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Announcing Maple 2: The Fund for the Canadian Diaspora
Talks about Venture Capital, Canada and Silicon Valley
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Andre Charoo
Venture Partner at Inovia Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Andre Charoo is a General Partner at Maple VC and a Venture Partner at Inovia Capital, specializing in business development and investing in companies at various stages and sectors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Charoo has a successful track record of investing in companies like Blockus and ChargeLab, and has held key roles at Hired, Inc. and Mantella Venture Partners.
Work Experience
Founder, General Partner
2016 - Current
Seed Investments: Clay, Neo Financial, AutoLeap, Patch, All Day Kitchens, DNK
Venture Partner
2019
Charter Member
2018
Board Member
2019 - 2023
Co Chair
2019 - 2023
Organizing the world's most influential Canadians in tech.
Cohort Member
2020 - 2020
Cohort #1 - Summer 2020
VP, Strategic Development
2018 - 2020
Led corp dev, biz dev and partnerships.
VP, New Markets
2014 - 2018
Led Hired's expansion in 16 markets across 6 countries.
GM, Hired NYC
2013 - 2014
Launched and built Hired's first expansion market in NYC.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
2013 - 2013
Supported portfolio companies and new investments. Tinkered on new ideas.
Head of BD and Strategic Partnerships
2012 - 2013
Awarded Apple App Store Best of 2012. Backed by Menlo Ventures.
Launcher
2011 - 2012
One of the first 25 employees at Uber. Launched Uber in Canada.
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.
Product Marketing
2011 - 2011
Acquired by Apple. Backed by Sequoia.
Co-Founder
2006 - 2010
On-campus recruiting tool.