Ladante Mcmillon
Scout Ambassador at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Dallas, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2016 - Current
New Age Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm and lifestyle company that investing in tech startups founded by Blacks and Latinos.
Scout Ambassador
2020
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Assistant Store Manager
2019 - 2020
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems
Raised $181,000,000.00 from Lone Pine Capital, Global Founders Capital, Wellington Management and Baillie Gifford.
Assistant Manager
2018 - 2019
Showroom Associate
2017 - 2018
The Black Tux is a men's fashion company that focuses on the rental of tuxedos, suits, and various formalwear accessories.
Raised $67,600,000.00 from STORY3 Capital Partners.
Scout
2018 - 2019
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Principal Creative Director
2013 - 2016
LDM Film Perspective helps craft and articulate the narrative of companies through videography, photography, graphic design and motion graphics. It was founded by LaDante McMillon, in order to employ a fresh perspective in the media landscape. LDM Film Perspective provides clients with creative, compelling, and high quality content that expands and enhances their digital presence. LaDante has created content for public television, marketing campaigns, short films, music videos, and a wealth of other video and design projects.
Production Trainee
2013 - 2014
- Log live NBA basketball games, WNBA games, and NBA D-League games that will be used for the NBA Media Archive system, for production purposes as well as basketball operations. - Logging exclusive footage shot behind the scenes that later gets used for NBA multimedia outlets as well as shows that air on NBA TV and segments for TNT and ESPN. - Transcribing interviews, speeches, and closed captioning for television shows - Edited compelling online video highlights from live game footage for our international clients and YouTube
NBA is a sports company that specializes in basketball,entertainment, live events & Programming.
New Media Intern
2012 - 2013
Provided support in the development and implementation of online outreach and advocacy campaigns. Received direct, hands-on experience with online campaigning, social media, campaign research planning, data analysis, and operations projects. Implemented social media outreach campaigns, monitoring and evaluating client social media campaigns, researching and implementing marketing campaigns, and researching emerging new media tools and trends. Assisted with marketing activities of Fission Strategy and Fission's sister company, Attentive.ly.
Production Intern
2011 - 2011
•Assisted with field productions: set-up audio, lighting, video equipment and operate camera •Assisted with studio productions: set-up cameras, lighting, audio, sets and direct production •Edited productions in Final Cut 7, created graphics, music, master audio, color correction, export, compress, and create DVDs
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2008 - 2012