I studied Computer Science at the University of Washington, graduating early at the age of 19. I've always been fascinated with leveraging technology for high impact and have had stints in both Microsoft and a YCombinator backed startup.
These days, I spend most of my time seeing how I can help startups, specifically in product development and user acquisition.
I invest in strong teams working on problems across hard technology, social media, gaming, and sportsbetting, though I'm open to all verticals. I look for teams that are obsessively motivated about what they're working on and mission driven.
Over the years, I've found that the most important predictor in the success of the company is the right founders working on the right things at the right time.
As an investor, I try to help my teams in whatever ways I can, whether it is through brainstorming product features, user acquisition channels, or introductions to various companies or domain experts.These are a few of my public investments. Stay tuned for more.
Metric Gaming develops and provides live mobile sports betting software and support services. Its core business focuses on SuperLive propositional wagers, allowing end users to place bets on in-game events as they unfold in real time. Metric's betting platform allows users to wager on every snap, every at-bat, every stroke, etc.
Compose Labs is a small group aimed at making the web a better place. Their first product, Commonlounge, enables people to have more meaningful discussions and form communities around content they are interested in.
MSi started more than a decade ago in the mining industry, and today is the world leader in solid-state lighting technology for miner’s cap-lights. MSI has provided hundreds of thousands of LED mine lighting products to the gold and platinum mines throughout the world.