I've worked both sides of the early-stage deal: sourcing and diligencing startups, and helping portfolio companies grow.

At LIKE Ventures, a disability-tech VC firm, I rose from intern to Director of Strategy and Business Development, built the firm's deal-sourcing system, led its flagship conference, and advised portfolio companies. As a Venturous Venture Fellow, I sourced 265 startups for thesis-aligned funds. Earlier, at Breinfuel, I built a 15-campus ambassador program and scaled a CVS pilot from 8 stores to 3,000.

265Startups sourced and diligenced

10Startups connected to deals

8 → 3,000CVS locations as the Breinfuel pilot scaled

500+Attendees at conferences I led and moderated

5Portfolio companies supported

Intern → DirectorPromoted after 1.5 years at LIKE Ventures

LIKE Ventures

Disability-tech venture capital · Director of Strategy & Business Development (part-time, during Tufts) · previously Intern · 2021–2024

How I got in

After James Gillespie, PhD, JD, MPA, gave a talk at the company where I was interning, I caught him in the elevator and told him I wanted to work for him. After vetting and interviews, he offered me an internship at LIKE Ventures.

Director of Strategy and Business Development

Board and leadership alignment: facilitated alignment between the board, senior leadership and the executive team.
Strategic partnerships: sourced and established partnerships that expanded the firm's reach and fundraising opportunities.
Built the deal-sourcing system: pitched, built and ran a system for deal sourcing and inbound pitches that cut the diligence workload.
Portfolio support: advised 5 portfolio companies (adaptive clothing, smart prosthetics, electrical stimulation rehab, a robotic arm device and adaptive vehicles) on commercialization, fundraising and deal negotiation, and worked with the Verizon Startup Accelerator on incubation.
Flagship conference: led and moderated two annual accessibility technology conferences for 500+ investors, LPs, founders, patients and researchers.

Intern (first 1.5 years)

Researched and diligenced disability-tech startups.
Built content for internal board meetings.
Helped organize the firm's annual accessibility technology conference.

Venturous

Venture Fellow (part-time) · Aug 2023–Mar 2024

Scouted and diligenced startups and matched them with thesis-aligned venture funds in the Venturous network.

Sourcing: sourced and diligenced 265 startups.
Matching: paired each startup with VCs whose thesis fit it.
Result: helped 10 startups reach deals with in-network funds.

Breinfuel

Consumer startup (nootropic energy drink) · Marketing & BD Representative · 2020–2022

Hired during my sophomore and junior years to scale Breinfuel's CVS retail pilot through campus community engagement.

Built the ambassador program: co-developed it and scaled it to 15 Northeast campuses.
Drove the retail pilot: activated ambassadors at key New England stores.
Result: scaled the CVS pilot from 8 locations to 3,000 nationwide by driving sell-out sales near college campuses.