Julia Maltby
General Partner at Deco Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and General Partner
2023 - Current
Deco Ventures is a pre-seed and seed VC fund backed and managed by Flybridge Capital. We back exceptional founders improving our interactions with the physical world. Select Investments Include: - Tetra: three-sided marketplace between homeowners, contractors, and HVAC equipment suppliers) - Tangible Materials: platform that enables real estate stakeholders to source, compare, and report on materials and products to meet their carbon and environmental goals) - Latti: supply chain platform that enables American construction enterprises to source from LATAM, capitalizing on the “nearshoring” trend in manufacturing) - Hansa: enables B2B enterprises to find, underwrite, and sell to SMBs by providing access to critical company operating information not accurately available via public sources)
Principal
2022
Senior Associate
2021 - 2022
Associate
2019 - 2022
Early-stage venture capital firm based in NYC and Boston - focused on pre-seed, seed and series A investments in technology companies. Over $700m under management across five funds and three pre-seed funds since inception. Portfolio companies include BetterCloud, BitSight, Chief, Codecademy, Crashlytics (acq: TWTR), DataXu, Firebase (acq: GOOG), Imperfect Produce, MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), NS1 and Splice.
Board Observer
2022
Investment Associate
2019
General Partner
2019
Our mission is to cultivate a leading start-up ecosystem among MBA programs by providing founders with mentorship and seed-stage capital at the earliest stages of development.
A VC fund and network committed to investing in student and alumni founders
Investment Associate
2019 - 2019
• Invested in the "Future of Work"/Gig Economy/HR Tech
Director, Partnerships & Business Development
2019 - 2019
Manager, Partnerships & Business Development
2017 - 2019
• Source, structure, and manage growth-oriented partnerships • Oversee cross-functional teams to ensure the successful implementation and improvement of partnerships (e.g. legal, product, marketing, sales) • Serve as point-person for current and prospect partners (with emphasis on venture capital and accelerator partnerships)
A WeWork-backed fund investing in the future of work.
Teaching Assistant
2017 - 2017
Teaching Assistant for undergraduate course: "Business of Venture Capital"
Investment Associate/1st FT Employee
2014 - 2016
• Source and perform diligence on prospective investment opportunities • Form and manage partnerships with strategic institutions and organizations investing in female founders • Hire, train, and oversee talent to assist with maintaining/growing entrepreneur pipelines • Routinely speak on panels and at events/classes on capital raising and female entrepreneurship (500 Startups, NY Tech Meetup Female Founders Showcase, AlleyNYC Startup Showcase, Kauffman FastTrac) • Previous Role: Manager, Campaigns: Prior to Plum Alley's pivot into syndicate investments, I oversaw all crowdfunding campaigns launched on our platform. Over 80%+ of campaigns met their fundraising goals, which is more than double the industry’s standard success rate.