Investing Profile

Rick Desai(484)

VC

listen.coChicago, Illinois
Photo of Rick Desai, Partner at Listen

Signal uses Gmail to reveal intro paths. Email content is never read.

Sign in with Google →
Picture
Picture
Picture

11 Investors

Connected to Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Anna Barber (M13), Tamim Abdul (OCA Ventures), and 8 other investors on Signal.

Georgetown University Network
39 CONNECTIONS
Lehman Brothers Network
17 CONNECTIONS
cb
Listen Partner
$250K - $2.0M
$1M
2
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Public Goods
Seed RoundSep 2018$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Jason Yeh (Patron)
Own Up
Venture RoundMay 2017$2M
$14M
Co-investors: Anton Simunovic (Alumni Ventures Group), Michael Madden (Alumni Ventures Group), Brian Spaly (Brand Foundry Ventures)
All things consumer. Products, services, marketplaces, platforms.
Any business where a company does not have a direct relationship with the ultimate end user.
Adjunct Professor Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management2017 - Present
Partner Listen Ventures2016 - Present
Managing Partner, Co-Founder Dashfire2009 - Present
William J. Clinton Fellow SAATH2008 - 2009
Private Equity Associate Madison Dearborn Partners2006 - 2008
Investment Banking / Leveraged Finance Analyst Lehman Brothers2004 - 2006
Georgetown University BSBA Finance, International Business, Psychology