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Alec McNiff
Alec McNiff is a senior manager based out of Bessemer's New York City office, where he focuses on solutions, process design, and data insights for the operations team.
Prior to joining Bessemer, Alec held various positions across go-to-market, product, and operations at Catalant, a consulting and SaaS startup. He has also worked at Kraft Heinz and Bank of America.
Alec earned his BA in social studies and graduated with honors from Harvard College. During his undergraduate studies, he also helped launch a hardware startup. In his spare time, he enjoys running, cycling, playing tennis and golf, and trying out new outdoor activities.
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Jonah Surkes
Jonah Surkes
Jonah Surkes joined Generation Investment Management in 2021 and is a member of the Growth Equity strategy team, serving as an Investment Director. Previously, Jonah was an investment banking analyst at Greenhill & Co.
Jonah received a BA in Human, Social and Political Science from University of Cambridge, Clare College.
Lukas Huber
Lukas Huber
Based in Vienna, Lukas has been a part of Speedinvest since 2015. As the company’s deal flow manager, he is making sure that the thousands of leads which enter Speedinvest’s system every quarter are processed properly. His daily work with a host of data points also enables him to generate complex reports on our deal flow and beyond.
A Vienna native, Lukas also lived in Virginia Beach and London. He studied Economics and History and holds a Master’s degree in History with a special focus on global topics.
When not crunching numbers for Speedinvest, Lukas spends his time studying his favorite subject, the History of ideas and how the past shapes our understanding of the present and the future alike.
Clifford Cohn
Clifford Cohn
Andrew Brackin
Andrew Brackin
Andrew Brackin is a Partner at Gradient Ventures. Prior to Gradient, Andrew co-founded Vial, a tech-enabled clinical trial platform that raised over $100M in venture capital from top-tier firms. Prior to Vial, he was part of the founding team and the Head of Growth at Newfront (YC W18), an AI-powered commercial insurance brokerage valued at $2.2BN, insuring numerous Fortune 500 companies. His career began at Jobr, a mobile job search business that Monster.com acquired in 2016.
Andrew was a 2013 recipient of the Thiel Fellowship. Outside of work, he loves reading about global affairs, working out at Barry’s Bootcamp, and enjoying live music.
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