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Nancy Fechnay is an accomplished founder, investor, and mentor. Nancy was a MP at Alumni Ventures and founding Partner of Flight Ventures (the brainchild of Gil Penchina). Nancy launched the first AngelList syndicate in Europe in early 2015. Since then Flight has built the largest online group of investors in the world. Nancy also mentors for Techstars and the Vatican's positive impact accelerator, Laudato Si. Nancy invests in high-growth tech companies (Angel through Series A), but is most interested in working with companies that have the potential to positively impact the world through scalable technology. Nancy has been a part of the startup investing world for nine years. Starting her career in cleantech venture, Nancy has since worked for top firms, such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and GE Ventures before becoming a partner at Flight and leading her own angel deals in all things tech. Passionate about unleashing one’s true potential through the power of community and sharing life’s highs and lows, Nancy co-founded The Inspire Movement with the help of Hephzi Pemberton and Google in London in 2016. The Inspire Movement brings people together to share impactful stories of overcoming life's greatest challenges in an effort to address the overwhelming problem of mental health in the 21st century. Nancy regularly speaks at events and advises companies on how to keep adapting and growing through fast-paced change. (Past speaking engagements include SLUSH, Google HQ, CognitionX, Europas, Oslo Innovation Week, GIANT Health, and Websummit.)
Patrick Schwarzenegger is an American-Austrian actor, model, and entrepreneur. While some of his work includes staring in movies and Mini series- Patrick has gained reputation for helping and scaling small buisness. More specially, Patrick has become known as one of the top and most influential investors in the Better-For-You health and wellness CPG space. Patrick has helped companies with celebrity endorsements and fundraising, manufacturing contracts, re-brands, messaging and marketing.
Currently eating a lot of candy + building BEHAVE | Previously: SoulCycle, Daily Harvest, Uber, and the NFL
Hi, I’m Ben Zises - angel investor, advisor, and fund manager. I am the founder of SuperAngel.Fund which launched in January 2021. (View Deck > http://superangeldeck.com) Prior to starting the fund, I spent six years as an angel investor in 30 companies, including being the first investor and founding advisor to quip (2014), Caraway (2018) & Arber (2020), before each had its name. Among other successes, the first two reached over $100m+ in annual revenue, while the third is pacing for a similar growth trajectory. My focus is on areas where I am most passionate and have an informational, educational, access or network advantage: Consumer (CPG, eCommerce SaaS), PropTech & Future of Work. Earlier in my career I personally experienced the complete lifecycle of building a company, from identifying a problem/market opportunity, to coming up with the “idea”, to painstakingly developing a business plan, product roadmap and executing on it. I've been in a founder's shoes. I know what it is like to leave a stable job, ask friends and family for money, hire and scale a team, and more. My own startup went through its share of ups and downs, launching to widespread industry acclaim and countless press articles, to gaining tens of thousands of users and raising $2m from early investors. I led a team through the process of iterating & pivoting multiple times, pitched hundreds of VC's in NYC & Silicon Valley, and ultimately failed to raise a successive round of funding which resulted in the wind down of my company. These experiences, among others, give me a major competitive advantage over other investors: founder empathy and unique understanding of the startup journey. As an investor, I strive to be one of the first checks (day 0) and leverage my network to bring in other strategic capital and resources in an advisory role. I am often described by founders as their company’s #1 fan, providing unwavering support and dedication for the short, medium, and long-term. Prior to becoming a full time investor, and after my startup winded down, I was the COO at an NYC-based real estate investment and property management firm that scaled from 5 to 100 people, managing over 3,000 residential and commercial units on behalf of dozens of third party clients. I am a graduate of Boston University’s School of Hospitality, a 2x Outward Bound Alum and retired marathoner (1x New York City Marathon). I live and work in Tribeca, NYC with my wife Ashley and two daughters, Sarina and Scarlett. What I offer founders: --Earliest check possible with deep conviction --Massive network to bring in other strategic capital --Operational, sales & team building support --Founder empathy, dedication & loyalty --Prior founder experience to share learnings, provide unfair competitive advantage
Ben Cogan is co-founder and co-CEO at Hubble, one of America’s fastest growing direct-to-consumer e-commerce companies. Cogan earned a spot on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list in 2016 and over the past year Hubble has extended its footprint around the world. Cogan is also a co-Founder at Willow, an adult incontinence brand, Mockingbird, a baby stroller brand, and is an adviser to Resolved CX, a customer service platform for direct-to-consumer companies.
