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About
Avery Kadison is President and Chief Operating Officer at OWARE Asset Protection and a Partner at MDSV Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Silicon Valley. Kadison has over 20 years of financial services experience spanning payments processing, fraud controls, trading and risk management platforms, and product management, with work covering data analysis, machine-learning modeling, business modeling, vendor negotiation, and software development in languages including Haskell, Python, and C/C++. Kadison has also worked as an angel investor for over three decades, investing in or advising more than two dozen startups.
Experience
- OWARE Asset ProtectionPresident & Chief Operating Officercurrent2025 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- STATRA Summit Holdings Inc.Chief Operating Officercurrent2025 — presentAustin, TX
- PCFI.ORG - Private Company Fraud IndexFounding Membercurrent2025 — present
- MDSV CapitalFounding Partnercurrent2021 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- Kadison Energy Holdings, LLCFoundercurrent2020 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- Accountero (SaaSDirect)Senior Director, Product Strategy2021 — 2025Austin, Texas, United States
- DoshRisk Management Consultant2020 — 2021Austin, Texas, United States
- DoshSenior Director, Product & Risk2018 — 2020Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- FacebookPrincipal Risk Strategist2014 — 2018Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- FacebookManager, Platform Payment Risk2013 — 2014
- LightMiner Systems, IncCo-Founder & President2013
- PayPalDirector, New Ventures Risk Strategy2011 — 2013
- PayPalDirector, Consumer Risk Management2009 — 2011
- PayPalPrincipal Consultant, Strategy & Special Projects2007 — 2009
- eHealth, Inc.Director, Consumer Research2007
- eHealth, Inc.Director, Product Management2006 — 2007
- PayPal, Inc.Group Product Manager, Financial Products2005 — 2006
- PayPal, Inc.Group Product Manager2004 — 2005
- PayPal, Inc.Senior Product Manager, Fraud & Risk2002 — 2004
- OpenwaveSenior Product Manager, Billing and Commerce2001 — 2002
- Andalay IncorporatedDirector, Business Development & Product Management2000 — 2001Campbell, CA
- Global Asset CapitalVice President1998 — 2000
- Integral DevelopmentSenior Software Engineer/Consultant1995 — 1998
- BarraSoftware Engineer1993 — 1994
Skills & more
People Management5Management43Leadership28Analysis5Team Management14Team Leadership6Product Management99Business Strategy32Analytics68Mobile Payments64Payments89Online Payments6
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Mobile CommerceMobileWeb AnalyticsInnovationE-paymentsMobile DevicesProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentE-commerceStart-upsEnterprise SoftwareGo-to-market StrategyFrom Avery's professional profile.
Colleagues at MDSV CAPITAL
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Keith RaboisScout
Managing Director at Khosla Ventures
Ash PatelScout
Co-Managing Partner at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Ben LingScout
General Partner at Bling Capital
Nat TurnerScout
General Partner at Operator LP
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Avery Kadison?
- Avery Kadison is President and Chief Operating Officer at OWARE Asset Protection and a Partner at MDSV Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Silicon Valley. Kadison has over 20 years of financial services experience spanning payments processing, fraud controls, trading and risk management platforms, and product management, with work covering data analysis, machine-learning modeling, business modeling, vendor negotiation, and software development in languages including Haskell, Python, and C/C++. Kadison has also worked as an angel investor for over three decades, investing in or advising more than two dozen startups.
- Where does Avery Kadison work?
- Avery Kadison is Managing Partner at MDSV CAPITAL.
- Where did Avery Kadison go to school?
- Avery Kadison studied at Stanford University (BS, Computer Science); Wichita Southeast High School (Diploma, 1991); Rounds Montessori.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Dosh2
Also worked at PayPal240
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRoelof 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; co-founder of Palantir and AddeparMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC
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Also worked at eHealth, Inc.4
Also worked at Integral Development7
Minder ChengManaging Member at Thirdstream PartnersRahul MathurAssociate Vice President at DeVCBirendra AgarwalAdvisor at BLinC InvestRahul RejeevFounder at WatoSamantha WangInvestor at RPS VenturesMarius MoscoviciExecutive Officer, Director at Metric Insights
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