Madison Mciiwain
Founder of The Room Podcast
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Host & Founder
2020 - Current
110+ Episodes ft. Perplexity AI ($9B) Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) ($25B) Brex ($12.3B) Zapier ($5B) Vanta ($1.6B) Nubank (NYSE: NU) ($35B) Runway ML ($1.5B) Merge ($300M) Hightouch ($400M) and more.
Digital Innovation
2024 - 2024
Supported global innovation team on strategy and implementation related to Gen AI, crypto, and frontier technology (such as metaverse).
Louis Vuitton North America is offers fashion and leather goods.
Partner, Seed
2020 - 2023
Established firm's seed practice investing at the earliest stages of growth in b2b and b2c companies. Sectors included data infrastructure, fintech, b2b saas, marketplaces, etc.
Defy is a seed-stage venture fund focused on emerging, high-potential opportunities.
Technical Product Manager - Returns Optimization & Order Management
2018 - 2020
The Gap is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer.
Research and Data Management Intern
2017 - 2017
Acquired by Google AI 2018.
Endowment Intern (Hanover Office)
2016 - 2017
I aided the operations team in managing the marketable portfolio. Additionally, I collaborated on projects which streamlined office processes and task management.
Intern
2017 - 2017
Rent the Runway is an online e-commerce website that allows women to rent designer apparel and accessories.
Raised $626,149,985.00 from Ares Management.
College Ambassador
2015 - 2016
Helped to facilitated surveys on campus to provide context for future investment opportunities. Subsequently helped to identify emerging technology spaces, with special interest in Generation Y’s impact on trends.
Investment Team Intern
2015 - 2015
As an investment team intern, mainly on the equity side, I assisted in a number of tasks including research on potential managers, current manger quarterly report summarization, research into new or evolving alternative asset classes, data entry into excel and more. As the only investment intern, I was able to sit in on meetings and enjoy a hands on learning experience.