Kevin Colleran
Managing Partner at Slow Ventures
Kevin Colleran
Managing Partner at Slow Ventures
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2013 - Current
Managing Director of Slow Ventures, a San Francisco based venture capital firm with ~$750M under management. Slow Ventures has made 550+ early stage investments in consumer internet, mobile, and enterprise technology companies since 2011. Investments include: Pinterest Slack Robinhood AngelList Ro(Roman) Citizen Everlane Nextdoor Solana Allbirds Casper Wealthfront ClassDojo Gusto Blue Bottle Coffee Pillpack Percolate Sunrise Artsy Livongo Health Styleseat Classpass + Many others...
Venture Partner & Advisor
2012 - 2016
Seed and Series A investing in US based tech companies.
Wall Street Journal Columnist
2012 - 2015
Frequent contributor to the Accelerators section of the Wall Street Journal. The columns can be read on the Wall Street Journal website (WSJ.com) and often in print in the 'Marketplace' section of the Wall Street Journal newspaper.
Global Advertising Sales / First 10 Employees
2005 - 2011
Kevin joined Facebook in early 2005 as one of first 10 employees. He began his career working from NYC and Boston with a small team of colleagues helping to build Facebook's advertising & revenue strategy and key global partnerships. Kevin spent 6.5 years at Facebook working specifically on advertising sales and building relationships with global brands and agencies at the CMO/CEO level. Kevin was responsible for partnerships with Fortune 100 companies including Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Coca Cola, and others. Kevin spent the final 2 years at Facebook specifically overseeing the global partnership between Facebook and Procter & Gamble, the world's largest advertiser.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
2015 - 2015
BA
1999 - 2003