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Roberto Kern

Founder of Something New

New York, New York

Overview 

Roberto Kern is currently a Co-Founder at Something New and an Investor & Builder at Picus Capital, with a background in management consulting at McKinsey & Company and experience as a Negotiations Teaching Assistant at The Wharton School. He specializes in early-stage investing, entrepreneurship, and building innovative healthcare solutions, with a focus on sectors like Real Estate/PropTech and FinTech in New York City.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2024 - Current

  • Investor & Builder

    2022 - 2024

    My job is to believe in founders before anybody else. Besides being first money-in for relentless founders across US & LatAm, on occasion, I will join them full-time for a few months to build with them.

  • Building

    2021 - 2021

    Took a break from investing (had yet to graduate) to launch 0 to 1 our US operations, reporting directly to the CEO. Learned how to hire and do whatever it takes, from hiring and go-to-market to ops development and org set-up. We raised $150M+ in equity and $1B+ in debt.

  • Early-Stage Investor

    2020 - 2021

    Postponed my graduation to invest across US & LatAm in marketplaces and SaaS.

  • Management Consultant

    2019 - 2019

    Restructuring & Transformations in Advanced Electronics

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

  • Negotiations Teaching Assistant

    2019 - 2019

    TA'd for a world-class negotiator

  • Consulting Extern

    2018 - 2018

    Profit erosion & growth in Business Services

BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.

  • Summer Intern

    2018 - 2018

    New business building & digital transformation

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