About
Sam Kirschner is a Vice President at Village Global with roughly a decade of experience spanning data science, operations, and venture capital. He was previously a Visiting Partner at The House Fund, where he ran an AI accelerator with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Databricks, and served as an Operations Fellow at the climate fund Gigascale. Earlier he ran On Deck's ODX accelerator, helped run Village Global operations from 2019-2021, and worked as a data scientist and software engineer at startups.
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDefense TechHealthtechPropTech
Experience
- Village GlobalVice Presidentcurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ScarfAdvisorcurrent2019 β presentOakland, California, United States
- Harmonic LabsAdvisorcurrent2021 β present
- GovForceAdvisorcurrent2022 β present
- SendosoAdvisorcurrent2021 β present
- SimpleLab, IncAdvisorcurrent2015 β presentBerkeley
- Gigascale CapitalOperations Fellow2023 β 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- On DeckAdvisor2022 β 2023
- On DeckDirector of ODX2021 β 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Village GlobalDirector Of Operations2021
- Village GlobalHead Of Operations2019 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- The House FundHead Of Operations2017 β 2019Berkeley, CA
- The House FundAdvisor2015 β 2017
- Distributed SystemsData Science2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Grand Rounds, Inc.Data Science2015 β 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Free VenturesCo-Founder & Managing Director2013 β 2014Berkeley
- AutodeskSoftware Engineering & Data Science2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Energy Biosciences InstituteData Research Assistant2012 β 2013Berkeley, CA
Skills & more
Statistics18Java5Teaching5Machine Learning9Matlab6Data Analysis19R3Python4Programming1Google Search1
From Sam's professional profile.
Colleagues at Village Global
Adwane
Investor at Village Global
Amrit Rao
General Partner at Village Global
Anne Dwane
General Partner at Village Global
Ben Casnocha
Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, author, and investor
Brett Bolkowy
Director of Special Projects at Village Global
Brian Frank
General Partner at FTW Ventures
Ekkta Bathija
Finance & Operations Analyst at Village Global
Erik Pavia
Chief of Staff at Village Global
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Kirschner?
- Sam Kirschner is a Vice President at Village Global with roughly a decade of experience spanning data science, operations, and venture capital. He was previously a Visiting Partner at The House Fund, where he ran an AI accelerator with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Databricks, and served as an Operations Fellow at the climate fund Gigascale. Earlier he ran On Deck's ODX accelerator, helped run Village Global operations from 2019-2021, and worked as a data scientist and software engineer at startups.
- Where does Sam Kirschner work?
- Sam Kirschner is Vice President at Village Global.
- What does Sam Kirschner invest in?
- Sam Kirschner invests in AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Defense Tech, Healthtech, PropTech.
- Where did Sam Kirschner go to school?
- Sam Kirschner studied at University of California, Berkeley (BA, Statistics).
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