At MachX, Sky serves as a Strategic Investment Advisor, partnering with us on select investments and advising on company selection. Through his role at Venture University, he also shares co-investment opportunities that enable MachX to invest side-by-side in frontier-defining companies.
- • Ranked Top 100 Powerlist VC
- • 15+ years of VC/PE investing, 150+ portfolio companies
- • Select Portfolio Companies: OpenAI, Figure AI, Tyme Group, Wayflyr, Flyr Labs, Beyond Meat (IPO’d, $14B), Touchcast (Acquired by Infinite Reality, $500M), Sensity (Acquired by Verizon, $300M+), ShopKick (Acquired by SK Telecom, $200M), Made In Space (Acquired by AE Industrial Partners), FabFitFun ($1B+), Spyce (Acquired by sweetgreen), Bear Flags Robotics (Acquired by John Deere, $250M
- • Former Managing Director of Investments at Cleveland Avenue (VC/PE Fund co-founded by Former CEO & President of McDonald’s), focusing on food and beverage brands, food-related technologies, and new restaurant concepts
- • Founder, Head, & Former Managing Director of Simon Venture Group (corporate investment arm of Simon Property Group, S&P 100, largest retail real estate company in the world), grew to top 5 corporate VC focused on commerce alongside Google Ventures, Intel Capital, and Comcast Ventures
- • Adjunct Professor at New York University teaching Venture Capital Intensive
- • Creator of multiple top ranked entrepreneur resources: #1 Startup Investor Pitch Deck Template (viewed & downloaded 500,000+ times, used by leading business schools and accelerators)
- • Co-Founder of the #1 Startup Board Game The Next Big Thing: The Game of Entrepreneurship, backed by over 25+ of the top accelerators and VC investor stem