About
Erin Cruz is VP of Finance at Telescope Partners, having built her career in finance roles at venture capital and private equity firms. She was previously VP of Finance at Slow Ventures, overseeing financial management and reporting, and earlier held finance positions at Fall Line Capital, Bertram Capital, and Gryphon Investors. She holds a B.S. in Managerial Economics from UC Davis.
Experience
- Telescope PartnersChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officercurrent2025 β present
- Telescope PartnersVP of Finance and Chief Compliance Officer2025
- Telescope PartnersVP of Finance2023 β 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Slow VenturesVP of Finance2023San Francisco, California, United States
- Fall Line CapitalController2018 β 2022San Mateo, CA
- Aduro AdvisorsController2017 β 2018
- Bertram CapitalAssistant Controller2014 β 2017
- Bertram CapitalAccounting Manager2011 β 2014
- Gryphon InvestorsSenior Accountant2005 β 2010
Education
- University of California, DavisBachelor of Science (B.S.), Managerial Economics1998 β 2002
Skills & more
Due Diligence6Accounting3Strategy2Financial Modeling6Financial Analysis7Private Equity3
From Erin's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Davis120
Charles CallSLP & Venture Partner at Cottonwood Technology FundDavid PhuController at Felicis VenturesBryan EglanDirector of Business Development at Menlo VenturesScott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersMasoud AdinaHead of Compliance at GreycroftAva EitzenPortfolio Support at 8VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Telescope Partners14
Mickey ArabelovicFounder at Telescope PartnersZack BahmPrincipal at Telescope PartnersHarrison DoyleHead of Operations at Telescope PartnersChris GaertnerPrincipal at Telescope PartnersMike IhbeHead of Product at Telescope PartnersCalvin KooAssociate at Telescope Partners
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Also worked at Slow Ventures13
Kevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesSam LessinInvestor, Writer, Podcast HostWilliam QuistGP at Slow VenturesMegan LightcapPartner, Creator Fund at Slow VenturesYoni RechtmanPartner at Slow VenturesClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures
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Also worked at Fall Line Capital2
Also worked at Aduro Advisors13
Jessica Mullins CamburnChief Financial Officer at Glasswing VenturesBen CaryController and Operations Director at Glasswing VenturesAnnakaFinance at Maven VenturesMegan SteeleController at FinTech CollectiveStacey ErnestVP Finance at Decibel PartnersKelsey FloresChief Financial Officer at Slipstream Investors
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Colleagues at Telescope Partners
Amit Parekh
Partner at Telescope Partners
Bhargav Mallidi
Associate at Telescope Partners
Calvin Koo
Associate at Telescope Partners
Chris Gaertner
Principal at Telescope Partners
Claire Owens
Associate at Telescope Partners
Drew Suranjan
Associate at Telescope Partners
Emily Spradlin
Office Coordinator and Administrative Assistant at Telescope Partners
Harrison Doyle
Head of Operations at Telescope Partners
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