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Damian Murray

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Venture Analyst at Level Up Ventures

New York, New York

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

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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

  1. Level Up VenturesInvestorcurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
  2. Volvo CarsTech Fund Investment Associate2024 — 2025Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden
  3. Volvo CarsVolvo Cars Pension Fund Analyst2025Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
  4. Volvo CarsTech Fund Singapore Project2024 — 2025Singapore
  5. Volvo CarsStrategic Research Project2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  6. Volvo CarsValue Creation & Business Planning (FP&A)2023 — 2024Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden
  7. The Bureau of Creative IntelligenceStrategy & Business Development Lead2022 — 2025
  8. ByteDanceStrategy Research Intern2023Beijing, China
  9. Thurgood Marshall College FundProgram Manager, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Consultant2020 — 2022New York, United States
  10. Dorm Room FundBlueprint Investor Track2022
  11. F-Prime CapitalInvestment Analyst Intern2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  12. PopComOperations Analyst & Innovation Lead2022Columbus, Ohio
  13. PopComMarketing & Brand Engineer2020 — 2021Columbus, Ohio
  14. PopComOffice Manager2019 — 2020Columbus, Ohio
  15. Black Venture Capital Consortium (BVCC)Student Investment Analyst2021 — 2022
  16. Exponential ImpactProgram Fellow2021Colorado, United States
  17. M12 - Microsoft's Venture FundInvestment Analyst2021San Francisco Bay Area
  18. Black Venture Capital Consortium (BVCC)Venture Capital Fellow2020 — 2021
  19. HBCUvcVenture Capital Fellow2020 — 2021
  20. GoogleGoogle Bold Large Customer Sales Intern2019Chicago, Illinois
  21. JPMorgan Chase & Co.Treasury Summer Analyst2018New York, New York
  22. JPMorgan Chase & Co.Consumer Product Summer Analyst2017Columbus, Ohio Area

Skills & more

Public Speaking23Teamwork9Team Leadership3Design Thinking2Strategic Planning2Communication1Problem Solving1Creative Problem Solving1Blockchain3Microsoft PowerPoint10Microsoft Excel6Microsoft Word7
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Languages 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

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Damian Murray?
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.
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.
Where did Damian Murray go to school?
Damian Murray studied at Schwarzman Scholars (Master's degree, Global Affairs); Tsinghua University (Master's degree, Global Affairs); Columbia University (Master of Science - MS, Technology Management).

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