Amon Anderson

Experience

1. Acumen AmericaCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
2. AcumenAssociate Director2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
3. Progreso FinancieroGraduate Intern2014Redwood City, CA
4. NewSchools Venture FundSeed Fund Impact Fellow2014Palo Alto, CA
5. Acumen FundPortfolio Manager2012 — 2013New York, New York
6. Acumen FundSenior Associate, Portfolio2011 — 2012Nairobi, Kenya
7. Acumen FundPortfolio Associate2008 — 2011Nairobi, Kenya
8. Cherokee Investment PartnersProgram Manager, Cherokee Gives Back Foundation, Ethiopia2007 — 2008Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
9. Emerging Tar Heel LeadersFirst Vice President2005 — 2007
10. Carolina Entrepreneurial InitiativeDirector, Internship Program2005 — 2007

Education

1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA)2013 — 2015
2. The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBachelor of Arts, International Studies2001 — 2005

Skills & more

Languages Amharic · Spanish · Swahili

From Amon's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,147

RBRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPFPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSJSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDSDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKBKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)HWHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill167

CMClint MyersInvestor at RevolutionMSMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionEWEric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesSDSoul DayanInvestor at True VenturesALAlexander LimInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)ATAlex TaubPrincipal at QED Investors

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Shared employers

Also worked at Acumen35

MMMarc ManaraHead of Startups, OpenAI at EMERGENT VENTURESSBScott BirnbaumFounder and Managing Partner at Red Sea VenturesRDRuqayya DiwanVice President at InsitorHUHammad UmerHead of Pakistan at InsitorJBJacqueline BouscherHead of Business Development, Europe at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)STSydney ThomasFounder and GP at Symphonic Capital

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Also worked at Progreso Financiero7

JMJules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)KOKelly O'KaneInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)SGSaar GurGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)ASArjan SchütteFounder & Managing Partner at Core Venture CapitalMDMohit DaswaniInvestor at Centana Growth PartnersEKEric KingInvestor at Intel Capital

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Also worked at NewSchools Venture Fund19

JCJennifer CarolanCo-founder at Reach CapitalRNRachael NeumannCo-Founder at Flying Fox VenturesJRJoanna ReesInvestor at MatterScale VenturesPAPallavi AbrahamInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALWCWayee ChuCo-Founder & Partner at Reach CapitalMTMaria TorresAdmin at Reach Capital

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Also worked at Cherokee Investment Partners4

BBBret BatchelderChief Financial Officer at Sovereigns Capital VentureSHSteven HartantoVice President at 8090 IndustriesKGKeith GroseScout at Andreessen HorowitzBRBrian RoddeManaging Director at Makena Capital