Joshua Dau
Investor at Willow Growth Partners
Malibu, California
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2024 - Current
Analyst
2024 - 2024
• Assisted in preparing pitches and presentations to potential clients • Identified and engaged emerging brands and fund managers as potential clients; three new relationships are in active discussions and diligence • Rebuilt Axcel’s brand and investor database in Affinity, populating data for 2800+ brands and investors
Tuck Business Bridge Program
2023 - 2023
An intensive, career-focused business certificate program for liberal arts, science, and engineering students, providing mastery of business essentials and the practical, marketable skills for successful early-stage professional careers including financial accounting, marketing strategy and tactics, managerial economics, business decision-making, and corporate finance.
Analyst
2023 - 2023
Evaluated potential investments through financial due diligence, market research, and competitive analysis and created new models to run EV, IRR, and MOIC calculations as well as the first-quarter 2023 quarterly update presentation for their investors.
Partnership Capital Growth Investors is a private equity firm investing in consumer products, services and technology in healthy living.
VC Summer Intern at Victress Capital
2022 - 2022
Working closely with Victress Capital and investment portfolio companies on various research projects, content creation, brand promotion, and PR, while gaining insight on venture investing. Victress Capital is an early-stage venture firm investing in consumer companies with diverse management teams.
Marketing Analyst Intern
2022 - 2022
Working with the Marketing team to develop a full competitive analysis matrix; researching and evaluating potential influencer partnerships including ROI and business impact.
Our clean, soft, high-performing diapering essentials are thoughtfully engineered to support babies through every stage and milestone.
Raised $34,050,000.00 from Spring St. Group and Karlie Kloss.
Operations/Logistics Analyst Intern
2021 - 2021
Resolved daily exception processing issues in order management system; completed research and analysis on overall company returns, identifying key problem areas around product issues, logistics, and packaging.
Lalo is a baby and toddler brand that offers a range of products in various designs and colors.
Raised $15,700,000.00 from Forecast Labs and Spencer Slaine.
Founder
2017 - 2020
Founded and ran my own secondary market reseller of rare sneakers and high-end streetwear.
Customer Experience Intern
2018 - 2018
Trouble-shot and resolved BBB issues and worked with Apple app store to identify and remove fraudulent complaints; worked with customers to solve outstanding issues, and optimized warehouse set-up and planning.
Goat Group is a marketplace for authentic sneakers, apparel, and accessories.
Raised $492,600,000.00 from Ulysses Management, Adage Capital Management, T. Rowe Price, Quarry, Franklin Templeton and Park West Asset Management.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA
2019 - 2023