Fundraising Fox

Sarah Romanko

Investor

Associate at Geek Ventures

Austin, Texas

About

Associate at Geek Ventures focused on deal sourcing, screening, and analysis of prospective startups. Previously gained experience at several early-stage VC firms and worked at startups including Bulletpitch and WingDriver, and is active in the startup and VC community as a speaker and event organizer.

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Experience

  1. Geek VenturesInvestment Teamcurrent2024 — present
  2. Hustle FundAngel Squad Membercurrent2024 — present
  3. MassChallengeVIP Ambassador2024 — 2025
  4. Sputnik ATX VCVenture Fellow2024
  5. Dash VCVenture Analyst2023 — 2024
  6. Pegasus Angel AcceleratorVenture Scout2023 — 2024
  7. Boss Me InVC Advisor2023 — 2024
  8. VenturousVenture Fellow, Inaugural Cohort2023
  9. Able PartnersInaugural Gen Z Advisory Board Member2023
  10. Venture InstituteInaugural Cohort2023
  11. Catalyst XLVenture Analyst, Inaugural Cohort2023
  12. BulletpitchInaugural Growth Scout2023
  13. Home Partners of AmericaOperations Analyst, Asset Management2022 — 2023
  14. Venture CooperativeVenture Fellow2023
  15. Hawke VenturesVenture Fellow2022 — 2023
  16. GenZScoutsVenture Fellow2022
  17. Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UT DallasJindal School of Management Student Worker2022
  18. Moonshots CapitalVenture Fellow2021 — 2022
  19. The University of Texas at DallasHacking 4 Defense, Inaugural Class2021
  20. RevTech VenturesVenture Intern2021

Education

  1. Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT DallasBachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration
  2. Westwood High School

Skills & more

Leadership62Relationship Building8Public Speaking8Teamwork6Interpersonal Communication7Communication6Interpersonal Skills4Attention to Detail3Venture Capital66Startups60Networking11Due Diligence6
+10 moreConsultingSourcingStart-upsPresentationsMarketingBusiness Process ImprovementOperations ManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft Word
  • Certificate of completion: Claude 101 — Anthropic
  • Chapter Director Onboarding — Startup Haven Ventures
  • VIP Ambassadors — MassChallenge
  • Financial & Valuation Modeling — Wall Street Prep
  • Demystifying VC Term Sheets & Cap Tables — Wall Street Prep
  • Venture Deals Spring 2022 — Techstars
  • Venture Capital 101 - The Basics — Maven
  • Venture Capital Virtual Internship — H2 Ventures
  • SQL for Non-Programmers — LinkedIn
  • Practice It: SQL Joins — LinkedIn

From Sarah's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas3

Vik ThaparManaging Director at Cypress Growth CapitalSteve MacDonaldBoard Member & Investment Committee at Florida FundersRyan SadighianVice President at Teamworthy Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Hustle Fund39

RaoulInvestor at Eudemian VenturesMike SherbakovGeneral Partner at The Veteran FundYeo Chee HiongSenior Associate, Southeast Asia at Jungle VenturesElizabeth YinCo-Founder, General Partner at Hustle FundShiyan KohCo-Founder, General Partner at Hustle FundEric BahnCo-Founder, General Partner at Hustle Fund

+ 33 more

Also worked at Able Partners2

Amanda EilianFounding Partner at Able PartnersAlison RyuPartner at Able Partners

Also worked at Hawke Ventures2

Erik HubermanGP at Hawke VenturesSimmone SeymourInvestor at Capitalize VC

Also worked at The University of Texas at Dallas7

HemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesBryan ChambersCo-Founder & President at Capital FactoryRandy AllenCompany Building Partner at Material ImpactTaylor CavanahPartner, Portfolio Strategy at Blueprint EquityRaghu YarlagaddaInvestor at FalconX Credit / Pareto VaultPooja PareshOperating Partner, CFO & CCO at Summit Peak Ventures

+ 1 more

Colleagues at Geek Ventures

Alexander Zemlyak
Principal at Geek Ventures
Ihar Mahaniok
Founder & General Partner at Geek Ventures
Maks Strukov
Associate at Geek Ventures
Maksym Strukov
Associate at Geek Ventures
Sviata Luhovets
Associate at Geek Ventures
Sviatoslava Luhovets
Analyst at Geek Ventures
Vital Laptenok
General Partner at Flyer One Ventures