Justin Berka

Early-stage Investor | Data Leader

New York, New York

Overview 

Justin Berka is an early-stage investor and data leader based in New York, with a background in data analysis, analytics, and statistical modeling. He has held key roles at companies like Intercom and Uber, showcasing expertise in analytics and data science. Berka's career highlights include serving as the Head of Go-To-Market Analytics & Data Science at Intercom and as a VP at Fuze, Inc., demonstrating his proficiency in leading data-driven initiatives and analytics teams in fast-paced environments.

Work Experience 

  • SVP Technology

    2023 - 2024

  • VP of Data

    2021 - 2023

Nearside provides financial and software services for SMBs.

Raised $73,000,000.00 from Kevin Hartz, Ryan Petersen, Valar Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Michael Ovitz, Jim Breyer and Foundation Capital.

  • Director Of Analytics

    2020 - 2021

  • Head of Go-To-Market Analytics & Data Science

    2017 - 2020

    Led the go-to-market analytics & data science team to provide global partnership and insights to business (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Business Operations) and product (Growth R&D) functions. Senior data science leader for Intercom’s self-serve business. Team projects included business KPI definitions, A/B testing and experimentation, LTV modeling, expansion prediction, marketing attribution models, and many more.

Intercom is a software company that creates modern customer service software that redefines how businesses support their customers.

Raised $240,750,000.00 from ICONIQ Growth, Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures and Vulcan Capital.

  • Data Scientist

    2014 - 2017

    First analytics & data science hire; responsible for analytics, data engineering, and data vision/roadmap supporting Marketing, E-commerce, and Engineering teams for Drive/Overdrive + Cozmo. Projects included core metrics, executive/board KPI support, LTV and add-on modeling, feature analytics, e-commerce reporting, ETL pipelines.

Anki is an entertainment robotics company dedicated to bringing artificial intelligence and robotics to people's everyday lives.

Raised $234,500,011.00 from Employee Stock Option Fund.

  • VP, Analytics

    2013 - 2014

    Founded analytics & data engineering function following Series B round and set strategic goals/roadmap. Provided data insights for R&D, Sales, and Marketing. Developed Fuze's internal analytics platform (querying, ETL, data warehouse, sales enablement and videoconference quality tools).

Fuze is a global cloud communications and collaboration software platform for the enterprise.

  • Analytics Engineer

    2012 - 2013

    Grew and led first centralized analytics & data engineering team, provided data and experimentation enablement for R&D and city operations teams (across 25+ cities), and created multiple internal data tools (Querybuilder for data access, Vertica warehouse, A/B testing framework, ETL system).

Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.

Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.

  • Senior Data Engineer

    2012 - 2012

    First version of Yammer's customer-facing analytics feature (data objects, backend API code, and frontend visualizations), and internal data tools (KPI dashboards, sales-enablement tool, query tool).

  • Quantitative Product Analyst

    2011 - 2012

    Insights/quantitative analysis/data-driven recommendations for Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Support teams, and data pipelines to unlock new analyses and data.

Yammer is an enterprise social network that enables employees to collaborate across departments, geographies and business applications.

Raised $142,000,000.00 from Max Levchin, Emergence, Social Capital, Khosla Ventures, DFJ Growth, U.S. Venture Partners, Capricorn Investment Group, Tuesday Capital, Ronnie Lott and Capricorn Partners.

  • Associate Analyst/Analyst, Antitrust and Intellectual Property

    2009 - 2011

    - Economic analysis (modeling/regressions/market share computations) for antitrust cases, merger transaction reviews, and patent infringement matters. - Selected projects: Oracle America v. Google (patent), Edwards Lifesciences v. CoreValve (patent), Apple v. Motorola (patent), Coty/OPI (antitrust), Serta/Simmons (antitrust).

  • Associate Analyst, Transfer Pricing

    2008 - 2009

    Transfer pricing work (transaction frameworks using arm's length standards, comparables analysis)

NERA Economic Consulting is a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles.

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