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Thomas Dunleavy

Investor

Head of Venture at Varys Capital

United States

About

CFA and CAIA charterholder who leads Varys Capital's CIMA and ADGM-registered venture fund, drawing on experience managing $1B+ portfolios and applying disciplined investment frameworks.

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Experience

  1. Varys CapitalHead of Venture Capitalcurrent2025 — present
  2. MV GlobalHead of Venture Capital2023 — 2025
  3. MessariSenior Researcher2022 — 2023
  4. Meketa Investment GroupVice President, Institutional Investment Consultant2018 — 2022Greater Boston
  5. State StreetPrincipal, Fixed Income2016 — 2018Greater Boston Area
  6. State StreetOfficer, Corporate Development / Venture2013 — 2016Greater Boston Area
  7. State StreetSenior Associate, Professional Development Rotation Program2011 — 2013Greater Boston Area

Education

  1. Bentley UniversityBS, Finance
  2. MIT Professional EducationData Science and Machine Learning: Making Data-Driven Decisions

Skills & more

CryptoFinancial AnalysisAsset AllocationFinanceFinancial ModelingInvestmentsFinancial ServicesData AnalysisMacroeconomicsInvestment StrategiesFinancial Marketseconomics
+12 morePortfolio ManagementequitiesCapital MarketsAlternative Investmentsvaluationprivate equityMarket AnalysisAsset ManagementFinancial AdvisoryStrategyAnalysisProblem Solving
  • CAIA Charterholder — CAIA Association
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) — CFA Institute

From Thomas's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Bentley University73

Jessica DowdInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersBrett RippergerDirector, Investor Reporting & Business Analytics at Sapphire VenturesAva BrunelleInvestor at Third Rock VenturesGabriella WilliamsInvestor at Third Rock VenturesGreg O'BrienInvestor at Third Rock VenturesTom MendozaInvestor at EQT Ventures

+ 67 more

Also attended MIT Professional Education20

Kanira ShahVenture Partner, Future Content Fund at IPR.VCCris De LucaPartner, Digital at Sanofi VenturesHugues BertinPartner at HCS CapitalLinda GreubManaging Partner at Avestria VenturesLisa Bettinger-BuckinghamCHRO, Vialto Partners at The 98Mayte AlonsoInvestor at Global Social Impact Investment

+ 14 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Messari6

Mason NystromInvestor at Pantera CapitalMo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One VenturesAli TamasebGeneral Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)Julian FernándezInvestment Associate at Bloccelerate VCKatherine WuVenture Partner at ArchetypePhil BonelloCIO at Plaintext Capital

Also worked at Meketa Investment Group2

Brandon RossSenior Associate-Analyst at Elevate CapitalFiona BeeryExecutive Assistant at Equality Asset Management

Also worked at State Street65

David PhuController at Felicis VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera CapitalConnor SheaAssistant Controller at Sapphire VenturesTimInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalCameron BaharVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcPaulina SzyzdekPrincipal at E12 Venture Capital, Llc

+ 59 more

Colleagues at Varys Capital

Darius Askaripour
Managing Partner at Varys Capital
Wojciech Szczygiel
Head of Trading at Varys Capital