Adam Quinton Founder and CEO Lucas Point Ventures As the Founder/CEO of Lucas Point Ventures I invest in and advise early stage companies My focus is supporting diverse management teams My investments include The Muse, Glassbreakers, Venuebook, Pinks and Greens, Snaps, Rapt Media, Hire an Esquire, Tactile Finance, Validately and NMRKT I am on the Board of Pinks and Greens and serve as an Advisor to a number of companies as well as Chicago based techweek In 2014 I served as Chief Financial Officer of leading NYC based cybersecurity company NopSec, another of my investees I am an Advisor/Mentor to several groups including San Francisco based Astia, Boulder based MergeLane, New York based 37 Angels, Menlo Park based Women's StartupLab and LA based Vinetta Project In 2014 I was named by AlleyWatch one of "25 Angel Investors in New York You Need to Know" and also one the "100 NYC Tech Influencers You Need to Know" In 2015 I was featured in Tech.co as "One of VCs Making Waves" and in 2016 was named as one of "26 great people spearheading change in tech investment" by Silicon Republic In the not for profit space I sit on the Boards of the Center for Talent Innovation and International House, New York At Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs I am an Adjunct Professor Previously I was a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and head of Global Macro Research leading a team of 175 professionals in 12 countries I have 25 years of global investing and management experience and, with the help of many great colleagues, was fortunate to be a top ranked sell side investment analyst in all of the US, Asia and UK