Partner
Aaron Kern
Partner @ 6th Man Ventures
Partner @ 6th Man Ventures
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Experience
Arrive Kenya
Board Member
* Helped lead the fundraising efforts for Arrive Kenya, a 501c nonprofit focused on developing sustainable change in Kenya. * Led the fundraising efforts for the development... more of a girl's orphanage, aimed at reducing female genital mutilation, sex slavery sales, rapes, and HIV/AIDS transmission.
Red Beard Ventures
Partner
Partner at Red Beard Ventures (www.redbeard.ventures), where I've led sourcing, diligence, and operations.
I've helped invest in the following companies:
Dapper... more Labs (NFT’s), Genies (NFT’s), SuperRare (NFT Marketplace), Calaxy (Social Token), LVL (Crypto Banking), Zed.Run (NFT’s), Alto IRA (Retirement), Opolis (Crypto Payroll), Holler.io (Messaging), Noah (Home Equity Investing), RoboTire (Automated Car Maintenance), Hermes Robotics (Automated Street Sweeping), Oasis (AI Avatars), Venus Aerospace (SpacePlanes), Azteco (Fiat Onramps to Crypto), Lendtable (Retirement), and SuperWorld (Metaverse)
I've helped invest in the following companies:
Dapper... more Labs (NFT’s), Genies (NFT’s), SuperRare (NFT Marketplace), Calaxy (Social Token), LVL (Crypto Banking), Zed.Run (NFT’s), Alto IRA (Retirement), Opolis (Crypto Payroll), Holler.io (Messaging), Noah (Home Equity Investing), RoboTire (Automated Car Maintenance), Hermes Robotics (Automated Street Sweeping), Oasis (AI Avatars), Venus Aerospace (SpacePlanes), Azteco (Fiat Onramps to Crypto), Lendtable (Retirement), and SuperWorld (Metaverse)
Allstate Strategic Ventures - Venture Capital
VC Investor
VC Associate with Allstate's Strategic Venture arm, where I primarily:
- Assist with startup sourcing efforts by attending conferences, networking with venture capital... more firms and incubators/accelerators, and meeting with universities and entrepreneurs.
- Perform due diligence on potential investment opportunities through market research, financial modeling, technology evaluation, investment recommendation, and subsequent preparation and negotiation of transaction documents.
- Assist in thesis development across sectors, including blockchain, AI/ML/computer vision, VR/AR, cybersecurity, health and wellness, education, future of work, employee benefits, and insurtech.
- Monitor portfolio companies by managing financial models and enabling strategic engagement with relevant business units.
Completed Investments & Awards:
- Nominated and awarded rising star in venture capital recognition from GCVI, the Global Corporate Venturing Institute.
- Sourced and led due diligence on a Series B investment in Prevaillion, a provider of cybersecurity solutions.
- Sourced and led due diligence on a Series B investment in Bark Technologies, a provider of online protection for children.
- Sourced and led due diligence on a Series B investment in Stride Health, a provider of benefits to gig economy workers.
- Sourced, evaluated, and led due diligence on a Series A investment in Bamboo Insurance, an insurtech provider.
- Led Series B diligence and investment in Carpe Data, a provider of alternative data analytics to the insurance sector.
- Performed diligence on Human API, Hound Labs, Sureify, Vault, Keyless, Formotiv, Anagog, Hushmesh, and Tuition.io.
- Assist with startup sourcing efforts by attending conferences, networking with venture capital... more firms and incubators/accelerators, and meeting with universities and entrepreneurs.
- Perform due diligence on potential investment opportunities through market research, financial modeling, technology evaluation, investment recommendation, and subsequent preparation and negotiation of transaction documents.
- Assist in thesis development across sectors, including blockchain, AI/ML/computer vision, VR/AR, cybersecurity, health and wellness, education, future of work, employee benefits, and insurtech.
- Monitor portfolio companies by managing financial models and enabling strategic engagement with relevant business units.
Completed Investments & Awards:
- Nominated and awarded rising star in venture capital recognition from GCVI, the Global Corporate Venturing Institute.
- Sourced and led due diligence on a Series B investment in Prevaillion, a provider of cybersecurity solutions.
- Sourced and led due diligence on a Series B investment in Bark Technologies, a provider of online protection for children.
- Sourced and led due diligence on a Series B investment in Stride Health, a provider of benefits to gig economy workers.
- Sourced, evaluated, and led due diligence on a Series A investment in Bamboo Insurance, an insurtech provider.
- Led Series B diligence and investment in Carpe Data, a provider of alternative data analytics to the insurance sector.
- Performed diligence on Human API, Hound Labs, Sureify, Vault, Keyless, Formotiv, Anagog, Hushmesh, and Tuition.io.
Deloitte & Touche
Investment Banking
Deloitte Corporate Finance
Private Equity Coverage
Employee