Fundraising Fox

Kass Lazerow

Investor

Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

A serial entrepreneur and investor who co-founded and served as COO of Buddy Media and earlier founded GOLF.com (acquired by Time Warner). Holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

LinkedIn ↗X / Twitter ↗

Experience

  1. Merraine Group, Inc.Co-Ownercurrent2024 — present
  2. WaitWhatBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  3. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterLeadership Council Membercurrent2023 — present
  4. NY Blue Birds Grass League Team (Franchise)Co-Ownercurrent2023 — presentNew York, NY
  5. NJ 5's MPL TeamCo-Ownercurrent2023 — present
  6. Velvet Sea VenturesCofounder & Partnercurrent2019 — present
  7. Lazerow EnterprisesCofounder & COOcurrent2016 — presentNew York, NY
  8. Lazerow VenturesCofounder & Partnercurrent2011 — presentNew York City
  9. Buddy MediaCofounder & COO2007 — 2013New York, NY
  10. Golf.com/GolfServCofounder & COO1998 — 2006Chicago, IL
  11. Giant StepDirector of New Business1997 — 1998

Education

  1. Dartmouth CollegeEconomics, Art History1989 — 1993
  2. Holton-Arms1984 — 1989

Skills & more

Management22Marketing16Social Media Marketing12Social Media1Digital Marketing2Digital Strategy1Entrepreneurship1Strategic PartnershipsOnline Advertising1Digital Media2Business Operations

From Kass's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Dartmouth College338

Tomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesScott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEAJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesBen RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Mounisha AnumoluInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ren RileyAdvisor at Oak Investment Partners

+ 332 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center26

Julie YangInvestor at Third Rock VenturesTracy WilliamsInvestor at Third Rock VenturesNeil NagVenture Partner at Moment Ventures, LlcBridget Martell MA, MDSenior Biopharmaceutical Advisor at Two Bear CapitalStella PaffenholzSenior Associate at Atlas VentureMaurizio FazioPrincipal at Atlas Venture

+ 20 more

Also worked at Velvet Sea Ventures3

Matthew GiampetroniPartner at Velvet Sea VenturesKatherine RosaPartner at Velvet Sea VenturesAndrew EhrenbergPartner at Eberg Capital

Also worked at Buddy Media175

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesAlex BardManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesKarthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation Capital

+ 169 more

Colleagues at Velvet Sea Ventures

Audrey DiMarzo
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Velvet Sea Ventures
John Giampetroni
Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures
Karen Blanchard
Vice President of Operations at Velvet Sea Ventures
Katherine Rosa
Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures
Matthew Giampetroni
Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures
Mike Lazerow
Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures
Todd Knowles
Chief Financial Officer at Velvet Sea Ventures