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Teddy Himler

Investor

Managing Partner at Optimist Ventures

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Founder and GP of Optimist Ventures with 15+ years of experience at Goldman Sachs, SoftBank, Comcast Ventures, and Antler. He focuses on AI, insurance, healthcare, and industrial automation, has backed several unicorns at seed/Series A, and holds a B.A. in Government and Economics from Harvard.

Experience

  1. Optimist VenturesFounder and Managing Partnercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Equal CitizensBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentNew York
  3. AntlerPartner2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
  4. SoftBank Group InternationalVice President2018 — 2021New York, New York, United States
  5. Comcast VenturesPrincipal2016 — 2018New York
  6. SoftBank GroupVice President2013 — 2016San Carlos, NYC and Jakarta
  7. Goldman SachsInvestment Banking Analyst | Technology, Media & Telecom2011 — 2013San Francisco
  8. Goldman SachsInvestment Banking Summer Intern2010San Francisco
  9. U.S. House of RepresentativesIntern2009Washington D.C.
  10. Xinhua Sports & Entertainment LtdMarketing Intern2008Shanghai & Beijing, China
  11. ChangeCongress (NKA: Rootstrikers)Blogger & Intern2008San Francisco, CA

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Government2007 — 2011
  2. The Hotchkiss School2003 — 2007

Skills & more

Bloomberg17Investment Banking99Finance65Business Development53Marketing25Financial Modeling99Valuation99Private Equity35Capital Markets23Corporate Finance26Equities28Fixed Income14
+4 moreStrategyFinancial AnalysisCorporate DevelopmentDue Diligence

Languages English · French · Indonesian Bahasa

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Shared employers

Deals · 6

HarperSolo GP

via Optimist Ventures

Kaya AISolo GP

via Optimist Ventures

OpenAISolo GP

via Optimist Ventures

RebarSolo GP

via Optimist Ventures

StripeSolo GP

via Optimist Ventures

Super VolcanoSolo GP

via Optimist Ventures

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