Fundraising Fox

Trace Cohen

Investor

Investor at New York Venture Partners

New York, New York

Writes $50K checks · typically $50K

About

Investor who has sourced, diligenced and invested in 30+ startups. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, is a serial NYC entrepreneur who founded SPOT, Launch.it and Brandyourself.com (acquired), and graduated from Syracuse University's Whitman School with majors in Entrepreneurship and Marketing.

Experience

  1. Six Point VenturesCo-founder & General Partnercurrent2024 — presentNew York + Israel
  2. PEF CommunityMembercurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
  3. American ExpressSenior Manager - Solutions Enablement and Distribution (SE&D)2022 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
  4. KidasBoard Observer2022
  5. New York Venture Partners (NYVP)Investor2015 — 2022Greater New York City Area
  6. Columbia Business SchoolMBA 20202019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
  7. CTA Communications CommitteeCommittee Member2015 — 2019Washington D.C. Metro Area
  8. SPOTFounder and Head of Product2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area
  9. Launch.itCo-Founder and Head of Product2011 — 2015Greater New York City Area
  10. iFluence PRSVP and Co-founder2010 — 2011Greater New York City Area
  11. Brand-yourself.comFounder and Chief Marketing Officer2007 — 2009Syracuse, New York Area

Education

  1. Columbia Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management2019 — 2020
  2. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse UniversityBS, Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises / Marketing (Double Major)2006 — 2010

Skills & more

Investments2Early Stage Investment2investingFundraisingStartupsVenture CapitalAngel InvestingEntrepreneurship85Business Strategy31Start-ups57Blogging58Social Media70
+12 moreSEOPublic RelationsSocial Media MarketingStrategic CommunicationsDigital StrategyDigital MarketingDigital MediaMarketingFacebookGoogle AnalyticsFounderStrategy
  • Strategic Thinking — LinkedIn
  • Balanced Scorecard and Key Performance Indicators — LinkedIn
  • Product Management: Building a Product Strategy — LinkedIn

From Trace's professional profile.

Colleagues at New York Venture Partners

Brian
Investor at New York Venture Partners
Maxwell Cohen
Managing Director at New York Venture Partners

Network2

Axel BicharaScout
General Partner at Bolt
Dane McDonaldScout
Managing Director at Batshit Crazy Ventures

Investors connected to Trace in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Trace Cohen work?
Trace Cohen is Investor at New York Venture Partners.
What check size does Trace Cohen write?
Trace Cohen typically writes checks of $50K.

Founder mafias

Columbia Business School mafia59

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Martin VarsavskyMBAFounded Certuma +3Thomas HendrixMBAFounded Decisive Point +1Drew PattersonMBAFounded Walkway +1Neal GoldmanMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded FindCenter +1Nimish ShahMBAFounded Apogee Therapeutics +1Andrew GottesdienerMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)Founded Apogee Therapeutics +1

+ 52 more

Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Drew AustinBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Augmate +1

Same school

Also attended Columbia Business School638

Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 632 more

Also attended Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University15

Drew AustinInvestor at Red Beard VenturesDan ShotenInvestor at Zag CapitalEvan GanzPrincipal at Constellation Technology VenturesZach FinkelsteinInvestor at Class GlobalDana PressAssociate, Operations at ATW PartnersReed BaumDirector of Research at Sarson Funds

+ 9 more

Shared employers

Also worked at American Express140

Victoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera Capital

+ 134 more

Also worked at Kidas2

Mike VorhausCEO, Vorhaus Advisors at The 98Thea NgoSenior Investment Associate at Archangel Ventures

Also worked at Columbia Business School93

Jeremy PhilipsInvestor at Spark CapitalGraham BrownManaging Partner at Lerer HippeauCharlie RexfordChief of Staff to CEO at Sapphire VenturesSiddharth RamakrishnanPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersHalle TeccoFounder, Rock Health & Natalist at Giant Ventures Global LlpFlorin MihocVenture Partner at Ff Venture Capital

+ 87 more

Also worked at Launch.it1

BrianInvestor at New York Venture Partners