 This is a fantastic program for undergraduates, resulting in internships and full time offers this year
If you know outstanding college students who are interested in learning venture capital, please encourage them to apply!
We are excited to announce our 2nd cohort of @touchdown_vc College, our undergraduate internship program that includes both an education and experiential component
Please read my blog to learn more about the program and how interested students can apply: medium.com/touchdownvc/touch…
This recognition is well-deserved @DeborahZajac @alligoldberg 🎉
Congratulations to @DeborahZajac , @alligoldberg , and all the east coast “Women in CVC” recognized by @GCVenturing globalventuring.com/corporat…
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I recently participated in a podcast with Elana Margulies Snyderman of @EisnerAmper to discuss trends in early and growth stage venture investing and our firm @touchdown_vc
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🗞 Check out our latest newsletter where we share our recent fund announcements, newest team members and more!
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🥳Congratulations to the portfolio companies of our corporate partners that made the @inc5000 !
@linksquares , @CurbioHQ , @Roofstock , @whizdotai inc.com/inc5000/2023
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Volume 8 of Touchdown's Newsletter
🌐 Fund Announcements
👥 Welcome new team members
🎓 Touchdown Ventures College
✏ New blogs
📰 Touchdown in the news
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What's it like to work at @touchdown_vc?
Read my Q&A with @mikedevlin_ to understand the role of senior associates at our corporate venture capital firm – and check out our current Senior Associate opening medium.com/touchdownvc/what-…
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Congratulations to @HqOapp (@touchdown_vc's corporate partner @AllegionVC's portfolio company) for being named one of @BusinessInsider's 2023 most promising startups 🏢👏 businessinsider.com/most-pro…
My latest @touchdown_vc @riskybusinessVC blog explores differences between investing* & gambling
Thanks to @mkonnikova for the inspiration & to @eric_budin for recommending Maria's book "The Biggest Bluff" for our team
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🗞️ Touchdown is proud to announce our latest corporate venture capital relationship, working together with Oxygea to manage its $100 million CVC fund on behalf of its parent company @braskem, focusing on sustainability investments 🌎
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I'm very proud of this relationship, Touchdown's first in the MENA region
What I've learned so far working across our diverse cultures makes me very optimistic about what we can accomplish when we look for common ground and strive for mutual benefit
We're happy to announce our newest corporate venture relationship: @AgthiaGroup medium.com/touchdownvc/agthi…
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“Using empathy and compassion to deal with people humanely, but never as an excuse to avoid facing reality” — @ScottLenet link.medium.com/s8Dj0s7i0Ab
My latest @riskybusinessVC article for @touchdown_vc explains how closely corporate venture capitalists should stick to their parent company's CEO
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I'm excited to announce that Dr. Peter Ulrich is @touchdown_vc's newest venture partner. We've worked together on corporate VC & innovation during his previous role at EY, and it's a great step in our growth that he's now part of our team 🎉
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In anticipation of "Star Wars day" on May the Fourth, I wrote a blog on what Luke Skywalker taught me about combatting toxic positivity cc: @MarkHamill @pattymccord1 @SonaliKolhatkar medium.com/touchdownvc/hones…
