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.
Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides various financial products and services.
Raised $12,950,000,000.00 from ValueAct Capital and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Board Observer
2021
Proof is an identity-assured transaction management platform that verifies identities and secures digital transactions.
Raised $213,337,968.00 from Moderne Ventures.
Investor
2021
Eightfold AI provides a complete AI platform for talent management to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers.
Raised $396,750,000.00 from Foundation Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP, SoftBank Vision Fund, General Catalyst and Capital One Ventures.
Investor
2021
Enabling clients, advisors and their customers through connected technology, enhanced intelligence, and inspired experiences.
Raised $54,060,000.00 from Citi Ventures, Accenture, Clearlake Capital Group, Motive Partners, Fiserv and JP Morgan Chase.
Investor
2020
Power your apps with real-time voice AI by Deepgram
Raised $85,920,000.00 from SAP.iO, Wing Venture Capital, NVIDIA, Tiger Global Management, BlackRock, Citi Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Madrona, Alkeon Capital and Y Combinator.
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
Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in software and marketing businesses enabling the Digital Native economy.
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.
Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.