Lawrence Jen

Experience

Westwood Ventures

Managing Partner 2019 - Present (about 7 years)

Raised and ran a $2.2M Venture Capital Fund for Alumni and Friends of the University of California, Los Angeles to invest in start-up ventures, from seed to growth stage.... more

COM Investments

Senior Portfolio Manager 2012 - 2019 (over 7 years)

Direct advisor to Chief Investment Officer in a multi-billion dollar multi-generational single family office invested in a broad range of securities, geographies and risk... more

Russell Investments

Conducted manager research and 2010 - 2012 (about 2 years)

due diligence for Russell Hedge Fund of Funds and developed customized client portfolios.

Investment Division Associate 2012 (about 1 month)

Russell Investments

Investment Division Associate 2010 - 2012 (about 2 years)

Conducted manager research and due diligence for Russell Hedge Fund of Funds and developed customized client portfolios for private pension plans and institutional clients.

General Motors

Treasury Analyst 2008 - 2009 (about 1 year)

Analyst for multinational car manufacturer seeking to avoid Chapter 11 reorganization through asset sales and cash management. * Deal structuring, valuation and industry analysis... more

Vulcan

Investment and Treasury Analyst 2006 - 2007 (about 1 year)

Investment analyst in a multi-billion dollar single family office invested in a broad range of securities, geographies and strategies. * Assessed/recommended portfolio optimization... more

Boston Avenue Capital

Vice President, Equity Research 2003 - 2005 (about 2 years)

Senior Analyst 2002 - 2003 (about 1 year)

at an equity long-short hedge fund responsibilities included investment analysis using a fundamental, research- driven approach, and the management of the fund's research... more

Blue Pumpkin

Director of Finance 2001 - 2002 (about 1 year)

Primary advisor to the Chief Financial Officer for M&A and Investor Relations strategy in a Silicon Valley venture-backed start-up.

McKinsey & Co

Corporate Finance & Strategy Associate 2000 - 2001 (about 1 year)

Strategy consultant 1997 - 2000 (about 3 years)

technology clients seeking to acquire competitors, technologies and talent during the dot.com boom.

Robertson Stephens

Technology Investment Banker 1995 - 1997 (about 2 years)

& Company Transaction execution (M&A, IPO, PP) for clients in software, semiconductor, wireless, internet and digital media sectors.

Salomon Brothers

Structured Finance Analyst 1994 - 1995 (about 1 year)

Structuring and modeling of over $5.2 billion of asset-backed securities for student loan, auto and credit card issuers.

Employee

Salomon Brothers, Robertson Stephens, McKinsey & Co, Blue Pumpkin, Boston Avenue Capital, Vulcan, General Motors, Russell Investments, Russell Investments, COM Investments, Westwood Ventures

Projects

Founder of a VC fund

Founding Managing Partner, early stage Venture Capital Fund

Founder, Internet · Larry Jen serves as Managing Partner of the recently launched fund for UCLA alumni, Westwood Ventures. Larry sat down with us to… · More

Education

About

Achievements

Successfully financed several start-ups from soup to nuts through extensive start-up financing ecosystem.

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Skills

Asset Management Cash Management Due Diligence Equity Infrastructure Management Private Equity Real Estate Research Securities Structured Finance Valuations Venture Capital Wireless CFA

Locations

San Francisco San Francisco Peninsula San Francisco County San Jose Toronto Los Angeles County Mountain View

Lawrence Jen

Seasoned investor/executive with experience from early stage start-ups to mature industries. Seeking new challenge to grow an enterprise to a successful exit.

Successfully financed several start-ups from soup to nuts through extensive start-up financing ecosystem.