About
Co-founder of Valar, now serving as Strategic Advisor. His career includes roles at eCount, Yahoo!, PayPal, Clarium Capital and Thiel Capital.
Invests in
ConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechInsurTechSaaS
Experience
- Valar Ventures Management LLCGeneral Partnercurrent2010 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Thiel CapitalPrincipal2008 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Sprezzatura Restaurant GroupFounder & CEO2003 — 2008
- Clarium Capital Management LLCOperations2002 — 2003
- PayPal IncAssistant to CEO2001 — 2002
- Yahoo! Inc.Business Development Associate - Yahoo! Latin America2000 — 2001
- EcountBusiness Development Associate1999 — 2000
Education
- University of PennsylvaniaBA, Political Science1994 — 1998
- The Loomis Chaffee SchoolHigh School degree1991 — 1994
Skills & more
SpanishStart-ups26Investments12Venture Capital26Business Development8Entrepreneurship15Business Strategy9E-commerce5
Languages Spanish
From Andrew's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Pennsylvania666
Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution
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Shared employers
Also worked at PayPal Inc122
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC
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Also worked at Yahoo! Inc.246
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftIsabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer HippeauPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire Ventures
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Also worked at Ecount1
Colleagues at Valar Ventures Llc
Alison Berger
Chief Financial Officer at Valar Ventures Llc
Amina Abrahams
Principal at Valar Ventures Llc
Elina Rayberg
Investment Principal at Valar Ventures Llc
Erin Ashley Porterfield
Employee at Valar Ventures Llc
Giff Carter
Investor at Valar Ventures Llc
James Fitzgerald
Managing Partner at Valar Ventures Llc
Lian Michelson
General Partner at Valar Ventures
Michael Roth
Principal at Valar Ventures Llc
Network13
Andy AppelbaumScout
Managing Partner at RiverPark Ventures
Barry BrottScout
Co-founder at Square Peg Capital
Bruce MacfarlaneScout
Founder Partner at MMC Ventures
Christian ReitbergerScout
Partner at Matterwave Ventures
Christoph BraunScout
Founding Partner at Acton Capital
Dominik AlvermannScout
Investor at Acton Capital
Gareth JonesScout
Managing Partner at FinTech Collective
James FitzgeraldScout
Managing Partner at Valar Ventures Llc
Sahar ShiraziScout
Investor Relations / Portfolio Advisor at Valar Ventures Llc
Arjan Schütte
Founder & Managing Partner at Core Venture Capital
Giff Carter
Investor at Valar Ventures Llc
Kamran Ansari
Venture Partner at Infinity Ventures
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