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Charlton Hook

Investor

Investment Executive at Illuminate Financial

New York City

About

Charlton Hook joined Illuminate Financial in July 2021 as an Investment Executive in New York. He previously was an MBA investment associate at Tribeca Early Stage Partners, worked in corporate strategy at Capital One's commercial bank, and began his career at Prudential in asset liability management. He is a CFA Charterholder and earned his MBA from Columbia Business School after a double major in Finance and Economics at Rutgers University.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Experience

  1. Illuminate FinancialPrincipalcurrent2021 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. KartaBoard Observercurrent2026 — present
  3. Crossover MarketsBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  4. NotabeneBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
  5. KilnBoard Directorcurrent2022 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
  6. SendBlocksInvestor2023 — 2025
  7. LEO Impact FundBoard Member2021 — 2025
  8. LEO Impact FundCo-President2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
  9. LEO Impact FundAssociate Vice President2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
  10. Cloudwall (Acquired By Talos)Investor2022 — 2024
  11. YvesBlueBoard Observer2021 — 2023
  12. Tribeca Early Stage PartnersInvestor2020 — 2021
  13. Capital OneCommercial Bank2017 — 2019New York, New York
  14. Prudential FinancialAsset Liability Management2014 — 2017Newark, New Jersey
  15. Takeda OncologyFinance2012 — 2013Greater Boston

Education

  1. Rutgers UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Finance and Economics
  2. Columbia Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA

Skills & more

Microsoft Excel1PowerPoint1Microsoft WordPhotoshopCustomer ServiceHTML1ResearchSocial MediaPublic SpeakingTeamwork1WindowsEnglish
+3 moreAccessTeachingLeadership

Languages Chinese

From Charlton's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Rutgers University86

Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalGanesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersBasil AlomaryPrincipal, Head of Research & Growth Strategy at StripesBrigitte KleineOperating Partner at Stripes

+ 80 more

Also attended Columbia Business School576

Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 570 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Kiln5

Rezso SzaboGeneral Partner & Head of London at Illuminate FinancialDan BitonInvestor at ATKALaszlo SzaboInvestor at ATKASebastien CoutureInvestor at ATKABartosz JakubowskiPrincipal at Alven

Also worked at SendBlocks1

Ayal ItzkovitzManaging Partner | First at Pitango

Also worked at Capital One101

Joey ShinInvestment Analyst at Pantera CapitalNigel MorrisCo-Founder and Managing Partner of QED InvestorsFrank RotmanCo-Founder and Partner Emeritus at QED InvestorsBill CilluffoPartner at QED InvestorsAustin HayInvestor at Khosla VenturesMatt RisleyPartner Emeritus at QED Investors

+ 95 more

Also worked at Prudential Financial23

MarkInvestor at Yu GalaxyJohn SiebInvestor at AgeTech CapitalDavid CastellaniOperating Partner at Brewer Lane VenturesDouglas RussellManaging Partner at MassMutual VenturesMitchell HammerAnalyst at Electric CapitalStefan OkhuysenSenior Partner at HCAP Partners

+ 17 more

Colleagues at Illuminate Financial

Alex Gheorghe
Investor at Illuminate Financial
Alexander Ross
General Partner & Head of New York at Illuminate Financial
Andrew Patey
Chief Financial Officer at Illuminate Financial
Crystal Tan
Executive Assistant at Illuminate Financial
Esther Muschamp
Human Resources Business Partner at Illuminate Financial
Hugo Hazon
Investor at Illuminate Financial
Julie McCrimlisk
Investor at Illuminate Financial
Justin Poitras
Head of Investor Relations at Illuminate Financial