Riley Newman
General Partner at Wave Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2017 - Current
Wave is an early-stage venture firm that specializes in marketplaces. http://wave.capital
Head of Data Science
2010 - 2016
Joined Airbnb as one of its first 10 employees, left as head of data science.
Lake Swan Properties is a holiday home rental company.
BM2
2002 - 2012
Paid my way through college working as a reservist. First four years with Seattle-based MSST 91101 (Coast Guard's first-ever rapid response counter-terrorist unit), second half with Station San Francisco (Bay Area search and rescue).
Senior Research Associate
2008 - 2010
Economic research and forecasting. Trying to understand why the recession occurred and help organizations mitigate its effects.
Beacon Economics is an independent research and consulting firm dedicated to delivering accurate, insightful.
Intern
2005 - 2005
Provided support at the General Assembly and Security Council for the UNODC.
Free access to all of the trade data available in the UN Comtrade database. The UN Comtrade database contains more than 3.1 billion trade