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Eric Larsen

Investor

Angel at Alliance of Angels

Seattle, Washington

Writes $500K – $1.5M checks · typically $1M

About

Eric Larsen is Chair of the Board at Alliance of Angels and an experienced entrepreneur and investor who advises emerging Northwest companies on scaling through technology, finance, and operations. He previously held senior leadership roles at Quellos and BlackRock, where he built proprietary systems including Quasar and Aladdin CRM; at Quellos he helped scale the firm from $324 million to $25 billion in assets, and at BlackRock he served on the Global Operating Committee and launched the Client Analytics group. Larsen has led multiple fundraising rounds and advised emerging hedge funds on risk management and technology.

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Experience

  1. Alliance of AngelsBoard Chaircurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. Alliance of AngelsMembercurrent2010 — presentSeattle
  3. Hamamatsu Ventures USAVenture Advisorcurrent2022 — presentSeattle
  4. 2Morrow, Inc.Member of the Boardcurrent2016 — presentKirkland, Washington
  5. Cyrus BiotechnologyBoard Observer and Advisorcurrent2015 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  6. EnosemiBoard Observer and Advisor2023 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
  7. SunFly Brands, Inc.Board Member2022 — 2023Seattle
  8. SiDx, Inc.CEO and Co-founder2017 — 2022Seattle
  9. CoMotion at University of WashingtonEntrepreneur in Residence2016 — 2017Greater Seattle Area
  10. BlackRockManaging Director2007 — 2016Greater Seattle Area
  11. Quellos GroupPrincipal1998 — 2007
  12. Metamor TechologiesProject Manager1997 — 1998
  13. Andersen ConsultingSenior Associate1992 — 1997

Education

  1. University of WashingtonMaster of Science - MS, Biomedical Regulatory Affairs2021 — 2024
  2. DePaul Driehaus College of BusinessMBA, Finance1996 — 1998
  3. University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS, Electrical Engineering1988 — 1992

Skills & more

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Hedge Funds23Alternative Investments18Equities13Asset Management22Fixed Income5Asset Managment3Program Management6Start-ups14CRM5Management17Risk Management6
+4 morePortfolio ManagementStrategic PlanningInvestmentsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Data Science Specialization — Coursera Course Certificates
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder — CFA Institute

From Eric's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Washington162

Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesJoseph HorsmanInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsJohn CarpenterInformation Technology Director at Madrona Venture Group

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Also attended DePaul Driehaus College of Business13

BradAdvisor at Clear VenturesKarthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation CapitalShane SmithVice President at Endeavour CapitalChonlathit JittachalothornController at 645 VenturesJeffOperating Partner at Consumer VenturesMark CasadyGeneral Partner and Co-Founder at Vestigo Ventures

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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign259

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesPaul BragielCo-founder at Golden Gate VenturesGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at SunFly Brands, Inc.1

Adam LewisManaging Partner at Galaxy Venture Capital (GVC)

Also worked at CoMotion at University of Washington2

Ken HorensteinGeneral Partner at Pack VenturesMark Mueller EbersteinInvestor at Swan Venture Fund

Also worked at Quellos Group1

David RhoadesHead of Capital Formation at Mighty Capital

Also worked at Andersen Consulting587

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

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Colleagues at Alliance of Angels

Abishek Sankaranarayanan
Life Science Fellow at Alliance of Angels
Bob Lord
Innovation Fund Administrator at Alliance of Angels
Bob Wallach
Board Member at Alliance of Angels
Brent Weeks
Innovation Fund Administrator at Alliance of Angels
Charles Porter
Board Member at Alliance of Angels
Chris Igielski
Innovation Fund Administrator at Alliance of Angels
Dan Menser
Vice Chairman at Alliance of Angels
Dan Rosen
Chair Emeritus at Alliance of Angels