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Kevin Colas

Venture Partner at igniteXL Ventures & Angel Investor
San Francisco, California, United States
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Kevin Colas

Venture Partner at igniteXL Ventures & Angel Investor
San Francisco, California, United States
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Kevin Colas is a seasoned professional in the field of strategy and investment. With two decades of experience under his belt, he has worked with both startups and Fortune 500 companies, managing portfolios worth millions of dollars. He is currently a venture partner at igniteXL Ventures, a pre-seed/seed fund that specializes in tech and community-driven consumer wellness, beauty, and experience. Additionally, he invests with family and friends or SPVs in partnership with OceanIQ Capital. Kevin's investment portfolio focuses on enterprise tech, solid blockchain applications/use cases, AV/EV/mobility, gaming, mobile/digital medias, fintech, edtech, proptech, ML/AI, additive manufacturing, native and tech or community-driven CPG Brands in apparel & accessories, beauty & personal care, or food & beverage including plant-based and new diets, biotech & remote/digital health.

Prior to his role at igniteXL Ventures, Kevin worked as Chief Investment Officer at OceanIQ Capital, where he managed assets worth over USD 120 million, providing comprehensive family office services for families in the US, Asia and Europe. Before that, he worked with Hap Klopp, founder and former CEO of The North Face to raise funding for an active lifestyle, health & wellness consumer venture fund. He led strategy consulting projects for startups and Fortune 500 companies in IT, healthcare, consumer, industrials, and telecom at Vaxa Inc., and the sales analytics team for healthcare insurance exchange GoHealth.

Kevin holds an MBA from Hult, an MPhil in finance from Aix-Marseille U., an MS in management from Skema, and a BS in economics from Grenoble U. In addition to his impressive educational background, he has studied Big Data and Social Analytics and Data Analysis from MIT and UC Berkeley, earning professional certificates in both areas. He also has a Ph.D. in finance from Université Paris Dauphine.

Throughout his professional life, Kevin has been a part of several organizations. Some of these include being a former private investor at Relish Life, Strategic Advisor at Aegis Custody, Portfolio Manager at Family Portfolio Management, Co-Founding General Partner at Explorations Ventures, and Board Chair at IHSD, Inc.

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