Jack Gorab

M13 is an early-stage (seed and Series A) venture capital firm that invests in visionary founders building disruptive software businesses. Established in 2016 with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, we are a full-stack partner that brings a deep bench of full-time operators to help founders outperform and build category-defining companies. Our Propulsion model helps founders execute faster and with less capital towards better outcomes, with 3x people on our Propulsion team for every one investing team member. Our portfolio includes more than 200 direct investments, with 25 exits to date. M13 has seeded seven companies and been in the Series A of five others that went on to achieve unicorn status. Messier 13 (or M13) is one of the brightest star clusters in the northern sky. It’s full of remarkable individual stars, but when those stars come together, they create something that’s truly greater than the sum of its parts—inspiring the M13 philosophy of “brighter together.” We’re proud that M13 has been awarded as a Built In Best Place to Work in both LA and NYC multiple years running.

OneTeam Partners aligns with world-class Players Associations and helps athletes maximize their name, image and likeness rights by focusing on four key areas: group licensing, athlete marketing, content and venture investing.

M13 is an early-stage (seed and Series A) venture capital firm that invests in visionary founders building disruptive software businesses. Established in 2016 with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, we are a full-stack partner that brings a deep bench of full-time operators to help founders outperform and build category-defining companies. Our Propulsion model helps founders execute faster and with less capital towards better outcomes, with 3x people on our Propulsion team for every one investing team member. Our portfolio includes more than 200 direct investments, with 25 exits to date. M13 has seeded seven companies and been in the Series A of five others that went on to achieve unicorn status. Messier 13 (or M13) is one of the brightest star clusters in the northern sky. It’s full of remarkable individual stars, but when those stars come together, they create something that’s truly greater than the sum of its parts—inspiring the M13 philosophy of “brighter together.” We’re proud that M13 has been awarded as a Built In Best Place to Work in both LA and NYC multiple years running.

Waterman Ventures is an Alumni Ventures venture capital fund for alumni of Brown University that invests in companies with a Brown connection. Meet the team: Ludwig Pierre Schulze, Managing Partner Rob Adams, Managing Partner Andrew Padilla, Partner Brook Stroud, Senior Principal Akshata Bailkeri, Senior Associate We are part of Alumni Ventures, America’s largest venture firm for individual investors. Founded in 2014, we are the venture investing partner to over 11,000 individuals and institutions.   Follow Waterman Ventures for content at the intersection of our shared alma mater, venture capital, and entrepreneurship. We are private, for-profit, and not affiliated with or sanctioned by the college. Offers of securities are made only to eligible investors through formal offering documents, which describe the risks, terms, and other important information that must be considered before investing. Example portfolio company investments shown for illustrative purposes only, do not necessarily reflect investment outcomes that were or would be obtained by any AV fund or investor, and are not available to future investors, except potentially in the case of follow-on investments. Venture capital investing involves substantial risk, including risk of loss of all capital invested. Past performance does not guarantee future results. AV did not pay any consideration in exchange for any rankings referenced. AV has agreed to pay a licensing fee to Statista in connection with its use of the Statista logo in referring to the TIME Magazine ranking. This fee was requested and paid after AV received the TIME Magazine ranking.

Innovation Department builds companies hands-on, from the ground up. Our team of brand strategists, marketers, operators and builders are obsessed with reducing the time to product-market fit and creating repeatable success for the launch of early-stage businesses. In our SoHo studio, we ideate on product concepts, test and develop them according to our playbook, and leverage proprietary sources of audience to scale more quickly - and with less risk - than traditional ways of brand-building. This entrepreneurial and hands-on approach gives us an unparalleled understanding of how to launch and grow a brand in today’s competitive landscape. The Innovation Department family of brands includes DojoMojo, WellPath, Finn, and reBloom. We’ve also invested in exceptional companies including Pinterest, Dropbox, Lyft, ClassPass, Daily Harvest, Databricks, DigitalOcean and hims.