Nina Essandoh
Investor at Corazon Capital
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2024 - 2024
Middle-market M&A investments in services on behalf of family [contract]
Investor
2022 - 2023
Early stage pre-seed and seed stage tech investment firm
Board Observer
2022 - 2023
Tokenproof makes it easy and secure to unlock the value of non-fungible tokens.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from 6th Man Ventures, Sebastien Borget, Mark Cuban, Keith Grossman, Penny Jar Capital, Corazon Capital, Patricio Worthalter, 2 Punks Capital and Canonical Crypto.
Board Member
2022 - 2023
AllFly is a travel technology platform designed especially for group flight bookings.
Raised $2,400,000.00 from Lightbank and Corazon Capital.
Venture Fellow (VFP2)
2021 - 2022
Seed-stage global VC firm based in San Francisco. Selected as a Fellow in Susa's Venture Fellows Program
Susa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing primarily in seed rounds.
Investor
2021 - 2021
First time growth equity and advisory family office
Vice President
2018 - 2021
Co-led investment strategy for Baird’s US Industrial Solutions and Technology Private Equity team $340M Global Middle Market Private Equity Fund
Senior Investment Associate
2015 - 2018
During and post-MBA, worked with Stanford alumni to establish and fundraise for formal angel investment fund (now Black Star Fund). Raised over $10m for fund. Completed diligence for six investments
International Business Development Intern
2015 - 2015
Family-owned wine and gourmet food business
Senior Associate
2012 - 2014
$350m generalist middle market private equity fund
A middle-market private equity firm focused on generating long-term capital appreciation
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
2014 - 2016
BA
2003 - 2007