Shamin Walsh
Managing Director at BAM Ventures
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director
2017 - Current
BAM Ventures is an early stage VC firm based in Los Angeles focused on backing the next rising consumer brands, products, and technologies worldwide. We are entrepreneurs supporting entrepreneurs and take a collaborative and founder-friendly investment approach. We seek to mitigate risk and optimize returns by investing early and dedicating our time, relationships, and expertise at the optimal point of value/opportunity.
Advisory Board Member
2018
Alpha is an invite-only networking community where leaders in tech can connect, collaborate, and speak candidly with their peers in a private setting.
ALPHA is a private network for tech leaders, focusing on mobile crypto mining.
Advisor
2017
Board Member
2015 - 2017
Alchemy43 is setting the gold standard for cosmetic injectables.
Alchemy 43 is a medical aesthetics brand specializing in cosmetic micro treatments.
Raised $3,200,000.00 from Michael landau, Forerunner, Lead Edge Capital, Alli Webb, Shamin Walsh, TYLT Ventures, BAM Ventures, Forerunner, Expansion Venture Capital and Struck Capital.
Board Observer
2014 - 2017
VNTANA brings fans face-to-face with their favorite brands, artists, actors, and athletes by transporting high-definition, interactive holograms across the globe in the retail and entertainment space.
VNTANA's 3D collaboration platform automatically creates 3D web and AR experiences from your manufacturing design files.
Raised $12,728,000.00 from Flexport Ventures, Brendan Iribe, Mark Cuban, Anorak Ventures and Navigate Ventures, LLC.
Partner
2014 - 2017
Manage deal sourcing, diligence, deal structuring, and portfolio relations for early stage ventures that can benefit from our institutional knowledge and in house operations and supply chain infrastructure to scale.
Adjunct Professor - Entrepreneurial Finance
2014 - 2016
Attorney
2013 - 2013
•Handled all aspects of business litigation case involving claims for trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract
Law Clerk for the Honorable Joe Billy McDade
2013 - 2013
Fellow
2012 - 2013
•Managed own client caseload and successfully negotiated over $20,000 in relocation benefits for low-income tenants in the Housing and Eviction Defense Unit •Drafted and orally argued motion to admit newly discovered material evidence that resulted in reopening case and prevailing on the merits
Telemundo/MUN2 Business and Music Affairs Legal Intern
2012 - 2012
•Developed acquisition strategy for Spanish-language programming through collaboration with Business and Music Affairs team; performed financial valuation on programming metrics to maximize viewership in emerging bilingual cable network •Drafted and negotiated film and music license agreements; created marketing opportunities for televised events
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Education
B.S. in Foreign Service
2003 - 2007
Juris Doctor
2009 - 2012
Diploma
2008 - 2009