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Tori Orr

Investment Associate at JetBlue Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Tori Orr is an Investor at JetBlue Ventures with a background in venture capital, having held roles at prominent organizations like Vera Equity, Harlem Capital, and Dorm Room Fund. She possesses a Wharton MBA and has experience in deal sourcing, due diligence, and financial analysis, focusing on investments in consumer health and consumer internet sectors at seed and pre-seed stages. Highlights of Tori Orr's career include her roles as a Managing Partner at Dorm Room Fund and her current position as an Investment Associate at JetBlue Ventures, where she utilizes her expertise in market analysis and deal execution to support startups in the New York City area.

Work Experience 

  • Investment Associate

    2024 - Current

    JetBlue Ventures is an early-stage, aviation-focused venture capital firm.

JetBlue Ventures invests in and partners with seed-stage startups improving the future of travel and hospitality.

  • Investor Advisory Board

    2024

    HBCUFI Pre-Accelerator is an early-stage program supporting startup founders from HBCUs in preparing for venture capital fundraising.

HBCU is a 8-week programs targets early-stage founders who are past the ideation stage and ready to validate a problem and build an MVP.

  • Senior Associate

    2023 - 2024

    Vera Equity is an early-stage, fintech-focused venture capital and talent advisory firm. Investment(s): -Dimension AI (Pre-Seed) -Powerbroker AI (Pre-Seed) -SimpleClosure (Seed) -Costo (Pre-Seed)

Vera Equity is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments.

  • Venture Capital Fellow

    2023 - 2023

    Harlem Capital is an early-stage, diversity-focused venture capital firm. Investment(s): -Trustible AI (Pre-Seed)

  • Venture Capital Intern

    2023 - 2023

  • Managing Partner

    2022 - 2023

    Dorm Room Fund is an early-stage, student-focused venture capital firm. Investment(s): -Portabl (Pre-Seed) -Chiyo fka Nouri Mama (Pre-Seed) -Gently fka Wearloom (Pre-Seed) -Blaze (Pre-Seed) -Flair (Pre-Seed) -Neurogram (Pre-Seed) -Jones (Pre-Seed) -Upskill (Pre-Seed) -StrideLink (Pre-Seed) -Outline It (Pre-Seed) -Peach (Pre-Seed) -Tapper (Pre-Seed)

  • Co-Lead, Blueprint Investor Track and Female Investor Track

    2022 - 2022

    Blueprint Investor Track is an 8-week summer program for aspiring student VCs who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or LatinX. Speakers Sourced: - Marlon Nichols (MaC Venture Capital) - Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners) Female Investor Track is an 8-week summer program for aspiring student VCs who identify as female or non-binary. Speakers Sourced: - Sydney Sykes (Lightspeed Venture Partners) - Divya Sudhakar (Geodesic Capital)

  • Investment Partner

    2021 - 2022

Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation.

  • Associate

    2022 - 2022

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

  • Venture Architect

    2021 - 2021

    BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate innovation, investment, and incubation firm within Boston Consulting Group. Venture(s): -Black Wealth Data Center (Incubation)

BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.

  • Product Manager

    2020 - 2021

  • Mechanical Engineer

    2018 - 2020

An ecosystem of software & hardware vendors, integrators and solution providers focused on adoption of NFV and SDN-based solutions.

  • Model 3 Service & Manufacturing

    2017 - 2017

Tesla Motors is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.

Raised $19,374,213,101.00 from European Union, PennDOT, Australian Renewable Energy Agency and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

  • Management Consulting - Technology

    2016 - 2016

Deloitte Tax is an advisory firm that provides tax preparation and advisory services.

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