Aaron Holiday
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at 645 Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Board Member
2023 - Current
Co-founder and Managing Partner
2014
645 Ventures is an early-stage investment firm with over $550M AUM. We partner with founders at the Seed and Series A stages. I specialize in committing to founders across who are pursuing bold ideas in enterprise and vertical SaaS, marketplaces, and consumer technology across industries.
645 Ventures partners with exceptional founders at Seed and Series A to build iconic companies that scale to the growth stage.
Board Member, Cornell Tech
2020
Cornell Tech Councilor on the governing board of Cornell Tech
Adjunct Faculty (Early Adopters & Startup Spinout Clinic)
2020
Teach Early Adopters to Masters of Engineering in Computer Science, MBA, and LLM students. Also, lead Startup Spinout Clinics, a series of sessions that help students transition their academic startup projects to startup businesses that are on the verge of launching products and raising external capital.
Managing Entrepreneurial Officer
2013 - 2020
Work in tandem with Greg Pass to build and launch the Studio and Engaged Learning pedagogy, where masters students, PhDs, and postdocs build real technologies; and leading tech companies, venture capitalists, and successful startup founders collaborate with the Cornell Tech community to innovate, rapidly prototype, and access talented pioneering technologists.
Associate
2012 - 2013
Work with Managing Partners on a portfolio company acquisition strategy, drafting letters to LPs, fundraising, deal sourcing, due diligence, financial analysis, writing investment memos, and investment theme research.
Business Analyst - Product Development
2008 - 2010
Worked with the head of FX Options Product Management to design and launch a disruptive API for the derivatives trading market, moving a once voice brokerage model to an electronic trading business.
GFI Group is a intermediary in the global OTC and listed markets offering an array of sophisticated trading technologies and products.
Software Engineer - Equities Division
2004 - 2008
Built, designed, and supported proprietary technology for the Program Trading desk. Collectively, the Program Trading and Algorithmic Trading desks executed over $4B in notional trades daily.
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.