Taylor Brandt
Principal at Headline
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2024 - Current
Investments and Board Roles: Motion - Lead investor seed and series A - Board Member Nivoda - Lead investor series A - Board Observer Heard - Lead investor series A - Board Observer PrescientAI - Co-lead investor series A - Board Member Avoma - Lead Investor series A - Board Observer Verse Medical - Investor Air - Investor Swell - Investor
Vice President
2023 - 2024
Investor
2021 - 2023
Headline is a global venture capital firm investing in winning teams across stages and geographies.
Board Member, Seed and Series A Investor
2022
joined board at Series B
Associate
2020 - 2021
Red Sea Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in early stage investments based in New York.
Director of Growth & Analytics
2019 - 2020
Director of Analytics and Business Intelligence
2018 - 2019
Business Operations
2017 - 2018
Data Analytics & Business Intelligence - lead business intelligence for the company - building out kpi's, and managing them through key dashboards, relentlessly trying to optimize different parts of the business through data driven decision making Finance - help build out operating models, cash flows and case specific models for the business to help analyze best new business opportunities Growth & Strategy - constantly focusing on CAC, growth volume and LTV and best ways to maximize marketing business budgets as well as product testing and effects on site conversion metrics Forecasting - Build forecast models quarterly for operations/logistics to plan 3PL daily demand
Rockets of Awesome is a direct-to-consumer kids' apparel brand, designing and selling over-the-top clothes.
Raised $49,000,000.00 from SignalFire, Angel Capital Management, August Capital, General Catalyst, Burda Principal Investments, Forerunner and Foot Locker.
Head Of Finance
2016 - 2018
Finance/Accounting Strategy and Biz Ops Investor Relations Business Development
We build modern check-in and check-out experiences you can trust. Creators of CoatChex, as seen on ABC's Shark Tank.
Raised $1,200,000.00 from E Squared Capital Management.
Forensics and Valuation Services Senior Associate
2014 - 2016