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Paul Strachman

Founding Partner at SPAR Ventures

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founding Partner

    2023 - Current

    SPAR Ventures is an early stage fund (Pre-Seed and Seed) investing in tech-enabled B2B companies serving the SMB market.

  • Venture Partner

    2015

    ISAI is the leading early-stage VC fund, supporting French entrepreneurs in France and Internationally. ISAI is backed by a collective of entrepreneurs. The New York team is focused on helping French Entrepreneurs develop in the US and investing in US-based startups w/ French founders. www.isai.vc

  • General Partner

    2015 - 2023

  • Strategic Advisor

    2012 - 2021

    - Digital Health / Fitness - CRM strategy - Member Experience

  • Vice President - Assistant to the COO

    2007 - 2012

    - Customer-centric Strategy: member base segmentation, design and implementation of a CRM system including member lifecycle management, member feedback tools and service strategy leading - Digital and eCommerce Strategy including digital wellness trends - Personal Training business strategy including preventative health strategy in cooperation with head of Personal Training (Health Advisory board; digital PT...) - Economic Response Strategy: definition and oversight of economic response plan to protect core business (Sales, Personal Training and Attrition) during crisis

  • Chief Operating/Strategy Officer

    2012 - 2015

    - Strategy: defined product and commercialization strategy - Sales and Business Development: built sales process, closed high profile corporate customers and set up large business dev. deals - Product development: evolved product from proof of concept to commercial product, overseeing technology team with VP Engineering - Operations: set up printing operations with 3rd party printers - Financing: Raised series A

  • Consultant

    2002 - 2005

    Specialized in Consumer Goods, Retail and Financial Services. Experience include: Full potential projects, Turnaround strategies and Marketing.

  • Analyst

    2000 - 2001

    Leveraged Buy Outs focused on Technology and Media.

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