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Charlie O'donnell

Investor at VCto11

Brooklyn, New York

Overview 

Charlie O'Donnell, a former Principal at First Round Capital, is now the Founder and General Partner of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, where he coaches emerging VCs and builds a community among NYC innovators. With a background in venture capital and entrepreneurship, he has successfully founded and led various organizations, including Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse and nextNY. Highlights of Charlie's career include serving as an Investor Coach at VCto11 and being a Board Member/Co-Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, showcasing his expertise in coaching and community-building within the NYC innovation ecosystem.

Work Experience 

VCto11

  • Investor Coach

    2023 - Current

    After 20 years in venture capital, I now coach early career venture professionals and those in the early stages of building their own firms—focusing on developing a thesis, brand, expertise, network and thought leadership. The majority of my clients are from underrepresented backgrounds.

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

  • Founder and General Partner

    2012

    Brooklyn Bridge Ventures invested in 105 companies, most often writing first checks to first time founders in the NYC area--companies like Hungryroot, Petal, Imagen, Radformation and Brigit. The fund is no longer making new investments.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse

  • Board Member/Co-Founder

    2010

    The Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse is a public kayaking and rowing program run out of the new Brooklyn Bridge Park.

nextNY

  • Founder

    2006

    Founded nextNY, a fun way to connect both socially and professionally with young people who have a stake in future of tech and new media in New York City. Participants generally have less than ten years experience and we especially welcome recent graduates who are just starting their careers.

NYU-Poly

  • Adjunct Professor

    2013 - 2013

    Teaching DM9103C Media Technology Entrepreneurship.

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Fordham University

  • Adjunct Professor

    2005 - 2012

    I have designed and taught several graduate and undergraduate level courses including: Introduction to Business Blogging, Management for the MySpace Generation, and Innovation and the Entrepreneurial Mindset.

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First Round Capital

  • Principal

    2010 - 2012

    Board Observer on Backupify (Board Member until $4.5 mil raise) Board Member/Observer on chloe + isabel Board Observer on Salescrunch Board Observer on SinglePlatform Board Observer on Refinery29 Board Member on Docracy Chief Evangelizing Investor (unofficial) for GroupMe Friend to all FRC Portfolio Companies

  • Entrepreneur-in-Residence

    2009 - 2010

    Evaluating venture investment opportunities in early stage technology companies in New York City. Establishing a more substantive New York presence for FRC, including a more permanent office.

First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.

angeltrack.firstround.com

Path 101

  • CEO/co-founder

    2007 - 2009

    Path101 aims to be the go to place for career discovery, goal setting, and success for college students. It will provide a paced, easy to use, and fun experience that helps students learn about their opportunity set, as well as build and leverage their network. We are actively seeking dedicated and passionate development talent.

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ITAC

  • EIR (Entrepreneur-in-Residence)

    2008 - 2009

    Helping ITAC build on FastTrac and other programs that they've offered entrepreneurs for 10+ years in order to become a premiere destination for NYC startups looking to build their businesses.

ITAC helps NYC manufacturing & tech companies grow profitably through innovation.

itac.org
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Oddcast

  • Director of Consumer Products

    2006 - 2007

    - Responsible for Voki consumer avatar platform. (www.voki.com). Voki enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking Flash-based character. - Created product vision, functional specifications, and initial business and marketing strategy. - Coordinated the company's technical and creative resources to help get the product from idea to launch.

Oddcast develops customized video and avatar-based marketing products for small and medium sized businesses and consumers.

Raised $7,000,000.00 from ITOCHU Corporation and Union Square Ventures.

oddcast.com

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