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Hiruy Ephrem

Investor

Senior Associate at Orbit Startups · Analyst at SOSV · Senior Investment Associate at Chinaccelerator

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

About

Hiruy Ephrem is a Senior Associate at Orbit Ventures, where he works on portfolio management and deal sourcing. He previously served as Program Manager for Angelvest Group, an angel investor network based in Asia, in Shanghai, and completed internships at Coca-Cola Sabco in Addis Ababa and Beijing Niu Technologies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics and Economics with a Mandarin Chinese concentration from Middlebury College.

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Experience

  1. Orbit StartupsSenior Associatecurrent2022 — presentShanghai, China
  2. Orbit StartupsAssociate2021 — 2022
  3. Orbit StartupsSenior Analyst2020 — 2021
  4. Orbit StartupsAnalyst2019 — 2020Shanghai, China
  5. SOSVSenior Associate2019 — 2023Shanghai, China
  6. WeWorkMentor2018 — 2019Shanghai, China
  7. AngelVest天使谷Program Manager2018 — 2019Shanghai, China
  8. AngelVest天使谷Analyst Intern2017 — 2018Shanghai, China
  9. Middlebury College Center for Careers & InternshipsPeer Career Adviser2016 — 2017Middlebury, Vermont, USA
  10. Middlebury College Center for Careers & InternshipsBox Office Student Supervisor2014 — 2017Middlebury College
  11. The Releaf GroupAssociate Consultant2016
  12. Beijing Niu Techology Co., Ltd.Marketing Operations Intern2016Beijing, China
  13. Coca-Cola SabcoSales & Marketing Intern2015Addis Ababa
  14. First Home AllianceSocial Media Specialist2012Arlington, Virginia
  15. Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.Intern2011Arlington, VA

Education

  1. Middlebury CollegeBachelor's Degree, International Politics & Economics2013 — 2017
  2. Middlebury CollegeCertificate, Spanish Language School: Introductory Spanish2014
  3. Washington-Lee High SchoolAdvanced High School Diploma2009 — 2013

Skills & more

Public Speaking73Leadership49Fundraising8Event Planning13Social Media6Filming3Research4Writing3Marketing1Stata1Community Outreach16Teaching6
+11 moreCommunicationManagementTeamworkSpanishFrenchChineseWindows Movie MakerNetworkingEarly-stage StartupsAudacityCoaching & Mentoring

Languages Amharic · Chinese (Mandarin) · English · French · Spanish

From Hiruy's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Middlebury College97

Alex FinkelsteinInvestor at Spark CapitalJeff DoranInvestor at Spark CapitalTrevor KienzleInvestor at Correlation VenturesUrvashi BarooahPartner at Redpoint VenturesJason BrookePrincipal at Sapphire VenturesBriehan BurkeGeneral Partner at Keen Venture Partners

+ 91 more

Shared employers

Also worked at WeWork60

Isaiah Baril-DoreInvestor at Index VenturesAmy KalokerinosInvestor at Khosla VenturesMike SteadmanFounder, Coach, USNA '10 — writing, coaching, and designing categories for underdog military veteran founders and CEOsOliver MitchellPartner at Ff Venture CapitalAshwini AnburajanInvestor at Side Door VenturesIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek Ventures

+ 54 more

Also worked at Middlebury College Center for Careers & Internships9

Ben CmejlaInvestments at General PartnershipKarly WentzPartner at B4 CapitalLuis EcheverriaPrincipal at Goodwater CapitalDavid BradburyPresident at Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)Evelin TóthSenior Research Associate at Bezos Earth FundHolley McShanInvestor at BoxGroup

+ 3 more

Also worked at The Releaf Group1

Sydney HodgeSoftware Engineer at Black Angel Group

Colleagues at Orbit Startups

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed
Program Specialist at Orbit Startups
Aditya Kathpalia
Director of India & MENA at Orbit Startups
Alok Somani
CFO at Orbit Startups
Amani Alshaikhmubarak
Director, Saudi Arabia at Orbit Startups
Ander Gonzalez
Program Specialist at Orbit Startups
Carrie Chang
Finance Manager at Orbit Startups
Chenchen Liu
Assistant General Counsel at Orbit Startups
Ching-Ping Lin
Partner & COO at Orbit Startups

Network6

Alex Kopelyan
Partner at SOSV
Alexander Hall-Daniels
Principal at SOSV
Bill Liao
General Partner at SOSV
Bradford Higgins
Venture Partner at SOSV
Cyril Ebersweiler
General Partner at SOSV
Duncan Turner
General Partner at SOSV

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