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Kathleen Collins

Principal, 1Sharpe Ventures at 1Sharpe Capital

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Kathleen Collins is currently a Principal at 1Sharpe Ventures in San Francisco, California, with a background in investment banking and strategy consulting. She has a strong track record of successful investments in real estate and PropTech sectors, and has held advisory and investor roles at companies like Shelter Acquisition Corp and Fifth Wall. Collins holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, an MBA from Columbia Business School, and an MA from Durham University. She has leveraged her expertise in market research, fundraising, and coaching to make impactful investments in winning teams and innovative companies within the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

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1Sharpe Capital

  • Principal, 1Sharpe Ventures

    2022 - Current

    1Sharpe Ventures backs early-stage founders reimagining how we experience, access, own, and invest in real estate. 1sharpe.ventures

1Sharpe Ventures early-stage teams building scalable, category-defining businesses.

1sharpe.ventures

Shelter Acquisition Corp

  • Advisor

    2021

    SPAC focused on the PropTech industry

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Fifth Wall

  • Investor

    2020 - 2021

Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.

fifthwall.com
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MetaProp NYC

  • RE Investments and Special Projects

    2019 - 2019

    Investing in high growth seed-stage startups that are transforming the way we conceive of, construct, transact, manage utilize, and interact with the built environment.

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Zeus

  • Growth Consultant - Finance and Marketing

    2018 - 2018

    Zeus Living is a tech-enabled property management company that provides short-term, furnished rentals to corporate clientele.

Zeus Living provides furnished housing intended for business and personal travel.

Raised $151,570,000.00 from TI Platform Management, Susquehanna International Group (SIG), NFX, BBQ Capital, Miras, Initialized Capital, Castor Ventures and Eric Wu.

zeusliving.com
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Industry Ventures

  • Investor

    2015 - 2018

    Industry Ventures is a leading investment firm focused on the venture capital market. The firm manages a family of funds that invest into companies and venture capital partnerships directly and via secondary transactions. Founded in 2000, the firm manages over $3 billion of institutional capital and is headquartered in San Francisco with an office in Washington, D.C.

Industry Ventures is an investment firm that makes venture capital investments and manages over $3.5 billion of institutional capital.

industryventures.com

Bulger Partners (acquired by Ernst & Young)

  • Strategy Consultant

    2013 - 2015

    Engagement manager for our strategy consulting practice, responsible for managing the internal project team and timeline for consulting engagements. Strategy consulting experience includes: market sizing, product launch and go-to-market strategies, R&D spend and process optimization, human capital and operations improvement, due diligence for PE firms **Bulger Partners was acquired by Ernst & Young and now operates under the EY-Parthenon brand

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