Deborah Conway
Investor at ACME Capital
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Chief of Staff and Investor
2020 - Current
deborah@acme.vc
ACME Capital invests in breakthrough technologies that fuel platform shifts and disruptive business models that capitalize on new platforms.
Founder
2015
World enthusiast. Check out http://deboraheconway.com/ to keep up with my travels.
Ventures Associate
2017 - 2020
- Focus on deal flow, due diligence, and portfolio management for Samsung NEXT’s $150M early-stage fund. - Develop and act upon subject-matter expertise in consumer and media tech. - Actively involved in the following investments: Spatial.io, Directly.com, Scroll.com Other: SAFE Fellow, 2018/2019. The Grid Steering Committee, 2018/2019.
Samsung NEXT invests in transformative seed-stage software and services startups.
Business Development
2015 - 2015
(Hired in July 2014, commenced work in January 2015). App development on pause as of May 2015. Only business/ops - focused hire. See Anywhere Now. https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/15/visor-lets-you-look-through-others-eyes/ visor.co
Business Development
2013 - 2014
(StreetEasy owned by Zillow Inc.) • Defined and implemented StreetEasy.com’s product marketing strategy for mobile and social media • Studied tech trends and developments in order to understand and circulate implications in the context of New York real estate • Monitored and grew mobile and social usage, using Google Analytics, Fiksu, Sprinklr, and AppCodes to track each measure
Business Development / Head of Geographic Expansion
2012 - 2013
• Served as expansion team leader, managing effort to expand StreetEasy into other geographic markets • Researched and synthesized market data to create a sophisticated methodology utilized by StreetEasy for launching all new markets • Successfully identified target markets and launched StreetEasy South Florida, DC Metro, and Philadelphia within first 13 months of hire • Acquired by Zillow.com in August 2013 for $50 million
StreetEasy is New York City’s leading local real estate marketplace on mobile and the Web, providing comprehensive listings and market data.
Raised $2,900,000.00 from FA Technology Ventures.
Sales and Trading Associate
2011 - 2012
• Participated in developing strategies for the stock loan group to cover the firm’s short sales • Analyzed the firm’s current market positions to determine which securities the firm can loan externally • Interacted with clients on a regular basis to provide best borrow and lending execution
Summer Analyst
2010 - 2010
• Rotated through the bank loans, commodities, and municipal bonds groups • Performed credit analysis, product analysis, and client due diligence • Presented findings to senior salespeople and traders to provide them with additional information on the trade and on the client
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Geophysical Assistant
2009 - 2009
• Traveled in a helicopter to different grids, assisted geophysical team in discovering new spots for drilling • Induced ground with currents to search for anomalies in the geophysical conductivity of the minerals
Research Intern at EYEontheUN.org
2009 - 2009
• Studied UN accredited organizations in search for bias and organized the results in a report
Wakeboard Instructor
2006 - 2007
Education
AB
2007 - 2011