fnInvestor Session with Vanessa Pestritto of New York Angels
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She's back again! Join us for another great fnInvestor session with Vanessa Pestritto of New York Angels. Vanessa will answer all of your questions surrounding angel funding, as well as shed some light on New York Angels & what they're currently looking for.
Agenda:
- Intro by Kevin (5 mins)
- Featured Guest Introduction (25 mins)
- Q&A with Founders (30 mins)
About New York Angels:
The New York Angels is a member led organization committed to finding, funding and mentoring great young companies from pitch through a successful exit.
The New York Angels is comprised of over 100 active members. Our members are entrepreneurs, CEO's, venture capitalists and business leaders who have founded, funded and built world-class companies. We come from a wide array of industry expertise and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. We mentor and coach the entrepreneurs in whom we invest, serve on their boards, provide contacts and assist with team building, strategic planning and fundraising.
The mission of the New York Angels is to foster an engaged and smart New York City angel investment environment in an effort to enhance the opportunities for entrepreneurs to be smartly financed and succeed through exit. The New York Angels' member mission is to provide opportunities for its members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in early-stage companies and accelerating them to market leadership. We lead deals ranging from $100,000–$1.0 million. We also have a vast network of angel groups and venture capital firms that we syndicate with to do deals up to $2 million. The New York Angels has been the leading seed investment organization in NYC for almost a decade, having invested over $100 million in more than 100 venture companies.
About Vanessa:
Vanessa Pestritto is Executive Director of New York Angels. She manages deal flow and the investor experience. Her work has led to an increase in member engagement, community participation and overall investment activity.
After NYU Stern, she worked in technology management consulting on product development as a business lead. She then managed art organizations where she restructured operations, marketing and managed sales. She currently is a Mentor for the NYU Berkley Venture Competition, BrainTrust Advisor for Entrepreneurs@Athena, was named a Top Latino Tech Leader by the New America Alliance and blogs at IamVP.com.
Her approach is certainly out-of-the-box and she is a creative problem solver, challenge seeker and conqueror, writer, and happy yogi. She believes in leading with demanding requirements, flexibility within a dynamic environment, imposing challenging yet achievable deadlines, empowering individuals with an equal measure of accountability and including comedic delivery as needed.
Her approach is certainly out-of-the-box and she is a creative problem solver, challenge seeker and conqueror, writer, and happy yogi. She believes in leading with demanding requirements, flexibility within a dynamic environment, imposing challenging yet achievable deadlines, empowering individuals with an equal measure of accountability and including comedic delivery as needed.
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