Stephanie Weiner
Investment Team at FirstMark Capital
Stephanie Weiner
Investment Team at FirstMark Capital
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Team
2020 - Current
Initial or follow-on investments in Carta, Crisp, Dashlane, Discord, Extra, Ezra, Florida Street, Here, Hone, HopSkipDrive, Hubble Contacts, Imperfect Foods (acq. by Misfits Market), Legacy, Mockingbird, Omaze, Orchard, Proletariat (acq. by Nasdaq:ATVI), RiskReversal, Ro, Roon, Vacasa (Nasdaq:VCSA), and Valence. Actively support boards of: Ro, Roon, Workit, Parsley, Legacy, Roon, Hubble, Hone, Mockingbird
FirstMark Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs making their mark on the world.
Chief Of Staff
2018 - 2020
Acquired by Commure June 2020
Merlin is an internet company that specializes in the fields of the marketplace, consumer software, delivery, and human resources.
Raised $37,812,231.00 from SV Angel, Novel TMT Ventures, Greylock, Marco Valta, DN Capital, FirstMark, Jonathan Golden, RRE Ventures, Uncork Capital and General Catalyst.
Co-Founder & Founding CEO
2016 - 2018
Bootstrapped kitchen cabinet and countertop import business. Sold thousands of kitchens. Still operated by my co-founders
Investment Team
2014 - 2016
Bain Capital Ventures invests in seed to growth-stage startups that uses tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones.
Founding Partner
2012 - 2014
• Founding Partner of the first venture capital firm investing solely in students • Invested in 14 companies, including DagneDover, Scholly, Firefly, Project Applecart and Neu. • Application was featured in First Round Capital's 2012 Year in Review (http://www.whyfirstroundshouldhireme.tumblr.com | http://www.firstround.com/annualreport2012/)
Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation.
Investment Analyst
2013 - 2013
• Evaluated and sourced new investment opportunities
Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup companies.
Co-founder
2012 - 2012
• Developed online marketplace with over 1000 active listings for subletting and leasing of off-campus university housing • Orchestrated marketing strategy, built website, and fostered relationships with local real estate market stakeholders • The site is now a permanent feature of The University of Pennsylvania's student newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian (http://www.PennLets.com)
Private Equity Portfolio Operations Analyst
2012 - 2012
• Selected as one out of ~700 applicants to assist in optimizing operations of Corporate PE and Real Estate PE portfolios • Autonomously interfaced with portfolio management to track environmental sustainability benchmark; assisted with implementation of group procurement contracts; and provided talent and HR support to senior executives
Provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans; pooled investment vehicles; institutional investors.
Private Wealth Management Intern
2011 - 2011
• Assessed various investment strategies based on market trends and clients’ affinity for risk • Produced client value propositions and marketed the team’s investment strategy to prospective clients
The Rand Group is a San Francisco-based wealth management team led by Managing Director Daniella Rand.
Novel Marketing Research
2008 - 2010
• Co-authored a graduate level marketing study on teenager social networks • Mapped a complete social network and correlated it with survey data to understand information flow within the network • Award: Intel Science Talent Search Semi-Finalist