Lawrence Jen
Managing Partner at Anderson Angels
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2022 - Current
Anderson Angels brings together current and former Anderson UCLA MBAs and friends of UCLA to fund early stage ventures emerging from the vibrant UCLA entrepreneurial ecosystem
We bring together alumni and friends of UCLA to fund early stage ventures from the UCLA entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Board Member
2022
LigaData is a pioneering digital transformation company, based in Silicon Valley, California.
Founder/Managing Partner Emeritus of Westwood Ventures
2019
Sourced and led investments in over 20 seed to growth stage private companies for Alumni and Friends of the University of California, Los Angeles. - Fundraised, sourced and deployed investor capital to build a portfolio of early and growth stage ventures in FinTech, AgTech, Consumer, Bio/Med/HealthTech and Cloud/Distributed Computing. - Cultivated a community of funders & founders to nurture an entrepreneurial ecosystem for UCLA Alumni.
Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital investment firm that manages fund families that invest in a portfolio of companies.
Raised $500,000.00 from Michael Bunning.
Portfolio Manager
2021 - 2022
Worked directly for the Chief Investment Officer and other senior investment office staff on asset class research, manager due diligence, and other project work for a newly formed Single Family Office in the Pacific Northwest. Led the sourcing, underwriting, closing, and monitoring of investments with external managers across asset classes including public equity, fixed income, and alternatives (e.g., private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds). The Single Family Office founder created Bellevue-based Edifecs (Innovative Healthcare Technology and Solutions Company) and carried the health and wellness impact investment ethos to 30 North Group. Promoted to head of private markets to lead a small team to source, underwrite, negotiate, close and monitor investments in various external managers.
Senior Portfolio Manager
2012 - 2019
Built an investment program for a multi billion dollar single family office. Found, structured, recommended, monitored and realized direct and externally managed investments across a variety of asset classes, industry sectors and geographies for a Single Family Office and their Foundation and Trust investment accounts.
Investment Division
2010 - 2012
Conducted manager research and due diligence for Russell Hedge Fund of Funds and developed customized client portfolios for private pension plans and institutional clients.
Russell Investment Group a global leader in multi-manager investment services, provides investment products
Corporate Treasury
2008 - 2009
Analyst for multinational car manufacturer seeking to avoid Chapter 11 reorganization through asset sales and cash management. - Execute complex strategic deals for the divestiture of $5.0 billion telematics business. - Managed company cash and other short term liquidity through global loans and credit.
Investments and Treasury
2006 - 2007
Analyst in a multi-billion dollar single family office invested in a broad range of securities & strategies. - Evaluated portfolio optimization software and helped to optimize strategic investment decisions through improved understanding of risk and return factors across asset classes. - Modeled and structured complex deals across financial, technology, oil and gas, cable, and real estate industries.
Vice President
2003 - 2005
Senior Analyst at an equity long-short hedge fund; responsibilities included investment analysis using a fundamental, research driven approach, and the management of the fund’s research infrastructure. - Drove investment recommendations that contributed to concentrated portfolio positions covering special situations, including distressed, spin-off, post-bankruptcy, reorganizations and merger-related opportunities. - Identified and developed investment ideas using risk modelsMet with key stakeholders including customers, suppliers, investment managers to synthesize investment recommendations.
Director of Finance
2001 - 2002
Raised $19.2M Senior Mezzanine Round financing for a growth stage enterprise software company. Worked with investors including J&W Seligman & Co., CE Unterberg Towbin, Needham Capital Partners, Liberty View Equity Partners, Siemens Mustang Ventures, Brentwood Venture Capital, Dain Rauscher Wessels and Van Wagoner Capital Management.