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Andrew Padilla

Partner at Alumni Ventures

New York, New York

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

    Alumni Ventures (AV) is a network-powered venture capital firm with >$1.3B in AUM. Selected Investments: Formlogic (formlogic.com): autonomous precision manufacturing for frontier industries Hawkeye 360 (he360.com): Radio Frequency (RF) data analytics company Build a Rocket Boy (buildarocketboy.com): game studio founded by Leslie Benzies Brave Health (bravehealth.com): virtual-first behavioral health provider focused on Medicaid B Generous (bgenerous.com): donate now, pay later for the donor nonprofit industry Cruisebound (cruisebound.com): digitizing the cruise booking experience Genetesis (genetesis.com): biomagnetic imaging for assessing cardiac disease Nixtla (nixtla.io): Open-source time series forecasting software for predictive insights Modicus Prime (modicusprime.com): visual AI biologics analysis for quality control in biopharma Precision Neuroscience (precisionneuro.io): scalable, next gen brain computer interface Carbo Culture (carboculture.com): permanent carbon removal at scale Clarium Health (clariumhealth.com): supply chain automation for healthcare systems Forta Health (fortahealth.com): AI enabled care; initially focused on Autism Superscript (superscript.nyc): healthcare pricing protocol Bito (bito.ai): AI driven coding assistant and development Spaero (spaero.bio): robot-agnostic, no-code software for scientific experiment automation NeuReality (www.neureality.ai): specialized chips for AI inference efficiency YOU (www.you.com): AI-powered productivity engine

  • Senior Principal

    2021 - 2023

  • Deep Tech & Enterprise Software Investor

    2019 - 2021

    Global investment firm co-founded by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan Selected Investments: Paxos (paxos.com): regulated blockchain infrastructure platform Nuvia (nuvia.com): high-performance silicon designer; acquired by Qualcomm for $1.4B Glance (glance.com): personalized, interactive content for a smartphone's lock screen (Screen Zero) Classy (classy.com): fundraising platform designed for nonprofit organizations; acquired by GoFundMe AppDirect (appdirect.com): subscription commerce solutions for digital transformation Helion Energy (helionenergy.com): building the world’s first fusion generators Neocis (neocis.com): FDA-cleared robotic device for dental surgery GreyOrange (greyorange.com): AI-powered warehouse robots

  • Principal, Private Markets Investments

    2017 - 2019

    Limited partner and co-investor in private equity, real estate, and venture capital funds

  • Founder

    2015 - 2018

    Online lending platform; applied machine learning to alternative financial data to better serve the underbanked credit population; sold portfolio to loan servicing provider.

  • Investment Banking

    2013 - 2015

    M&A and capital markets advisory in the specialty finance and financial technology sectors

  • Portfolio Reporting & Operations

    2008 - 2011

  • Advisory Services

    2006 - 2008

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