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Tom Costin

Education Deal Team Advisor at Stanford GSB Impact Fund

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview 

Tom Costin is the Managing Director at Owl Ventures in Boston, Massachusetts, with a background in private equity and venture capital. He has successfully led investments in education technology startups and has a strong track record in corporate development and portfolio management. Costin's career highlights include managing director roles at Owl Ventures and SoleTech, as well as serving as a private investments specialist consultant at Cambridge Associates.

Work Experience 

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Owl Ventures, LP

  • Managing Director

    2014 - Current

    Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital fund in the world focused on the EdTech market with over $2 billion in assets under management. Founded in 2014, the Silicon Valley based firm invests in the world's leading education technology companies across the education spectrum encompassing PreK-12, higher education, future of work (career mobility/professional learning), and “EdTech+” (intersection of EdTech and other major industries such as FinTech and healthcare). Owl Ventures has deep domain expertise and leverages a global network of Limited Partners, investors, and strategic partners to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses into transformative category leading companies.

SG

Stanford GSB Impact Fund

  • Education Deal Team Advisor

    2017

CA

Cambridge Associates

  • Private Investments Specialist Consultant

    2012 - 2013

    Advised university endowments, foundations, pensions, and family offices with assets of $700 million to over $200 billion on the construction of custom private investment portfolios. Specialized in venture capital, private equity and hard assets.

Cambridge Associates is an investment firm that helps endowments and foundations, and pension plans to manage custom investment portfolios.

cambridgeassociates.com

SoleTech

  • Managing Director

    2009 - 2012

CH

Castlight Health

  • Business Development Associate

    2008 - 2008

    MBA intern that worked with founding team to create business plan, construct revenue models, research target market and seek potential partnerships. Castlight went public (NYSE: CSLT) in March 2014.

Castlight Health provides a healthcare navigation platform with resources for benefits, and vendors.

Raised $184,099,999.00 from Venrock, T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley, Wellcome Trust, Maverick Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Employee Stock Option Fund and Oak Investment Partners.

castlighthealth.com
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FLAG Capital Management, LLC

  • Associate

    2005 - 2007

CA

Cambridge Associates

  • Senior Consulting Associate

    2002 - 2005

Cambridge Associates is an investment firm that helps endowments and foundations, and pension plans to manage custom investment portfolios.

cambridgeassociates.com

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