ALLEYCORP - Key Persons
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- Collaborative Investor, Alley Robotics Ventures about
Abe leads Alley Robotics Ventures (ARV), a separate robotics and automation fund unaffiliated with AlleyCorp. Kevin Ryan and Eliot Horowitz (Kevin's co founder at MongoDB) are initially the sole limited partners.
Prior to ARV, Abe led AlleyCorp's robotics and AI efforts, and remains an advisor to AlleyCorp.
Previously, Abe was product and engineering leader in various roles at Alphabet, where he worked on Android, built the Verily Life Science product teams, and built the Google Research product management team. Before this he founded a Web 2.0 startup and worked on unmanned aerial vehicles in the defense industry.
Abe holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a master's degree in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Rhode Island. Prior to all of this, he dropped out of high school to run fishing boats and factories in the family aquaculture business.
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- Head of Total Rewards, MongoDB
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- Co - Founder at Spark Advisors ( Former Head of Product, Cedar )
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- Executive
- Personal Assistant
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Alison Hill is a top-level Executive/Personal Assistant with more than twenty years experience supporting some of New York's most prestigious executives at GILT, Cole Haan, GUCCI, Citicorp, and Cushman & Wakefield. As a result of many years working alongside, and learning from, some of New York's best and brightest, the scope of Alison's responsibilities have expanded far beyond that of a traditional Executive Assistant role. When she isn't glued to a laptop, she enjoys spending time at the beach, exploring other countries/cultures, and relentlessly trying to develop a passion for running.
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- Founder, Pearl Health ( Formerly VP, Clover Health )
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- Associate
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Aya is an Associate at AlleyCorp, where she splits her time between investing and incubating. Prior to AlleyCorp, she was investing in entrepreneurs in emerging markets through Endeavor Catalyst, venture arm of the nonprofit Endeavor. Previously, she worked for customer data platform Segment, and multi-family office Stelac Advisory Services.
A graduate of Harvard College in Cognitive Neuroscience, Aya hails from Amman, Jordan. She is an avid traveler with visits to about 40 countries, a yoga-lover having completed 200 hours of yoga training, and speaks Arabic, English, and some French.
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- General Partner
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Brenton leads AlleyCorp's healthcare investments and incubations as managing partner of the AlleyCorp healthcare fund. Prior to AlleyCorp, Brenton was an executive at Flatiron Health. He worked previously at J.P. Morgan and Blue Cross & Blue Shield. He is a practicing physician, board certified in Internal Medicine.
Brenton completed his residency at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, earning his MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and an MBA in Healthcare Management from the Wharton School.
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- Co - Founder & CTO, Arfa ( Formerly CTO, Glossier )
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- Head of Communications, Untitled Partners ( Formerly Director of Communications at Flatiron Health )
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- Partner & CTO CEO at AlleyCorp Nord about
Floh is the CEO & CTO of AlleyCorp's Montreal-based development team, supporting AlleyCorp's incubations as their technical right hand.
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- Associate
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- Cofounder & CEO, Oso ( Formerly Chief of Staff, MongoDB )
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- Chief Product Officer, Teachers Pay Teachers
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- Associate
- Investor
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Jane Suh is an Investor on the AlleyCorp Healthcare team and spends her time on incubation, identifying new investment opportunities, and supporting portfolio companies. She was previously a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz on the a16z Bio Fund, backing entrepreneurs at the intersection of healthcare, bio and tech. She was on the founding team of the Bio/Healthcare GTM Network group and advised portfolio companies on go-to-market strategy, business development, sales and product marketing.
She was trained as a stem cell biologist, and combines her scientific expertise with her experiences in startups, finance and strategic partnerships to transform companies at the intersection of healthcare, bio and tech.
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- CFO
- General Partner
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Jay is a Generalist Partner whose responsibilities include the firm's finance and administrative operations and strategic business initiatives. Jay also supports business and corporate development for AlleyCorp portfolio companies.
Jay joined AlleyCorp from RRE Ventures, where he served as a partner and remains a strategic advisor. Earlier in his career Jay was a Managing Director at Brown Brothers Harriman, and previously spent several years in national political campaign management. Jay graduated with a BA from Princeton University and completed the CFA Institute's Investment Management program at Harvard Business School.
Jay is CEO of Ionic Recording Company; serves as a director of Bridgetown Holdings Ltd. and Bridgetown 2 Holdings Ltd.; and is a strategic advisor to Raftr, Inc., Decode_M and the M. Night Shyamalan Foundation. He is a former director of the J.P. Morgan China Region Fund Inc. and Cheetah Korea Value Fund, and is a board member emeritus of the Tory Burch Foundation and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Jay has completed 22 marathons, including multiple finishes at Boston and Death Valley.
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- VP & GM of Content at Policygenius
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- Partner
- Co - Founder of Tempest
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Jeff supports the growth of AlleyCorp's healthcare practice as a co-founder and mentor for AlleyCorp's founding CEOs and broader network, focusing on a range of projects across maternity care, digital therapeutics, and behavioral change - with an emphasis on pushing current thinking on the relationship between social forces and healthcare.
Jeff has dedicated his career to broadening access to healthcare, particularly for the most vulnerable patients. His first company, Groups, has become the leading provider of value-based opiate addiction treatment. Launched while he was still a medical student, Groups was conceived as a space for patients to heal and discover common solutions to their shared problems. Having completed a 2019 growth round led by Kaiser Permanente, Optum Ventures and Leerink/SVB, Groups has become an important forcing mechanism for our collective acknowledgement and action towards one of the most troubling systemic healthcare issues facing our country.
Jeff is also a co-founder of Tempest, a holistic alcohol recovery program founded by Holly Whitaker that brings feminine-centric care to people poorly served by traditional addiction treatment.
Jorge is a Venture Lead at AlleyCorp, where he works on incubation, identifying new investment opportunities, and supporting portfolio companies. Before AlleyCorp, he worked as a software engineer at early-stage technology companies in the New York area.
Jorge graduated with an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he was a Consortium Fellow. He also completed his undergraduate studies with high honors at Boston University.
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- Associate
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Joseph is a Material Sciences Associate at AlleyCorp, where he focuses on sourcing, investing, and incubating future materials science companies with an emphasis on nanotechnology. He is a PhD student at Rice University in NanoEngineering, and has conducted research at the US Army Research Lab building novel neuromorphic computing chips for advanced army applications. He is an advocate for scientific entrepreneurship, and is focused on helping AlleyCorp become a leader in this space.
Outside of work, Joseph serves in the US Army National Guard as a CBRN specialist, responsible for ensuring unit readiness against chemical, biological, and nuclear attacks. He is a two-time honor graduate and has held leadership positions throughout his career. He cherishes the opportunity to serve our nation.
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- Chief Operating Officer, Tempest
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- Chief Operating Officer, Nomad Health
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- Chief Operating Officer, Nara Organics ( Formerly VP, Business Operations at S'Well )
K Oppus Ganade Head of Facilities About Kym touches all public related issues for any company in AlleyCorp's portfolio that's transitioning from idea to "click' and mortar. Using culture as working tool, he implements company head's visions for their respective emerging company. Along with a past career as a dancer, Kym has designed and built facilities nationally and internationally for MongoDB, Gilt, Business Insider, amongst others.
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- Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, Chobani
Kevin Ryan is one of the leading internet entrepreneurs and investors in New York. He is co-founder of MongoDB, Business Insider, GILT, Zola, and Nomad Health, and founds new companies with AlleyCorp every year.
Kevin Ryan is one of the leading internet entrepreneurs and investors in New York. Alongside AlleyCorp, he co-founded MongoDB, Business Insider, Gilt Groupe, Zola, and Nomad Health, and continues to found new companies with AlleyCorp every year. Collectively, AlleyCorp companies have raised more than $2B in venture capital and employ thousands of people in New York City and beyond. On the investment side, AlleyCorp is one of the most active early stage funds in New York.
Earlier in his career, Kevin helped to grow DoubleClick first as President and then as CEO, leading their growth from a 20-person startup to a publicly traded global leader with over 1,500 employees, through IPO in 1998 and acquisition by Google in 2007.
Kevin serves on the board of Mercy Corps, is Vice Chairman of The Partnership for New York City, is a member of the CFR Committee on Foreign Affairs, is on the Board of TECH:NYC and is Director Emeritus for Human Right Watch. He previously served on the boards of the Yale Corporation, INSEAD, the Direct Marketing Association, The Ad Council, HotJobs and the advisory board of Doctors Without Borders. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.
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- General Partner
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- Managing Partner of the General Tech Fund
Marshall is managing partner of the General Tech fund at AlleyCorp, focusing his time on early stage investments and incubations. Prior to Alleycorp, Marshall most recently was the US CEO at Gympass. Previously, he served in senior leadership roles at Spring and Gilt Groupe.
Marshall holds an M.Litt from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and with a BA summa cum laude from the Honors College at TCU.
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- Vice Chairman of the Partnership for New York City
Michael leads Talent at AlleyCorp helping to identify, attract, and engage with entrepreneurs, investors, operators, and advisors. Michael has a strong passion for helping to encourage and better the entrepreneurship ecosystem in NYC and beyond.
Prior to joining AlleyCorp, Michael led GTM Recruitment for MongoDB helping to scale the organization from a small private company to a public company with revenues over $600MM a year.
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- Chief Marketing Officer, Zola
Najib Jai Operator in Residence About Najib is an Operator in Residence on the AlleyCorp Healthcare team. His passion lies at the intersection of tech-enabled healthcare services, health equity, and patient-centric innovations. In his role he supports current healthcare incubations and is developing his own incubation that he will go on to co-found with AlleyCorp's support. Prior to AlleyCorp, Najib completed his MD/MBA training at the University of Chicago and has experiences across startups, private equity, and most recently was leading specialty care strategy as a Director on the Population Health team at Oak Street Health and RubiconMD.
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- Associate
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Omar is a third-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and has demonstrated commitment to healthcare innovation and addressing health inequities. Omar will spend his time at AlleyCorp as an Associate focused on incubation, identifying new investment opportunities, and supporting portfolio companies in the healthcare space.
Prior to matriculating to Mount Sinai he worked as a healthcare consultant for Deloitte and was an early employee at Clover Health. He has consulted for various healthcare startups and most recently worked as a Venture Fellow for Rock Health.
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- Senior Director, Product Management, Meetup
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- SVP, Finance at Chainalysis
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- Co - Founder, NewCo ( Formerly Director of Business Development, Flatiron Health )
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- Chief Marketing Officer, Core Power
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- Co - Founder & Senior Advisor, Artsy
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- Financial Controller
- Director, Finance and Operations about
Sercan serves as a Financial Controller at Alleycorp, where he is responsible for the finance and accounting operations.
Prior to joining Alleycorp, he was the founder and CIO of Mergen Capital Management. Earlier in his career, he worked at Brown Brothers Harriman, Nomura and Is Investment Securities.
Sercan holds an MBA degree from The Wharton School and a BSc degree from Bogazici University.
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- Collaborative Investor, Healthcare about
Sherman supports AlleyCorp's incubation and investment opportunities in healthcare and enterprise software. Before AlleyCorp, Sherman was an enterprise technology investor at Underscore VC and an early product manager at PatientPing where he was named to MedTech Boston's 40 under 40 Healthcare Innovators in 2018.
Sherman was previously a Kleiner Perkins Fellow + product manager at Mango Health and a Greylock X Fellow + early mobile engineer at Khan Academy. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University, where he conducted machine learning and social gamification research under Dr. Fei-Fei Li and Michael Bernstein.
Susannah is a Partner at AlleyCorp, focused on general tech investments with an emphasis on ecommerce, marketplaces and consumer-facing software and products. Susannah also spends significant time with AlleyCorp incubations and early portfolio companies in their earliest stages.
Prior to AlleyCorp, Susannah was Director of Strategy & Operations at Artsy, where she was on the leadership team for 5 years from series A through series E. Susannah graduated from Princeton, where she was captain of the women's varsity rowing team.
Tai Hutchinson Collaborative Ecosystem Builder About Tai Hutchinson serves as a collaborative ecosystem builder at AlleyCorp. She is currently Director of Operations at Digital Health New York, AlleyCorp's healthcare content and events company, and was formerly Director of Platform at AlleyCorp. Tai led the NYC chapter of TechStars prior to joining the team.
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- General Partner
- Managing Partner
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Tanya is managing partner of AlleyCorp's social impact fund, leading AlleyCorp's investments and incubations in the social impact space. Tanya has extensive experience at the intersection of venture capital, venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship. Prior to AlleyCorp, she worked at Blue Marble Microinsurance, Robin Hood Foundation, and IGNIA Partners.
Tanya holds a master's degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a BA summa cum laude from Tufts University.
Wendy serves as a generalist Partner where she focuses her time on AlleyCorp's early stage consumer investments and incubation methodologies for new ventures. She leads concept developments and investing efforts in over a third of AlleyCorp's consumer portfolio. She worked previously at PayPal, Deloitte Consulting, KIPP Charter Schools, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Wendy graduated with an MBA from Stanford Business School and B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. In her spare time, she serves as a guest lecturer for Harvard and Stanford Business School.
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- Chief Product Officer, 1stDibs