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Russell Harris
Investment Associate at Techstars
Washington, District of Columbia
Overview
Russell Harris is a VC at Techstars in Washington, D.C., known as a Rising Star BLCK VC for 2023. With a background in venture capital and data analytics, he has held roles at prominent firms like StepStone Group and Latimer Ventures, demonstrating a strong track record in investment analysis and strategic decision-making.
Work Experience
Investment Associate
2023 - Current
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Business Intelligence Analyst
2023 - 2023
StepStone Group provides investors with customized portfolios that integrate primaries, secondaries, and co-investments.
Raised $204,999,850.00.
Venture Analyst
2022 - 2023
Latimer connects Black founders with corporate investment opportunities to grow ideas that will change the world.
Latimer Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses its investments on emerging BIPOC companies.
Venture Partner
2021 - 2023
Score 3 Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage minority or women-owned companies.
Data Analyst
2021 - 2022
FI Consulting is a management consulting firm based in Virginia.
Risk Middle Office Analyst
2020 - 2020
• Provided policy and systems advice to executives and managers including investigating ad-hoc queries and collaborating with other line-of-business middle offices. • Analyzed post-trade exceptions and route for approval. • Supported trading floor by managing requests for pre-approval and approval status from credit risk department. • Participated in initiating and driving ad-hoc data maintenance exercises.
J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation provides commodity risk management solutions in both the physical .
Consulting Specialist
2019 - 2020
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.
Computer Lab Assistant
2016 - 2020
Independent Study
2016 - 2016