Sergio Marrero
Managing Director, Blue Ridge Labs at Robin Hood at Robin Hood
Sergio Marrero
Managing Director, Blue Ridge Labs at Robin Hood at Robin Hood
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director, Blue Ridge Labs@Robin Hood
2022 - Current
Robin Hood helps fight poverty in New York City by funding and creating programs and schools that help the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Raised $80,000,000.00.
Founder
2017
Leads a global investor network focused on educating the next generation of founders and investors for a better world. Investors: www.rbl1.com/invest Founders: www.rbl1.com/launch
Rebel One is a early stage fund and global investor network.
Head of the George Shultz Innovation Fund
2020 - 2022
Drives deal flow and operations for two funds at the University of Chicago representing $35M. Leads the George Shultz Innovation Fund (GSIF) - a $10M fund focused on accelerating technology transfers and deep tech founders launching out of the university. Drives deal flow and venture selection feeding the UChicago Startup Innovation Program (USIP) - a $25M fund focused on investing in ventures launched by alumni, faculty and staff of University of Chicago.
Adjunct Professor
2021 - 2021
Facilitating training remotely for a cohort of 40+ venture capital professionals across 15+ venture capital firms focused on technical capabilities covering topics such as conducting due diligence, building financial models and extended market and competitive analysis.
HBCU.vc is a not-for-profit organization connecting and equipping the next generation of black and brown tech innovators and investors.
Raised $250,000.00 from MetLife Foundation.
General Partner & Co-Founder
2019 - 2019
Stat Zero is a venture capital firm.
Co-Founder, CEO
2015 - 2017
Advancing the future of augmented intelligence. We are creating a digital assistant for learning for every individual. We are utilizing machine learning to recommend learning experiences to enable people to advance professionally. We have participated in programs such as the Harvard iLab, Parallel 18, Points of Light Civic Accelerator, and the Halcyon Incubator.
Associate, Venture Capital
2015 - 2015
Innovation Consultant
2014 - 2015
Doblin is a global innovation firm that combines leading business experience, user research, and a design-led approach to help clients.
Co-Founder & Product Manager
2011 - 2014
Plexx: Training the World. We are designing a mobile application to facilitate a portable learning experience. We are creating a marketplace where creators (teachers & peers) can provide video, audio, ebooks, and games to learners delivered through a mobile phone. We are currently mocking our mobile application, testing with users, and have launched an MVP (minimum viable product) to get feedback from a focus group of users. USAdelante was the previous project that lead to Plexx - a mobile app facilitating peer to peer coaching to increase retention rates in higher education. Over the course of these programs we participated in MassChallenge, Startup Chile, the Robinhood / Blueridge Accelerator and the Harvard Innovation Lab.