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Neer Venture Partners is a $20MM seed stage fund that primarily invests in fintech but also considers other areas (B2B SaaS, proptech, insurtech, wealthtech, gaming, DTC applications, and sportstech).
The fund typically invests between $25,000 and $500,000 in companies that meet certain criteria, such as having a full-time founding team, a minimum viable product, evidence of product-market fit, some revenue or successful pilots, and a large potential market. While the fund does not have a regional bias, it may give preference to businesses based in Florida.
Brian is the founder and CIO of Neer Venture Partners. Brian spent ~30 years on Wall Street with a focus on credit, derivatives, and deal structuring. Brian has driven institutionally relevant deals and businesses at Morgan Stanley over a 23 year career, most recently as the Global Head of Derivatives and Structured Products and Global Head of XVA/Corporate Derivatives Group trading, and previously as the Head of European Credit Trading, Global Head of Credit Derivative Products, Head of North American and Asian Structured Credit Products. He was also the founder of Cournot Capital (Credit Derivative Product Company).
Brian has 5 years of experience in early stage investing with a portfolio of ~50 investments. He has also founded a small business which all founders are welcome to visit and use to toughen up … www.floridakickboxingacademy.com
Brian has a BS in Finance from Rutgers College and an MBA in Finance / Strategic Management from The Wharton School.
