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

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