Jack Cooney

New Era Ventures is a pre-seed & seed stage Investment syndicate focused on B2B SaaS.

• Responsible to investor outreach and LP sourcing for fundraising.
• Invested in 4 startups : (Textla, Kindo, Taxwire, Mentra)
• Built investment memos and thesis on prospective dealflow opportunities.
• Evaluated 200+ startups and participated in weekly team debriefing calls.

A multi-stage investment fund focused on Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthcare, and PropTech

• Sourced investment opportunities using a structured approach to increase deal flow velocity in both quantity and quality by doing weekly sprints using multiple deal flow channels
• Developed investment theses around various industry verticals, reviewed pitch decks, met with startups and investors, and presented top investment opportunities at weekly Partners Meetings and Investment Committees
• Worked closely with the General Partners who have 45+ years of VC experience and invested in 10+ unicorns such as Beyond Meat, Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Wish, Oculus, Oscar, etc.
• Conducted quantitative and qualitative deep due diligence including: Market sizing, team’s ability to execute, go-to-market strategy, key risks, business model, key metrics, financial modeling, competitive landscape, customer and investor interviews, cap table and waterfall analysis, term sheets and investment documents
• Built a large network of over 600 relationships across accelerators, VC / PE funds, strategics, and startup founders, and have access to VU's investor and strategic network

GoAhead Ventures is a Venture Capital fund based in Silicon Valley managing over $150M in AUM. At GoAhead Ventures our mission is to work with entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of their company.

• Researched companies and prepared presentations for management and prospective buyers.
• Raised money to complete business development projects such as mergers and company purchases.
• Chaired partner meetings to drive discussion of matters important to firm operations, keeping discourse on-topic and moving at efficient pace.

• Established over 1000+ relationships that were strategic to the company.
• Assisted with fundraising for multiple projects requiring as much as $2Bn in Capital.
• Responsible for scouting deal flow and dealing directly with founders.