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Riley Finch

Investor

Investment Associate at NextGen Venture Partners

San Francisco, California

Writes $500K – $2M checks · typically $1M

About

Riley Finch is an investor at NextGen Venture Partners, an early-stage venture fund deploying $500k–$2M in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Previously, Finch held go-to-market roles at multiple fintech unicorns and was a competitive athlete. Finch focuses on early-stage founders and leverages NGVP's network of 1,600+ venture partners to support portfolio companies from formation through initial growth.

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Experience

  1. NextGen Venture PartnersInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. 1Sharpe CapitalAssociate, 1Sharpe Ventures2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Afore CapitalDirector of Operations + Platform2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  4. ClearbancVenture Capital Partnerships2019 — 2021Greater Toronto Area, Canada
  5. ClearbancInvestment Analyst2019Greater Toronto Area, Canada
  6. Susa VenturesVenture Fellow (VFP1)2020 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
  7. WealthsimpleWealthsimple for Advisors (Acq Purpose Investments)2018Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  8. HubdocBusiness Development -Acq. Xero2017Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  9. Sail Canada | Voile CanadaAthlete2013 — 2017
  10. PresslySales Development Representative - Aquired by Vision Critical2016Toronto, Canada Area

Education

  1. Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier UniversityBachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance
  2. ISC ParisExchange, Accounting and Finance
  3. Oakville Trafalgar High School

Skills & more

Microsoft Office4Microsoft Excel3Sales8Social Media9Social Media Marketing1Inside Sales2Time Management8Leadership23Public Speaking18Teamwork22Communication5Team Leadership4
+1 moreManagement

Languages English

From Riley's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University14

Mark PresaccoAssociate Director at Espresso CapitalVignesh MarkanduHead of Operations at Unbounded CapitalChristy LaneVenture Partner at IA Capital GroupSean GildayVice President, Head of Network at ManchesterStory Group, LLCAdam DougallProgram Manager at Waterloo Accelerator CentreAdrien CoteBoard of Directors; CEO of Existent at Waterloo Accelerator Centre

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Also attended ISC Paris8

Yu-Hsin WangAssociate at QuantonationLaure GoupilHead of Investor Relations at Axeleo CapitalDavid MortamaisManaging Partner at MAVA VenturesRobin BernéCOO at CryptoastPascal G BouvierSenior Practitioner Advisor at SC VenturesAriane DarmonCo-founder Wealth Planning at Ivesta Family Office

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Shared employers

Also worked at 1Sharpe Capital6

Gregor WatsonManaging Partner at 1Sharpe VenturesRob BloemkerGeneral Partner at 1Sharpe VenturesGinny MillerPartner at 1Sharpe VenturesKathleen CollinsPrincipal at 1Sharpe VenturesSequoia JohnsonAnalyst at 1Sharpe VenturesFeng WangInvestor at 1Sharpe Ventures

Also worked at Afore Capital20

Nate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsGaurav JainCo-founder, Managing Partner at Afore CapitalAnamitra BanerjiCo-founder, Managing Partner at Afore CapitalDerrick LiPrincipal at Afore CapitalKayla KavanaughInvestor at Afore CapitalNathan YuInvestor at Afore Capital

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Also worked at Susa Ventures16

Denny GabrielVC Investor at Runa CapitalNatalie DillonPartner at MaveronChad ByersCo-Founder and General Partner at Susa VenturesLeo PolovetsFounder Emeritus at Susa VenturesSeth BermanFounder Emeritus at Susa VenturesMisha Gordon-RowePartner at Susa Ventures

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Also worked at Hubdoc2

Greg BarnesPartner at Hyde Park Venture PartnersAjay GopalPartner at Framework Venture Partners

Colleagues at NextGen Venture Partners

Ben Bayat
Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
Chris Keller
Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
Corinne Smeriglio
Director of Operations at NextGen Venture Partners
Deborah Chu
Principal at NextGen Venture Partners
Jon Bassett
Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
Katie Willging
Senior Alternative Investments Analyst at NextGen Venture Partners
Maxim Karoubi
Investment Associate at NextGen Venture Partners