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The Art of Screening the Deal
Talks about Venture Capital, Startup and Investing
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Todd Breeden
Managing Director, Ventures at Jefferies
New York, New York
Overview
Todd Breeden is a Managing Director in Venture Capital based in New York, New York. He has an impressive track record investing in early-stage companies like Privy and has held key roles at reputable firms like Jefferies and StarVest Partners.
With a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and experience as a General Partner at Tuhaye Venture Partners, Todd has demonstrated expertise in due diligence, financial analysis, and investments within sectors like SaaS and marketplaces.
Work Experience
Managing Director, Ventures
2022 - Current
Responsible for leading direct venture capital investments on behalf of the Jefferies' Family Office Group
Board Observer
2018 - 2022
The audio intelligence platform, empowering marketers to understand and quantify the most effective way to use sound.
World-renowned brands, agencies, & platforms rely on Veritonic’s audio data & analytics to research, test, & measure the ROI of their audio.
Raised $14,200,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, Progress Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Greycroft, nvp capital and Lavrock Ventures.
Board of Advisors, Investor
2017 - 2022
OMNY empowers healthcare organizations to transform their latent data asset and build partnerships to transform care
Revolutionizing how healthcare data is shared and valued.
Board Observer
2017 - 2022
Demandware for grocers to acquire new customers and grow revenue.
Demandware for grocers to acquire new customers and grow revenue.
Raised $11,854,342.00 from Working Lab Capital and Avenue Growth Partners.
Investor, Advisor
2016 - 2022
Privy is the leader in ecommerce marketing for small and growing brands. Privy was acquired by Attentive in 2021
Privy specializes in e-commerce marketing for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Raised $8,260,538.00 from Accomplice, Mike Volpe and Tuhaye Venture Partners.
General Partner, Co-Founder
2016 - 2022
Tuhaye Venture Partners is an enterprise software-focused venture capital firm investing at the earliest stage of the company’s lifecycle.
Seed-stage venture fund in New York City, founded by Bill Cohen and Todd Breeden, investing in software across the United States
Board Observer
2014 - 2015
Persado Marketing Language Cloud delivers AI-generated language that resonates the most with any audience, segment or individual.
Persado is a software company that provides machine learning, omnichannel, and generative ai.
Raised $96,000,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank.
Board Observer
2014 - 2015
CrowdTwist is an industry-leading provider of comprehensive multichannel loyalty and analytics solutions. Sold to Oracle in 2019.
CrowdTwist is an industry-leading provider of comprehensive multichannel loyalty and analytics solutions.
Raised $16,194,000.00 from BDMI.
Board Observer
2014 - 2015
Ceros is a cloud-based interactive content creation platform for marketers and designers.
Ceros is a cloud-based interactive content creation platform for marketers and designers.
Raised $133,450,000.00 from Sumeru Equity Partners.
Vice President
2013 - 2015
Series A and Series B stage enterprise software investing at growth and expansion stages. Non-partner member of investment team - handling firm sourcing, diligence and on-going value add efforts with portfolio investments. Selected investment experience includes: AppDirect, Persado, Ceros, Openslate and others, totaling $30 million in new capital allocations into companies generating over 3x in realized returns on investment.