Caroline Duffy
Investor at Construct Capital
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2024 - Current
If you're a builder (or thinking about it) we'd love to learn more - please email Hello@cowboy.vc to get in touch.
Cowboy Ventures is a generalist seed-stage fund focused fund investing in technology startups.
Board Director
2024
Access Institute provides high-quality psychological care to people of all ages with the greatest need and least access to care while training the next generation of mental health professionals through a model that values human complexity, supports socially-conscious practice, and promotes sustained human growth.
Early Stage Investor
2021 - 2024
Construct Capital is an early stage venture capital firm. We invest in extraordinary founders building software to transform the most foundational industries of our economy — from manufacturing and supply chain to food and transportation — that drive half of the US GDP yet are failing to meet customer expectations.
Construct Capital invests in founders building technology to transform the most foundational industries of the economy.
AI Product & Builder
2018 - 2020
First employee at AIFund, a $175M startup studio that builds new artificial intelligence companies from the ground up. Our companies bridge AI technology and applications, focusing on industries and problems that we believe move the world forward. Worked part time while at the GSB and full time starting June '18. Founded by Dr. Andrew Ng and backed by Sequoia, Greylock, NEA, and Softbank, our team merges a deep understanding of AI technology with a proven ability to start new ventures. AI Fund is uniquely positioned to build AI businesses that can make an immediate and decisive impact.
AI Fund is a VC firm made up of AI pioneers, operators, entrepreneurs, and investors, supported by LPs such as NEA, Sequoia and Greylock.
Summer Investment Associate, Venture Capital
2017 - 2017
Portfolio companies include: Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) Domo (NASDAQ: DOMO) MX
Pelion Venture Partners invests in early-stage B2B software-based companies.
Senior Management Consultant
2013 - 2016
Partnering with Fortune 500 clients in transition: new strategy, new leadership team, rapidly evolving market etc. Industry focus areas: Enterprise SaaS, Retail, EPC.
Strategic Management Group, the leading provider of simulation products and services that accelerate time to value of corporate initiatives.
AI Researcher
2012 - 2012
Leveraged infrared eye tracking and facial recognition for consumer sentiment analysis across commercial use cases including marketing and advertising.