About
Venture Partner and Visiting Assistant Professor at NYU's Courant Institute, interested in deeptech, fintech, AI, and technologies advancing scientific research. Previously an associate at quantitative investment firm PhaseCapital LP and co-founder of nonprofit Point Source Youth. Holds degrees from MIT, Imperial College London, and a PhD in applied mathematics from Brown University.
Experience
- Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica (中央研究院數學所)Assistant Research Fellow (Tenure Track)current2024 — present
- TA VenturesVenture Partner and Scientific Advisorcurrent2022 — present
- Point Source YouthCo-Foundercurrent2015 — present
- New York UniversityVisiting Assistant Professor / Courant Instructor2021 — 2024
- The University of TokyoResearch Scientist2020 — 2021
- Sorbonne UniversitéVisiting Researcher2018 — 2019Paris, Île-de-France, France
- PhaseCapital LPAssociate2014 — 2017
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics
- Brown UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Physics
- Imperial College LondonMaster of Science - MSc, Industrial Design Engineering
- Royal College of ArtMaster of Arts - MA, Industrial Design Engineering
Skills & more
Software DevelopmentTrading StrategiesFutures TradingEquity TradingCommodity MarketsJapaneseFrenchTrading Systems
From Colin's professional profile.
Colleagues at TA Ventures
Andrew Verbitsky
Partner at TA Ventures
Borys Budonyi
CFO at TA Ventures
Igor Buchatskiy
Venture Partner at TA Ventures
Oleg Malenkov
Partner at TA Ventures
Pawel Schapiro
Partner at TA Ventures
Richard Armstrong
Partner at TA Ventures
Stepan Naumov
Partner at TA Ventures
Sviatoslav Henyk
General Counsel at TA Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Colin McSwiggen work?
- Colin McSwiggen is Venture Partner at TA Ventures.
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Also attended Royal College of Art11
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Shared employers
Also worked at New York University85
Ankita TiwariPrograms Manager at StartXUri LopatinInvestor at Khosla VenturesDoug BandVenture Partner at AlleyCorpNour ObeidallahHead of Community at AlleyCorpAnne DordaiHead of Portfolio and Platform at Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthSarah FeingoldBoard Chair & Legal Expert at Chloe Capital
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Also worked at The University of Tokyo20
Satoshi GojoScientific Advisor at RDiscoveryKarthik VaradaSenior Associate at Beyond Next VenturesGabriela EccoPrincipal at +ND CapitalNaveed AhmedInvestment Director at Diamond Edge VenturesHiro YoshikawaGeneral Partner at Carbide VenturesAngelina FrankHead of Science & Technology APAC at QAI Ventures
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