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    Jerrod Hill

    Jerrod Hill

    Business leader and investor with 10+ years of experience in corporate strategy, media, partnerships, and business development.

    Finance/Accounting New York Georgia State University
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    Experience
    Bowery Capital
    Bowery Capital
    Summer VC Associate 2017 - 2018 (7 months)
    The Boston Consulting Group
    The Boston Consulting Group
    Consultant 2016 - 2017 (almost 2 years)
    Techstars
    Techstars
    Senior Associate 2015 - 2016 (6 months)
    Dreamit
    Dreamit
    Accelerator Operations Intern 2014 - 2015 (11 months)
    Seventy Six Capital  www.seventysixcapital.com
    Seventy Six Capital www.seventysixcapital.com
    Intern 2014 (2 months)
    JumpStart Inc./ North Coast Angel Fund
    JumpStart Inc./ North Coast Angel Fund
    Summer Associate 2013 (2 months)
    Teach for America
    Teach for America
    Teacher 2010 - 2013 (about 3 years)
    OSEIN
    OSEIN
    Investment Committee Chair 2023 - Present (almost 3 years)
    • Founding member of OSEIN where I lead all Investment Committee and pitch meetings with potential investments
    • Evaluated 50+ companies that presented to the Investment... more Committee or pitched to OSEIN
    • Led diligence process for three startups that OSEIN has funded
    • Engage as a mentor to 4 angel network members to teach investing, diligence, and sourcing
    Zeal Capital Partners
    Zeal Capital Partners
    Scout 2024 - 2025 (about 1 year)
    Amazon
    Exit
    Amazon
    Venture Capital BD/Principal Venture Investor 2018 - 2023 (about 5 years)
    • Founding member of the Audible Corporate Development and Strategy team
    • Led and built the venture capital arm for Audible which includes the investment strategy, fund... more formation, and operations
    • Created investment strategy by meeting with and presenting to the executive (CEO, CFO, CCO, etc.) and cross-functional leaders
    • Wrote four startup investment memos and executive communications and completed two investments for $800k+
    • Evaluated limited partner investment into Newark Venture Partners for tens of millions of dollars
    • Led business development and partnership wins for three CEOs of Newark Venture Partners portfolio companies worth $250k+
    • Supported diligence process for Amazon's Catalytic Capital, which invests $150M+ as a limited partner into venture capital GPs
    • Managed relationships with top venture funds in NYC like USV, FirstMark, BoxGroup, Lerer Hippeau, Thrive, and Lux Capital to build relationships with their portfolio companies to increase their cloud spend, advertising spend, and overall Amazon product usage
    • Engaged Tier 1 startup C-suite executives with white glove business development services, partnerships, Amazon programs, intros to account teams, and intros to Amazon executives to increase usage of cloud services, advertising spend, and partnerships with Amazon
    • Worked cross-functionally for GTM wins that included getting VC funds' portfolio companies on Amazon Marketplace, the Amazon
    Partner Network, and Amazon LaunchPad; co-sell motion yielded sales for startups and additional usage for Amazon
    • Developed co-marketing plans with startups that led to advertising benefits, speaking engagements, white papers, articles, and blogs
    • Led process for $1M+ Enterprise Discount Agreement (EDP), which is a long-term cloud contract
    • Completed 20 interviews for AWS Startup team and mentored two associates on the Venture Capital BD team
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    Techstars, Dreamit, Teach for America, The Boston Consulting Group, JumpStart Inc./ North Coast Angel Fund, Seventy Six Capital www.seventysixcapital.com, Bowery Capital, Amazon, Zeal Capital Partners, OSEIN
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    About
    Achievements

    Building and investing in the NYC ecosystem

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    Skills
    Business Development Consulting Due Diligence Financial Financial Modeling Management Science Startups Valuations Venture Capital Partnerships GTM strategies
    Locations
    New York City
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