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Yasmeena Faycurry

Investor

Senior Associate, Investment and Research (I&R) team at 645 Ventures

New York, New York, United States

About

Yasmeena Faycurry is a Senior Associate on the Investment and Research team at 645 Ventures, focusing on B2B and Consumer founders, particularly in networks and logistics. She previously invested in consumer at Listen Ventures and in industrial companies at Chicago Ventures, and earlier founded Unfound, a local-recommendations app community she grew to over 20,000 users. She holds a BA in Economics with honors from Northwestern University, with concentrations in computer science, entrepreneurship, and marketing.

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Invests in

ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain

Experience

  1. 645 VenturesSenior Associatecurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  2. 645 VenturesAssociate2023 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. Chicago VenturesInvestor2022 — 2023Chicago, IL
  4. UnfoundFounder and CEO2020 — 2022Greater Chicago Area
  5. Listen VenturesInvestor2021 — 2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
  6. The Garage at NorthwesternVenture Cat2022Evanston, Illinois, United States
  7. The Garage at NorthwesternWildfire Accelerator2020Chicago, Illinois, United States
  8. The Garage at NorthwesternPropel Program Co-Lead2019 — 2020Evanston, Illinois, United States
  9. The Garage at NorthwesternStudent Aide2018 — 2020Evanston, Illinois, United States
  10. CCS Design & DevelopmentEverything2014 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
  11. CodeverseInstructor2018Greater Chicago Area
  12. LaunchX Entrepreneurship ProgramFounder and President @ JCP2017 — 2018Chicago, Illinois, United States

Education

  1. Northwestern UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Economics
  2. Jones College Prep

Skills & more

FrenchArabicEconomicsEntrepreneurship1Leadership1

From Yasmeena's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Northwestern University342

Hannah KrootMarketing Lead at Intel CapitalMikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark CapitalNaomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesEric OngInvestor at LightbankBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture Group

+ 336 more

Also attended Jones College Prep3

Rron ThaciAssociate at Keyhorse CapitalAvi GotskindFounder at VoltairWarren WeissbluthFounder at Voltair

Shared employers

Also worked at Chicago Ventures17

Jason DuboeCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Permanent Capital VenturesEzra GalstonInvestor at Starting LineAdam KoopersmithManaging Partner at Pritzker Group Venture CapitalStuart LarkinsPartner at Chicago VenturesKevin WillerVenture Partner at Chicago VenturesLindsay KnightPartner at Chicago Ventures

+ 11 more

Also worked at Listen Ventures14

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundCasey NixonSenior Associate at Mercato PartnersAmira KhatibVice President at Bluestein VenturesConnor RyanPartner at Bridge Venture FundJeff CantalupoManaging Partner, Founder at Listen VenturesRick DesaiManaging Partner, Investments at Listen Ventures

+ 8 more

Also worked at The Garage at Northwestern2

Ibraheem AlinurVice President at 2Flo VenturesMark FlemingPartner at Passbook Ventures

Also worked at LaunchX Entrepreneurship Program3

Ben JenDirector at Homeroom FundLuke IgelFounder at Kino AIAziz HanafiFounder at Degla Inc

Colleagues at 645 Ventures

Aaron Holiday
Co-Founder, Managing Partner at 645 Ventures
Blair Flicker
Senior Advisor at 645 Ventures
Chonlathit Jittachalothorn
Controller at 645 Ventures
Christina Siadat
Executive Assistant, Office Manager at 645 Ventures
Eric Parshall
Senior Software Engineer II at 645 Ventures
Jon Smith
Principal at 645 Ventures
Kelly Hardeman
Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations at 645 Ventures
Lexi Quirk
Managing Director, Head of Product at 645 Ventures