Sandy Cass
Managing Partner at Red Swan Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2020 - Current
Seed fund focused on founders who are looking for honest friends and coaches on their way to becoming great CEOs. Coinbase(exit), SeatGeek, Hinge(exit), Expo, Scopely(exit), Warby Parker(exit), Oscar(exit), ID.me, Harry's, VTS, Snapdocs, Juniper Square, Guideline, Bowery, Cabify(exit), Matterport(exit), Modern Meadow, Brightweel, Bread, Amino, Even
Angel Investor
2008
Artsy, AutoFi, Avant, AYR, Bonobos (exit), Capsule, CatchCo, CoffeeMeetsBagel, Eaze, Eave (exit), EquipmentShare, Fermat Commerce, GrubMarket, Homelight, Industrious, Inkbox (exit), LibertyX (exit), Lockstep (exit), Orchard (exit), Otis (exit), Reddit (exit), Rhino, Runway, Settle, SilverCar (exit), Sonder (exit), Super, Tracksmith, Whisk (exit), Zero Financial (exit)
Board Member
2017
Tracksmith is an American sports apparel brand that produces clothes for performance athletes.
Raised $6,699,999.00 from Dwight Funding.
Board Member
2016
AYR is an e-commerce driven womenswear line headquartered in New York City.
Raised $5,496,852.00 from FJ Labs.
Advisor
2013
Coffee Meets Bagel is an online dating site that connects individuals with a 'friend-of-a-friend' match every day.
Raised $23,200,000.00 from GingerBread Capital, Quest Venture Partners, WI Harper Group, Atami Capital, DCM Ventures and Sandy Cass.
CFO/COO
2019 - 2020
CFO
2015 - 2020
Artsy is the largest online art marketplace with more than 1 million artworks by over 100,000 artists.
Raised $100,880,053.00 from Devang Thakkar, Joe Gebbia, Wendi Murdoch, Thrive Capital, Glassdoor, Shumway Capital, L Catterton, Avenir, iHeartMedia and Greg Maffei.
VP, Head of Finance
2012 - 2015
Early investor and part of executive team for ecommerce pioneer with successful exit to Walmart
Bonobos is an e-commerce driven clothing brand focused on delivering great fit and excellent customer service.
Raised $127,649,865.00 from Peterson Ventures, Nordstrom, Coppel Capital, Felicis, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mousse Partners, Forerunner, Corazon Capital, Sandbridge Capital and Glynn Capital Management.
Principal
2009 - 2011
Credit opportunities fund co-founder
JLL Partners is a Private Equity Investment Firm.
Investment Professional
2004 - 2008
Global credit and private / illiquid equity investments
D. E. Shaw & Co. is a global investment and technology development firm.
Investment Professional
1999 - 2003
Credit opportunities and special situations investing