Lisette Tellez
Managing Director at Ocean Azul Partners
Bozeman, Montana
Overview
Work Experience
Board President
2023 - Current
SomosVC (fka LatinxVC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on growing and supporting the Latino/a venture capital ecosystem. The organization aims to increase the representation of Latino/a professionals in venture capital, help Latino/a venture investors build their careers and networks, and improve access to capital for Latino/a-led venture firms.
Board VP
2021 - 2023
Committee Member
2021 - 2021
Managing Director
2019
We are an early-stage venture capital fund passionate about helping entrepreneurs bring innovative solutions to market. We are proud to support founders building unique solutions that will shape the futures of their industries.
Senior Associate
2018 - 2019
Ocean Azul Partners is an early-stage VC firm investing in B2B software and deep tech companies across North America and Israel.
Integrative Health Coach
2018
Managing Partner
2016 - 2018
Dorm Room Fund is a student-run venture capital firm, backed by First Round Capital, that has invested in over 160 student startups across the US and Canada. Our mission is to help build the strongest community of student entrepreneurs possible by providing early capital and a strong network. We believe that a relatively small amount of capital can help student founders take their ideas from the dorm room to the market. Responsibilities include sourcing companies, analyzing investments, and supporting the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation.
Fellow
2017 - 2018
Redesigned and rebuilt the website for Live Well Watertown, the Town of Watertown’s community wellness program. Updated and linked social media accounts, calendars, mailing lists, and newsletters to provide a more seamless experience for the residents of Watertown to access information on local wellness opportunities.3
TechGen Advisor
2015 - 2017
Tech Generation connects hundreds of top undergraduate and graduate students with internships at local tech startups with the ultimate goal of building the next wave of tech innovation in Massachusetts. By providing an online platform for mutual discovery, TechGen connects students and companies on an ongoing basis, ensuring that the Boston tech community benefits from the incredible talent in our backyard throughout the calendar year.
Data Science Intern
2017 - 2017
Analyzed the drugs sold on the online "darknet" markets. Created a pipeline process to turn 1TB of web scrapes of the darknet markets into a clean dataset. Extracted relevant fields from the HTML for every individual drug product listing and then further parsed the fields to produce a dataset that could be used to discover trends and insights.
Booz Allen Hamilton is a consulting firm that specializes in analytics, technology, and engineering.
Raised $2,378,460,000.00.
Intern
2016 - 2016
Contributed to projects for various Rokk3r Labs portfolio companies. Projects were structured around Rokk3r Labs' exponential platform and included product strategy and technical evaluation, business development and investment strategy, and branding and growth planning.
Intern
2015 - 2015
Experience in Product Development, Customer Support, and Sales & Marketing