Entrepreneurs funding entrepreneurs
Fabrice Grinda
Founding Partner
Fabrice is an Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, student and lover of life, aspiring Renaissance man and co-founder of OLX, one of the largest free classifieds sites in the world.
Jose Marin
Founding Partner
Jose is a serial entrepreneur and global investor. He co-founded Deremate.com, project builder IG Expansion, and Serendipity Investments that has invested in more than 200 companies. He loves flying and extreme sports, plays the piano and tennis, and speaks 5 languages.
Arne Halleraker
Partner
A Norwegian native, Arne [ˈɑrni] joined the FJ Labs team in the spring of 2016. He lived in San Francisco for 1.5 years, where he was director of global partnerships for Telenor and focused on business development with Google [x].
Jeff Weinstein
Partner
Jeff Weinstein is a Partner at FJ Labs. He was previously a Senior Associate at Lux Capital. Outside of work, Jeff is a competitive runner training to run a sub-four minute mile. Jeff holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Matias Barbero
Investor
Matias is an investor at FJ Labs. Previously, he was an M&A investment banking associate at JPMorgan. Before that, he held different strategy, marketing, and finance roles. Originally from Argentina, Matias holds an MBA from Duke University, where he graduated with honors as a Fuqua Scholar
Luke Skertich
Investor
Luke is an investor at FJ Labs. Previously, he was an investor at M25 and held product management roles at three VC-backed startups. Luke earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business & a Bachelor’s in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Camila Bustamante
Analyst
Camila is an analyst on our investment team. Prior to FJ, she worked with Zeeba Investment Group as a Junior Desk Head and with FJ incubation company, Umamicart. Originally from Peru, she loves the outdoors and culinary experiences. Camila holds a BS in Global Business from Georgetown University.
Jeff Berger
Head of Portfolio
Jeff is the Head of Portfolio at FJ Labs. He has spent nearly 15 years as an Internet entrepreneur. Most recently, he founded Talent Inc., the leader in tech-enabled career services, which was bought by a private equity firm. FJ was one of the first investors in Talent.
Jaye Landow
Head of Investor Relations
Jaye is the Head of Investor Relations at FJ Labs. Prior to FJ, she was a Director at TD Securities, having spent 13+ years on the trading floor in various roles across corporate & institutional fixed income sales, trading, and origination in London, New York, and Toronto. Originally from Canada, Jaye holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Ivey Business School and is a CFA charterholder.
Matthew Stone
Head of Operations
Matt is Head of Operations and an investor at FJ Labs. Matt began his career in GE’s Financial Management Program, and, most recently, worked as a Sr. Director at FTI Consulting. He holds a B.S. in Finance from Fordham University and MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School.
Zineb Belghiti
Associate
Zineb is an associate at FJ Labs. Previously, Zineb worked at Deutsche Bank in Asset and Wealth Management. Zineb is originally from Morocco and studied Economics and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and holds a Masters in Applied Analytics from Columbia University
Lexi Shannon
Finance/Accounting Associate
Lexi is a Finance/Accounting Associate at FJ Labs. She was previously a Consultant at Deloitte Tax and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant. She holds a MS in Taxation from Baruch College and a BS in Accounting from the University at Albany.
Rodd Macklin
CFO
William Guillouard
Venture Partner
William has 18 years of experience in C2C and B2C marketplaces. During his 8 years as OLX CMO, he spent $300M in 20 different countries as different as Russia, UAE, Brazil, India, South Africa, Portugal, Vietnam and Egypt.
Nancy Dong
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Prior to joining FJ Labs in 2019, Nancy launched and operated new markets at Uber in 7 countries across Asia, Latin America, and the US. Her passions include weightlifting and getting her hands on any good sci-fi read. She studied BA Economics at Northwestern and MBA at Harvard.
Andrea Xu
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Andrea is an EIR & Investor. Before FJ, she led financing transactions across LatAm and Asia as part of Principal Investments and EM teams at Goldman Sachs. She is Spanish-born-Chinese and is fluent in both Spanish and Mandarin. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a B.A. from NYU.
Agapitos Diakogiannis
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Agapitos joined FJ Labs in 2019. Previously he held consulting and operations roles at BCG and Rocket Internet, working in total in ten countries. He is a big basketball fan and an avid skier. Agapitos is an engineer by training and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Martin Pustilnick
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor
Martin joined FJ Labs in 2018. Previously, he held different investing, operations and consulting roles at Exor, OLX and BCG. Martin is originally from Argentina and holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BA in Economics from U. Torcuato Di Tella.
Mark Lurie
Venture Partner
Mark Lurie focuses on cryptocurrency & blockchain at FJ. He is a 2x founder (a cryptocurrency, ICO 2018; an online marketplace, Acq. 2018) & a former investor at Bessemer Venture Partners. Mark is a Boston-native & can usually be found hiking, biking, or camping. He holds an MBA & a BA from Harvard.
Güimar Vaca Sittic
Venture Partner
Originally from Argentina, Güimar is a Venture Partner at FJ Labs and co-founder of Merlin. Güimar led over 150 investments for FJ Labs since 2013. Güimar previously co-founded Instacarro and Cenaplus (acq by Restorando). Güimar is a competitive ping pong player.
Morgan Hermand-Waiche
Venture Partner
Morgan is the founder of Adore Me, a leader in online DTC fashion disruption. Elected 3x in the Inc500 ranking, and #2 fastest growing US retailer, the company stands for women empowerment and inclusivity. Morgan was nominated top 100 US entrepreneur by Goldman Sachs, top Silicon Alley entrepreneurs in NY by TechCrunch, and holds and MBA from Harvard Business School.
Daniel Simon
Venture Partner
Founder of Mealco, a platform that allows anyone to create and manage a restaurant from their mobile phone. Previously a developer and product lead at TV disrupter Applicaster and investor at Viola and FJLabs. Holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and an MBA from MIT.
Olivier Grinda
Venture Partner
Olivier is a tech entrepneur whom co-founded 4 startups across the USA and Latam. He is also an angel investor with over 40 investments which includes, Adoreme, Airbnb, Uber and Opendoor. He is currently a VP at Clearbanc.com
Borja Moreno de los Rios
Venture Partner
2x founder (Merlin, an hourly jobs marketplace, Acq. in 2020; and Matoko Fund, a social enterprise in rural Uganda) investor and advisor. Madrid-born, passionate about big wall climbing and ski mountaineering. Preiously @ Goldman Sachs, MBA @ MIT Sloan, Forbes 30 under 30.
Erez Kalir
Venture Partner
Erez focuses on opportunities in Web3 and blockchain, where he has led several dozen early stage investments in the space and is an active member of several DAOs. He is 3x founder whose prior experience also includes working directly for Julian H. Robertson at Tiger. He is passionate about alpine climbing and skiing.
Anshul Ruparell
Venture Partner
Anshul is the founder of Properly, a Canadian tech-enabled real estate brokerage that is making real estate customer-centric from ‘search’ to ‘sale’. Anshul is based in Toronto, where he lives with his wife and young son, and can often be found on his road bike. Anshul is an active angel investor, was previously a private equity investor, and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.