Investing Profile

Brian McNamara

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General Partner at Cosmic Venture Partners

cosmicvp.comAustin, Texas

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Current Investing Position

Cosmic Venture Partners General Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

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Brian McNamara's Investments On Record (9)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Owen's Craft Mixers	Series BMay 2021$8M	$8M
MasterClass	Series FApr 2021$230M	$460M
Co-investors: Brendan Wallace (Fifth Wall), Rick Yang (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Yan-David Erlich, Hiro Tamura, Jonathan Swanson
Bev	Series AMar 2021$16M	$23M
Co-investors: Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings)
Soapbox	SeedMar 2021
TeamClass	SeedFeb 2021
Caliva	Series BJan 2021	$75M
Co-investors: Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures)
ID.me	Series UnknownOct 2020	$320M
Co-investors: Justin Saslaw (Ribbit Capital), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Kelly Perdew (Moonshots Capital), Bradley C. Harrison (Scout Ventures), Penny Pritzker (Inspired Capital), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Steve Smoot (Lavrock Ventures), Donna Harris (1776), Victor Pascucci III (Energy Capital Ventures), Daniel Rosensweig
Robinhood	Series GSep 2020$460M	$5B
Co-investors: Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Meyer "Micky" Malka (Ribbit Capital), Jan Hammer (Index Ventures), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Kittu Kolluri (NeoTribe Ventures), Howard Lindzon (Social Leverage), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Calvin Broadus (Casa Verde Capital), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Theo Osborne (9Yards Capital), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Vlad Vahromovs (Venture Development Partners), Kelly Perdew (Moonshots Capital), Stephen Francis (Arrive), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Vic Koch (Koch Fund), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Dr. E. Bora Uygun (Bora&Sons), Serik Kaldykulov (Elefund), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Walter Kortschak (Summit Partners), Daniel Scott (Susquehanna Capital), Kingsley Advani (305 Ventures), Jared Leto, Todd Corenson, Yajur Sehgal, Aaron Levie

Brian McNamara's Experience

General Partner Cosmic Venture Partners2021 - Present

Founder The Seed Project | Angel Group2020 - Present

MBA Associate Moonshots Capital2020 - 2020

MBA Associate VGC Partners2019 - 2019

Equity Derivatives Jefferies & Company2013 - 2018

Summer Equities Analyst Jefferies & Company2012 - 2012

Summer Equities Analyst Knight Capital Group2011 - 2011

Account Executive duPont Publishing2010 - 2011

Academic Writing Consultant College of Charleston2010 - 2011

Brian McNamara's Education

Columbia Business School Master of Business Administration - MBA Business

College of Charleston