nextNYC's Opening Bell Forum is an invite-only event for NYC's founders running future fund-returning IPOs and significant exits. Companies have been nominated by their VCs and have generally raised tens of millions in capital, have dozens of employees, and/or are growing double digit revenues.
Panelists
Jade Mandel is a Managing Director in Growth Equity within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she focuses on investments in Financial Technology. The Growth Equity business manages a global portfolio of equity investments in high-growth technology-enabled companies. Jade serves on the boards of Amount, Bowery Valuation, Caribou, H2O.ai, and Nav. Jade earned a BA in Economics and Asian Studies from Cornell University.
Yoonkee Sull is a General Partner at ICONIQ Growth, an investment platform that supports founders and leaders through an engaged capital base, strategic relationships and proprietary insights from some of the world’s most exceptional people. He joined ICONIQ Growth in 2014 and is focused on partnering with high-growth technology companies across fintech, software and consumer internet. Yoonkee also leads the investment team based out of New York. Prior to joining ICONIQ Growth, Yoonkee began his career in investment banking at Citigroup in its Technology, Media and Telecom group.
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