This past Friday was my last day with Betaworks Ventures. It's been just over six years since John Borthwick and Matt Hartman asked me to be the third partner in a new fund they were creating out of Betaworks, and saying yes to that was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I've loved working as an investor, but it felt like it was time for a new challenge and so a few weeks ago I let them know that I would be moving on.
I'm really proud of what we've accomplished with Betaworks Ventures. The partnership I've had with John and Matt has been one of the most intellectually engaging of my career and I'll miss digging into deals with them and the team and debating what technologies are going to shape the future of how we live, work, and play online. I'm especially grateful for their friendship. John has been a trusted confidant and mentor for almost twenty years now (the story of how we met is worth reading -- it involves us being booed on stage) and it's hard to overstate the impact he's had on my career. I didn't know Matt as well before I joined Betaworks, but I immediately loved working with him, he's one of the smartest and most decent persons I know and I feel truly lucky to have gotten to spend so much time with him over these past few years.
There were so many other people from Betaworks, past and present, that I was so fortunate to work with that I'd like to thank, including Danika Laszuk (who I'd been trying for years to find a way to work with), Jon Chin, Julie Zhang, Nicole Ranucci, Josh Auerbach, Sam Mandel, Analisa Svehaug, Michelle Sommerfeldt, Ben Scheim, Jared Newman, Tyler Becker, Kit Irwin, Fahim Abouelfadl, Soren Wrenn, Patrick Montague, Ana Rosenstein, James Cooper, Dennis Cheng, Sarah McBride, Tommy Sullivan, and Kerri Donnelly. You all made my time at Betaworks so amazing. I'm sad to be leaving without having been able to see any of you in person for the past year and half since Covid put an end to my regular trips out to the New York office. I'll miss our games of Werewolf at Betaworks Studios!
I'd also like to thank all of the founders I was able to work with. I can't believe how many incredibly talented people I got to spend time with as part of my job and I'm honored to have been a small part of your journey. I'm still here if there's anything you need!
I don't have anything to announce about my future plans right now, apart from that I'll be taking some long overdue time off, but if you'd like to stay in touch I'm easy to find.