Ep 13: Investor Panel featuring Charlie O'Donnell from Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Danny Brown from MaC Venture Capital, Gyan Kapur from Bayes Ventures, Megan Ananian from Seedinvest

Charlie O'Donnell, Founder & General Partner of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

Charlie O'Donnell has been an active member of the NYC startup community for over 15 years, with a reputation of being the most accessible early stage investor in New York. After being hired as the first analyst at Union Square Ventures and helping to open First Round Capital's first NYC office, he founded Brooklyn Bridge Ventures in 2012.

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures has made over 60 investments since it was founded, making it one of the most active funds investing in pre-seed and seed rounds in the city. It often leads or co-leads, investing in a wide variety of startups founded by a diverse pool of founders including The Wing, Petal, Clubhouse, Hungryroot, Canary, goTenna and Imagen, among others. The fund was the first to be launched in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised.

Danny Brown, Partner at MaC Venture Capital

Danny Brown is Partner at MaC Venture Capital, an LA-based early stage fund focused on technology companies leveraging shifts in cultural trends and consumer behavior in an increasingly diverse global marketplace. Additionally, he is the current Chief of Staff at Atom Factory, where he focuses on leveraging their unique position at the intersection of tech, music, media, and various other industries to the benefit of their portfolio, as well as the surrounding ecosystem.

Gyan Kapur, Managing Director at Bayes Ventures and Co-Managing Partner at RTP Seed (RTP Ventures) | B2B Investor

Gyan joined RTP Ventures in early 2020 and became co-Managing Partner of RTP Seed, RTP Ventures’ fund dedicated to investing in seed and pre-seed stage companies, later in 2020.

Prior to joining RTP Seed, Gyan ran Bayes Ventures, an early stage fund with a similar focus. Prior to Bayes Ventures, Gyan was a Vice President at Activate Venture Partners (first investor in Medidata, a $6bb exit) and an active angel investor. Gyan graduated from the MBA program at the Wharton School of Business. Before Wharton, Gyan worked for Gather Health, a chronic disease management startup, and Citigroup where he built and scaled businesses in foreign exchange derivatives, focusing on complex products.

Megan Ananian, Investor, Seedinvest

Megan joined the Seedinvest team in 2019 after receiving her MBA at Yale School of Management. SeedInvest is an early-stage fund as well as an investment platform connecting founders with a community of over 375k investors. They've invested $200M+ into over 200 companies through Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg A.

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