Damian Murray
InvestorVenture Analyst at Level Up Ventures
New York, New York
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
About
Investment/Venture Analyst previously with Volvo Cars Sweden's venture fund, pension fund and strategic projects, with prior experience at ByteDance, M12, F-Prime, HBCUvc and BVCC.
Experience
- Level Up VenturesInvestorcurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
- Volvo CarsTech Fund Investment Associate2024 — 2025Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden
- Volvo CarsVolvo Cars Pension Fund Analyst2025Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Volvo CarsTech Fund Singapore Project2024 — 2025Singapore
- Volvo CarsStrategic Research Project2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Volvo CarsValue Creation & Business Planning (FP&A)2023 — 2024Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden
- The Bureau of Creative IntelligenceStrategy & Business Development Lead2022 — 2025
- ByteDanceStrategy Research Intern2023Beijing, China
- Thurgood Marshall College FundProgram Manager, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Consultant2020 — 2022New York, United States
- Dorm Room FundBlueprint Investor Track2022
- F-Prime CapitalInvestment Analyst Intern2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- PopComOperations Analyst & Innovation Lead2022Columbus, Ohio
- PopComMarketing & Brand Engineer2020 — 2021Columbus, Ohio
- PopComOffice Manager2019 — 2020Columbus, Ohio
- Black Venture Capital Consortium (BVCC)Student Investment Analyst2021 — 2022
- Exponential ImpactProgram Fellow2021Colorado, United States
- M12 - Microsoft's Venture FundInvestment Analyst2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Black Venture Capital Consortium (BVCC)Venture Capital Fellow2020 — 2021
- HBCUvcVenture Capital Fellow2020 — 2021
- GoogleGoogle Bold Large Customer Sales Intern2019Chicago, Illinois
Education
- Schwarzman ScholarsMaster's degree, Global Affairs2022 — 2023
- Tsinghua UniversityMaster's degree, Global Affairs2022 — 2023
- Columbia UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Technology Management2020 — 2021
- Jackson State UniversityBachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance2015 — 2019
Skills & more
Public Speaking23Teamwork9Team Leadership3Design Thinking2Strategic Planning2Communication1Problem Solving1Creative Problem Solving1Blockchain3Microsoft PowerPoint10Microsoft Excel6Microsoft Word7
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Google AdsGoogle AnalyticsShopifyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Financial ModelingPortfolio ManagementSourcingDue DiligenceInvestmentsInformation TechnologyEmerging TechnologiesBusiness StrategyLanguages English
- Accounting & Financial Statement Analysis — Wall Street Prep
- Microsoft Excel — Wall Street Prep
- PowerPoint Training — Wall Street Prep
- Demystifying VC Term Sheets & Cap Tables — Wall Street Prep
- Introduction to SQL — DataCamp
- MIRROR Practitioner — The Bureau of Creative Intelligence
- Financial Statement Modeling — Wall Street Prep
- Certified Blockchain Expert™ — Blockchain Council
- Certified Metaverse Expert™ — Blockchain Council
From Damian's professional profile.
Colleagues at Level Up Ventures
Allen T. Lamb
Venture Partner at Level Up Ventures
Andrea Hoffman
Founder & CEO, Culture Shift Labs at Level Up Ventures
Beto Pallares
Angel Investor, Joseph Advisory Services at Level Up Ventures
Carlton Charles
Chairman at Level Up Ventures
Charley Moore
Founder & CEO, Rocket Lawyer at Level Up Ventures
Iyke Iwotor
Senior Venture Analyst at Level Up Ventures
Kange Kaneene
Venture Partner at Level Up Ventures
Kishau Rogers
Founder & CEO, Time Study at Level Up Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Damian Murray work?
- Damian Murray is Venture Analyst at Level Up Ventures.
- What check size does Damian Murray write?
- Damian Murray typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
Same school
Also attended Schwarzman Scholars13
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Also attended Tsinghua University145
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Also attended Columbia University688
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Also attended Jackson State University2
Shared employers
Also worked at F-Prime Capital53
Ben MalkaVenture Partner at Cota CapitalMuz MansuriAdvisor at Delin VenturesMaulik MehtaManaging Partner at Excelerate Health VenturesAllison HinckleySenior Principal at Overture ClimateAbby WagnerSenior Accountant at F-Prime Capital PartnersAbdul AbdirahmanPrincipal at F-Prime Capital Partners
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Also worked at PopCom1
Also worked at M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund35
Itxaso del PalacioGeneral Partner at Notion CapitalJillExecutive Assistant at Thomson Reuters VenturesTamara SteffensManaging Director at Thomson Reuters VenturesAdam CoccariManaging Director at HubSpot VenturesPriya SaiprasadInvestment Advisory Council at Neythri Futures FundLeo de LunaPartner at Tribeca Venture Partners
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Also worked at HBCUvc10
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