I have an enormous passion for finding private investments that solve a real problem, use innovation to upgrade their respective industry, and have the right team to lead the investment to successes. I have raised significant capital for ventures that have already proved successful including Bottlerock Napa Valley. I raised over 35 million dollars for Javelin Capital Markets, which is now in position to gain significant rewards, if predictions fall in to favor, giving investor 10-40X. I trained with large banks (UBS, Merrill Lynch) in several sectors of finance including trading, wealth management and investment banking. I helped build a start-up electronic trading platform. I was employee # 3 and helped with the entire process that start-ups go through to become successful including hiring, investment banking, operations, and technology.
My team Rugosa Partners, has put in 250k in seed capital towards the funding of Gigwell. Gigwell is an amazing platform that matches talent agents and artists to booking agents and venues. Their CEO Jeremie is incredible as well as their entire team. Rugosa Partners did extensive due diligence on Gigwell that took months. This is part of our process. To add to our due diligence, Gigwell went through Y Combinator, which is harder to get into than Harvard. Essentially, between YC and Rugosa, we gave done some massive work in ensuring that Gigwell will be a success. To add to this, we have extensive music industry knowledge. One of my partners Jozef Nuyens has owned the Castle recording studio for over 20 years, a landmark in the Nashville area. We are investors in several music tech companies and as mentioned, Bottlerock Napa Valley music festival. Another partner of Rugosa Steve Gregory runs On Tour Logistics. On Tour Logistics takes some of the biggest acts in the world all around the globe. Steve has spent large quantities of time handling folks in the music industry.
I will syndicate all of my deals that allow for syndication going forward. I think the syndication process at Angel List is so effortless an easy for investors. Importantly, your K-1's come months early, you are notified about every last company change, and your investments are organized. I want my investors to be happy, and have a simple and easy process to invest, while having the opportunity to invest smaller sums in more deals. This allows for diversification.