Solly Garber
Founder of Formation Investor
Miami Beach, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & GP
2024 - Current
Managing Director
2013 - 2023
Built out an early stage venture portfolio investing in the best talent at company formation. Currently advising and stewarding this portfolio. Headway - pre seed Lula - post seed Withco - pre seed Seam - pre seed Assured - pre seed Airvet - seed Happy Returns (post seed - acq by Paypal) Brighthire - seed Raeden - seed Traba - post seed Hero (seed - acq by Klarna) Impart Security - pre seed REEF - Series A Branded - seed Nourish - seed IYK - pre seed Good Dog - Series B Oboe - pre seed Accrue - seed Krea - pre seed Olympix - pre seed stradaholdings.com
AFO Capital, LLC is a family office investing early stage in the future of commerce.
Business Development Associate
2012 - 2013
Monetization and distribution platform for mobile apps, incubated out of IAC. Blu Trumpet’s native ad unit concept reshaped the in-app advertising model. Company grew 5x in 2012 and was acquired by BreakTime studios in May 2013. *Worked in tandem with head of business development on executing partnerships with both publishers and advertisers. *Campaign manager on several major accounts.
Production Intern
2011 - 2011
Worked for the Office of Jane Rosenthal covering scripts.
Marketing/A&R Intern
2010 - 2010
*Managed social media accounts of various hip hop artists. *Tracked daily Nielsen BDS Soundscan playlists and prepared reports for President of label. *Made weekly selections of new artists from blogs and social media for submission to A&R executives.
Sony Music is a music corporation owned and operated by Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate.
Marketing Intern
2009 - 2009
*Worked under EVP of Marketing *Assisted in film promotion, creative for films such as THE DEBT *Consulted on music for trailers including LAST NIGHT starring Sam Worthington and Keira Knightley
Miramax produces and distributes films and television series in United States and internationally.
Raised $675,000,000.00 from ViacomCBS.