Ross Darwin
InvestorPrincipal at Owl Ventures
Palo Alto, California
Writes $5M – $50M checks · typically $25M
Experience
- PortagePrincipal, Portage Capital Solutionscurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Owl Ventures, LPPrincipal2019 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- PreplyBoard Member2021 — 2023
- UBITSBoard Member2021 — 2023
- TA AssociatesAssociate2014 — 2017Menlo Park, California
- EY-ParthenonAssociate2012 — 2014San Francisco
- Stanford Graduate School of BusinessResearch Assistant to Professor Darrell Duffie2010 — 2011
Skills & more
Data Analysis15Research13Spelling17Financial Modeling7Public Relations3Economics2Entrepreneurship3Project Management1Financial Analysis1Customer Service1Microsoft Excel5Public Speaking4
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Microsoft OfficeStrategyPowerPointManagementLanguages Chinese · French
From Ross's professional profile.
Colleagues at Owl Ventures
Allison Orzell
Senior Executive Assistant at Owl Ventures
Amit A. Patel
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Owl Ventures
Andrew Solomon
Vice President at Owl Ventures
Ashley Bittner
Principal at Owl Ventures
Brian Henspeter
Finance Manager at Owl Ventures
Chad Zimmerman
Investor at Owl Ventures
Emily Bennett
Partner at Owl Ventures
Emily Luck
Senior Associate, Impact & Portfolio Services at Owl Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ross Darwin?
- Principal at Owl Ventures
- Where does Ross Darwin work?
- Ross Darwin is Principal at Owl Ventures.
- What check size does Ross Darwin write?
- Ross Darwin typically writes checks of $5M – $50M.
- Where did Ross Darwin go to school?
- Ross Darwin studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics); Bexley High School.
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,384
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Owl Ventures, LP22
Ted NeelyVenture Partner at Exit Quotient VenturesMalvika BhagwatOperating Partner and Head of Outcomes at Owl VenturesKate ChhabraCo-founder, Chief Financial Officer and General Partner at Owl VenturesIan ChiuManaging Partner at Owl VenturesTom CostinCo-founder and Managing Partner at Owl VenturesLars Fjeldsoe-NielsenGeneral Partner at Owl Ventures
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Also worked at Preply7
Rob KniazInvestor at Hoxton VenturesLars Fjeldsoe-NielsenGeneral Partner at Owl VenturesTory PattersonCo-founder and Managing Partner at Owl VenturesHugo Fernández-MardomingoGeneral Partner at Acurio VenturesSylwester JanikGeneral Partner at Cogito Capital PartnersMarcin KurekPartner at Market One Capital
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Also worked at UBITS3
Also worked at TA Associates42
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