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Aaron Cort

Investor

Operating Partner, Marketing & Growth at Craft Ventures

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Aaron Cort is Operating Partner for Marketing & Growth at Craft Ventures, where he advises and serves as interim CxO for companies including Replit, Supabase, WorkOS, and ComfyUI. Previously, he was among ClickUp's first 20 employees and its first Head of Marketing before becoming VP of Operations, a period during which the company grew from $4M to $70M+ ARR and raised $535M through its Series C at a $4B valuation. He holds a degree from the University of San Diego's Knauss School of Business and an Executive MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Experience

  1. Craft VenturesOperating Partner, Marketing & Growthcurrent2023 — present
  2. Craft VenturesAdvisor, Marketing & Growth2023
  3. SupabaseAdvisor, Marketing & Growth | Interim CxO / VPcurrent2024 — present
  4. ComfyUIAdvisor, Marketing & Growth | Interim CxO / VPcurrent2026 — present
  5. WorkOSAdvisor, Marketing & Growth | Interim CxO / VPcurrent2026 — present
  6. ReplitAdvisor, Marketing & Growth | Interim CxO / VPcurrent2024 — present
  7. Genetik VenturesAngel Investor | Partnercurrent2022 — present
  8. VendrAdvisor, Marketing & Growth | Interim CxO / VP2023 — 2024
  9. BubblesAdvisor, Marketing & Growth2023 — 2024
  10. AdaptiveAdvisor, Marketing & Growth2023
  11. Delv AIAdvisor, Marketing & Growth2022 — 2023
  12. OpenPhoneAdvisor, Marketing & Growth | Interim CxO / VP2022 — 2023
  13. PackAdvisor, Marketing & Growth | Interim CxO / VP2022 — 2023
  14. ClickUpVP of Operations2021 — 2023San Diego, California, United States
  15. ClickUpHead of Marketing2019 — 2021San Diego County, California, United States
  16. PavilionExecutive Member2020 — 2023San Diego, California, United States
  17. MasonAdvisor, Marketing & Growth2022
  18. Toplyne.ioAdvisor, Marketing & Growth2022
  19. Nerd StreetAdvisor, Marketing & Growth2022
  20. Bound HoundFounder & CEO2017 — 2019Greater San Diego Area

Education

  1. UCLA Anderson School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship
  2. University of San Diego - Knauss School of BusinessBachelor’s Degree, Marketing

Skills & more

Marketing99Social Media98Time Management78Direct Sales73Customer Service70Sales Management52Social Networking46Sales Operations48Interview Preparation37Sales48Entrepreneurship48Interviews37
+12 moreInterview Skills TrainingRecruitingMarketing CommunicationsPeople DevelopmentSocial Media MarketingHealth and NutritionDigital MarketingBusiness DevelopmentFacebook AdvertisingPowerPointFacebookMicrosoft Office

Languages English

  • Advanced Growth Strategy - Spring 2022 Cohort — Reforge
  • Growth Series - Fall 2021 Cohort — Reforge

From Aaron's professional profile.

Colleagues at Craft Ventures

Arra Malekzadeh
Partner at Craft Ventures
Bil Harmer
Advisor, Infosec at Craft Ventures
Bill Lee
Venture Partner at Craft Ventures
Brian Murray
Partner and COO at Craft Ventures
Bryan Rosenblatt
Partner at Craft Ventures
Caroline Brayson
Operating Partner, Communications & Marketing at Craft Ventures
Cassie Chao Leemans
Operating Partner, Talent at Craft Ventures
Dan Moor
Investor at Craft Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Aaron Cort work?
Aaron Cort is Operating Partner, Marketing & Growth at Craft Ventures.

Same school

Also attended UCLA Anderson School of Management208

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundDana MoralyPartner; Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at March Capital PartnersJed LeidheiserPartner at March Capital PartnersShahin FarshchiPartner at Lux CapitalJennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate VenturesAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm Ventures

+ 202 more

Also attended University of San Diego - Knauss School of Business3

Marcus CaponeCo-Founder & CEO, TARA Mind at Red Cell IncubationChadwick ManningFounder at Cerulean VenturesRandy BerholtzPartner at Ventac Partners

Shared employers

Also worked at ComfyUI1

Mei Z.General Partner at Alloy Fund

Also worked at Vendr8

David JegenManaging Partner, Tech Fund at F-Prime Capital PartnersPriya SaiprasadInvestment Advisory Council at Neythri Futures FundKevin KriebelSales & BD Advisor at Modern TechnicalAaron WhiteInvestor at Impellent VenturesAriel DiazInvestor at Impellent VenturesAustin PetersmithGeneral Partner at Coughdrop Capital

+ 2 more

Also worked at ClickUp9

Michael RobinsonInvestor at Craft VenturesDan MoorInvestor at Craft VenturesAlex ClaytonPartner at Meritech Capital PartnersVardhan DharnidharkaInvestor at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 LlpRok GregoričFounder/CTO at DubjoyIvan KanevskiFounder/CEO at Slapdash

+ 3 more

Also worked at Mason1

Siddharth BhardwajCTO at Beatoven