Colin Sebastian

Managing Director; Leading Hyperscaler, AI Buildout, E-commerce, Digital Media and Marketplaces coverage at Baird. Award-winning Analyst, Investor, Board Member. Evaluating AI, Brand/Performance Marketing.

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2017
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Investor, Advisor
Apr 2015
The Blink Inc app is the first and only gig platform connecting Photographers and Customers everywhere...anytime! With just a few taps Photographers make themselves available to Customers for photoshoots anywhere at any time! Customers everywhere use the Blink app to book Photographers for photoshoots at any location, date, time, and shoot duration. Photos from the shoot are viewed and purchased in real-time on the app. Blink makes the on-demand photoshoot experience easy, fun, and affordable for the Customer and easy, fun, and profitable for the Photographer. Blink Inc. Beautiful photography for everyone. Everywhere. Anytime.
mid stagePhotography
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2017
Fractal Industries, Inc.
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2017
2016
RStor - (Stealth) - Network is Storage
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2016
2015
Investor, Advisor
Apr 2015
The Blink Inc app is the first and only gig platform connecting Photographers and Customers everywhere...anytime! With just a few taps Photographers make themselves available to Customers for photoshoots anywhere at any time! Customers everywhere use the Blink app to book Photographers for photoshoots at any location, date, time, and shoot duration. Photos from the shoot are viewed and purchased in real-time on the app. Blink makes the on-demand photoshoot experience easy, fun, and affordable for the Customer and easy, fun, and profitable for the Photographer. Blink Inc. Beautiful photography for everyone. Everywhere. Anytime.
mid stagePhotography
2011
Managing Director, Senior Research Analyst, Internet and Digital Media
May 2011
Since 1919, Baird has guided families, businesses, communities and institutions toward their financial goals. Being privately held enables us to prioritize long-term planning and investment – for our clients and the firm – without having to weigh those against the quarterly expectations of outside shareholders. Today Baird offers wealth management, investment banking, asset management, fixed income and equity sales and trading, equity research, public finance and private equity services. This balance of cyclical and counter-cyclical businesses provides financial strength and stability across market environments and enables us to consistently reinvest in our ability to serve clients. We manage or oversee more than $525 billion in client assets and employ more than 5,300 Associates around the world. And, because nearly 85% of our associates are Baird stockholders, you can trust we all share a personal stake in your success. For more than 20 consecutive years, Baird has been one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®, making us a workplace of choice for some of the most talented, passionate people in financial services. It also enables us to emphasize cultural compatibility in those we hire, many of whom stay their entire careers. All of this helps ensure the quality and consistency of our advice for clients and the timeless values that make the Baird Difference every day for our clients, our Associates and the communities we share. For more information, please visit https://www.rwbaird.com/bairddifference/.
2006
Director, Equity Research at Lazard Capital Markets
Feb 2006
Founded in 1848, Lazard is the preeminent financial advisory and asset management firm, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Lazard provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, geopolitics, and other strategic matters, as well as asset management and investment solutions to institutions, corporations, governments, partnerships, family offices, and high net worth individuals. For more information, please visit Lazard.com. Social Media Disclosure: https://www.lazard.com/social-media-community-guidelines/
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