Teddy Blank
InvestorPrincipal at First Star Ventures
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M
About
Teddy Blank is a Principal at First Star Ventures, a seed-stage fund, where he focuses on helping founders find their earliest customers. He previously co-founded Tempo, a differential privacy-enabled marketplace for athlete biometric data, and before that led sales and business development at Symphony Commerce, a CRV-, Bain-, and FirstMark-backed ecommerce platform that reached more than $10M in ARR within three years. Blank started his career as an analyst at Accenture across telecom, banking, and public transit, advises early-stage deep tech startups, and holds an MBA from Harvard and a BA from Amherst College.
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGamingHealthtechInsurTechIoTMedical DevicesPropTechRoboticsSaaS
Experience
- First Star VenturesPartnercurrent2023 — present
- First Star VenturesPrincipal2019 — 2023Cambridge, MA
- Salient PredictionsBusiness Developmentcurrent2020 — presentCambridge, MA
- TempoCo-Founder2017 — 2018Boston, MA
- Symphony CommerceDirector of Sales & Business Development2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Symphony CommerceBusiness Development Manager2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Symphony CommerceJr. Account Executive2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- AccentureBusiness Analyst2011 — 2013New York City
Skills & more
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E-commerceGlobal E-commerceStrategyManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeSalesforce.comFrom Teddy's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
FYTONative VoicePhoenix TailingsSalientScoot ScienceSoteSwiftlyZanskar
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Colleagues at First Star Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Teddy Blank?
- Teddy Blank is a Principal at First Star Ventures, a seed-stage fund, where he focuses on helping founders find their earliest customers. He previously co-founded Tempo, a differential privacy-enabled marketplace for athlete biometric data, and before that led sales and business development at Symphony Commerce, a CRV-, Bain-, and FirstMark-backed ecommerce platform that reached more than $10M in ARR within three years. Blank started his career as an analyst at Accenture across telecom, banking, and public transit, advises early-stage deep tech startups, and holds an MBA from Harvard and a BA from Amherst College.
- Where does Teddy Blank work?
- Teddy Blank is Principal at First Star Ventures.
- What does Teddy Blank invest in?
- Teddy Blank invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Gaming, Healthtech, InsurTech, IoT, Medical Devices, PropTech, Robotics, SaaS.
- What check size does Teddy Blank write?
- Teddy Blank typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- What companies has Teddy Blank invested in?
- Investments tracked here include FYTO, Native Voice, Phoenix Tailings, Salient, Scoot Science, Sote, Swiftly, Zanskar.
- Where did Teddy Blank go to school?
- Teddy Blank studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Amherst College (B.A., English).
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at First Star Ventures4
Also worked at Salient Predictions4
Also worked at Symphony Commerce5
Also worked at Accenture736
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