Christine Concepcion
Venture Partner at Ganas Ventures
Christine Concepcion
Venture Partner at Ganas Ventures
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Venture Partner
2022 - Current
Ganas Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed Web 2 and Web 3 community-driven startups in the US and Latin America.
Venture Partner
2022
Principal
2021 - 2022
▪ Source investment opportunities using a structured approach to increase deal flow velocity in both quantity and quality by doing weekly sprints using multiple deal flow channels ▪ Develop investment theses around various industry verticals, review pitch decks, meet with startups and investors, and present top investment opportunities at weekly Partners Meetings and Investment Committees ▪ Work closely with the General Partners who have 45+ years of VC experience and invested in 10+ unicorns such as Beyond Meat, Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Wish, Oculus, Oscar, etc. ▪ Conduct quantitative and qualitative deep due diligence including: − Market sizing, team’s ability to execute, go-to-market strategy, key risks, business model, key metrics, financial modeling, competitive landscape, customer and investor interviews, cap table and waterfall analysis, term sheets and investment documents ▪ Built a large network across accelerators, VC / PE funds, strategics, and startup founders, and have access to VU's investor and strategic network
Managing Director
2023 - 2024
Managing Director
2022 - 2023
▪ Source investment opportunities within underrepresented founders using a structured approach to increase deal flow velocity in both quantity and quality with a focus on consideration of gender & race ▪ Develop investment theses around various industry verticals, review pitch decks, meet with startups and investors, and present top investment opportunities to various external venture capital funds for opportunity to co-invest or follow on capital ▪ Conduct quantitative and qualitative deep due diligence including: − Market sizing, team’s ability to execute, go-to-market strategy, key risks, business model, key metrics, financial modeling, competitive landscape, customer and investor interviews, cap table and waterfall analysis, term sheets and investment documents ▪ Built a large network across accelerators, VC / PE funds, strategics, and startup founders, and have access to over 1k gener8tor alumni and portfolio companies
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
2019 - 2021
Financial Advisory Services
2016 - 2018
Supported the Global Leader & Managing Director of the Financial Advisory Services practice, which provided dispute analysis consulting services involving issues such as fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, product liability, & auditor malpractice Services included forensic accounting, cash flow projections, enterprise valuations, solvency analysis & other financial & economic analysis. The industries served include manufacturing, telecommunications, technology, financial services, retail, health care, hospitality, & real estate Served as the first point of contact for new and existing clients.
Content Acquisition & Business Development
2015 - 2016
• Screened and researched new content for acquisition and distribution • Developed and fostered positive relationships with new and existing content partners • Oversaw thoughtful, detail oriented linear program scheduling • Collected relevant data for each content partner and input the data into a custom CMS system, which allowed for a detailed personal profile. • Often acted as first point of contact for potential clients, and content partners • Utilized strong analytical skills to prepare comparison reports and synopses of content
Financial Analyst
2012 - 2014
Maintained & monitored fund & equity investments including inflows, outflows, valuations, risk ratings, performance analysis, & record maintenance Conserved executive time by collecting data, drafting proposals, & initiating communication within the company, clients & investors. Maintained a high level of confidentiality Compiled group level group level KPI reports