[Webinar] Meet the VC: Joshua Siegel of Acronym Venture Capital
February 9, 2022
Joshua Siegel
ACROYNM VENTURE CAPITAL
Meet the VC is a monthly panel event hosted by Escalon and its partners. This month, we had an engaging discussion with Joshua Siegel of Acronym Venture Capital, LLC to discuss fundraising, investment thesis, the current investment climate and more. with our partners Trinet, First Republic and Recreate Real Estate.
About Joshua Siegel
Joshua Siegel is the General Partner of Acronym Venture Capital and oversees the day to day activities and operations including evaluating early stage technology and consumer companies seeking funding, assisting current portfolio companies with corporate development / revenue generation, attracting LP capital, and developing Acronym’s professional network. Joshua has extensive experience and connections in software, technology, real estate, luxury lifestyle brands, digital media, and CPG. Joshua was formerly the General Partner of Rubicon Venture Capital, a top performing US VC, Director of Market Intelligence at Citicorp Debt Capital Markets, Manager Eastern European Banking Systems at Citibank and was with the Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC). In 2007, he became an active angel investor with interests in software and technology. He has invested into such companies as Daily Harvest, Super Coffee, Easyknock, Nexhealth, Superhuman, Todaytix, Maestro, Easyship and Bespoke Post to name a few.
Joshua holds a BA degree from Boston University, a MBA from Georgetown University and a Degree in Gastronomy from ICE in New York. Joshua, was born and raised in New York, attended Horace Mann, but recently moved to the Palm Beach area.
About Acronym Venture Capital, LLC
Acronym invests into the Late Seed – Series A rounds of enterprise/smb Saas Fintech, Hospitality Tech, Prop Tech, WorkFlow Tech and Ecommerce Infrastructure as well as Omni Channel Consumer brands. Companies must be generating at least $1m in ARR with a known sales cycle. Acronym invests between $500-$750k in the Late Seed and $1-$3m into the A rounds. We will lead, co-lead or just participate.
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