Blaze O'Byrne
Senior Vice President, Venture Investing at Citi
Blaze O'Byrne
Senior Vice President, Venture Investing at Citi
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Senior Vice President, Citi Ventures
2022 - Current
Vice President, Citi Ventures
2020 - 2021
Citi Ventures is the strategic investing and innovation arm of Citigroup. We invest in startups that can be valuable to Citi as a customer or as a distribution channel. Investments: Deepgram, Eightfold, Notarize, InvestCloud, Immuta, Forage, Docker, Harness, TRM Labs, UJet. Sourced: Notarize, Deepgram, BlackCart, Forage.
Board Observer
2021
Investor
2021
Investor
2021
Investor
2020
MBA Summer Intern
2019 - 2019
Sourced companies and led diligence on Seed investments, focused on Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Enterprise SaaS, and Robotics.
MBA Summer Intern
2018 - 2018
Sourced companies and led diligence on Seed and Series A investments, focused on the Enterprise SaaS and Marketplace sectors
Investor
2018 - 2018
Led diligence on Seed/Series A venture investments and created fundraising presentations for OCA Fund IV.
Venture Capital Associate
2016 - 2017
Involved in all aspects of fund operations including opportunity analysis, due diligence, investment management, and fundraising. Key member of team running the H2 Accelerator, a six-month program that provides seed capital and support for a highly selective group of entrepreneurs running early stage fintech companies.
Analyst
2013 - 2015
Involved in M&A, debt restructuring and capital raising transactions for Australian and New Zealand companies and investment funds. Sector focus was primarily on industrials, consumer, and technology. Constructed financial models, including DCF, LBO, merger, operational, and bank financing, for evaluating potential transactions, and for deal execution.