Binghamton University - School of Management

Binghamton University

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus

Investor, Advisor, Co-founder and Community Conduit

Miami, Florida, United States

Excited to announce that I’m joining the team at Arkive, the world’s first distributed museum curated by a global community. My role will be to launch the Arkive Art Fund as our founding Managing Director.

Throughout my career, I've invested in, worked at or volunteered for countless organizations that have evolved the way communities thrive and interact. Combining my skill sets of community building, investing, curation, and being a conduit, I’m invigorated to expand upon what Arkive has created around the 🌎

Arkive has created a community of the most impactful leaders in arts & culture, and we are building one of the most important collections in history, while being continually showcased in public and private spaces.

Unlike traditional museums, Arkive does not confine its collection of tier-one art to a single physical location. On average less than 10% of a museum’s collection is ever seen by the public at any given time, the rest sits in storage.

Arkive is changing the museum model by 1) becoming the first investible museum - providing patrons the opportunity to own shares in the collection and 2) partnering with public and private spaces globally to showcase the works, with the aim of increasing their visibility, accessibilty, impact, & value.

Just imagine if you could have invested alongside the Louvre, The Met, or Smithsonian…

The Arkive fund will continue to work through the Arkive community to elevate, educate, and contextualize the significance of all our upcoming acquisitions, while always maintaining our commitment to placing as close to 100% of the works in context on public display.


Over the past year, we have had art works featured at Art Basel Miami, SXSW, Davos, Paris, Milken, Mexico City, Los Angeles with the Getty Foundation, MMCA in Seoul, Korea, Grand Master Records, and the Calgary Central Library.

I’d love to share more of our vision and have you on this journey together, so please do reach out and let’s make some magic happen!


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Arkive

Managing Director

Our mission is to give children a safe and positive community where they can find joy, develop healthy online relationships, and aspire to their greatest potential as tomorrow’s digital citizens.
Zigazoo is a top-5 kids app on the Apple App Store and the world’s largest social network for kids. On Zigazoo, kids make video responses to challenges made by the world’s biggest children’s brands and share them with friends.

We are American parents and teachers who get our inspiration from children and believe in the power of kid creations. We founded Zigazoo in 2020 to give parents the tools they need to make screen-time healthier, smarter, guilt-free, and joyful for families around the world. We invite you to the wonderful world of Zigazoo to have fun, learn, and enjoy time with your Zigazoo friends!

In contrast to most social media platforms, Zigazoo prioritizes safety and positive interactions with our features that are carefully designed with your child in mind. Safety has been our first priority since day one. Zigazoo is KidSAFE COPPA Certified and 100% human moderated. All content has been diligently reviewed by Zigazoo’s moderation team to ensure only safe and age-appropriate content is being created by and shown to the Zigazoo community.

Zigazoo has been featured in CNN, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Axios, Fortune, and the New York Times and has been praised by the likes of Scary Mommy and <a href="http://Moms.com">Moms.com</a>. Zigazoo partners with the world’s most popular entertainment companies, sports leagues, publishers, celebrities, zoos, museums, award-winning musicians, athletes, and children’s brands to offer exciting content for kids to engage with, learn from, and share with friends!

Our newest feature is that Zigazooers can earn digital and physical prizes for completing challenges! We can’t wait to see you on Zigazoo.
            

    
    

    
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Zigazoo

Investor and Advisor

We Are Entering a New Era for Toys, Collectibles, and Games. OnChain Studios is a new digital studio on a mission to empower, educate, and entertain the next generation of collectors around the world.
One where the possibilities of fandom are limitless and unrestricted by the physical limitations of manufacturing, supply chains, or retail.

Their First project is: <a href="https://cryptoys.com/#!about">https://cryptoys.com/#!about</a>

At Cryptoys, we're building an NFT-native digital toy company from the ground up. One that connects you with people around the world and reimagines what's possible when it comes to toys, collectibles, and gaming.
            

    
    

    
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OnChain Studios

Investor

Apply to join our community: <a href="https://angel.co/s/flamingocapital/loz8K">https://angel.co/s/flamingocapital/loz8K</a>

Led by a team of successfully-exited Miami founders + investors, Flamingo Capital sources top Venture deals based on local roots, provides access to top tier founders across the country that have made their way through Miami and from our deep network of venture capital investors around the world.

Chris Adamo: Former 1800 <a href="http://Flowers.com">Flowers.com</a> exec (grew from 500m to 1b), Current Letterhead co-founder, Highly active angel investor and advisor in over 40+ startups

Adam Garfield : Founder of Speedetab (sold to Wix), current VP at Wix

Will Weinraub: Founder of Live Ninja (sold to IDT), current CEO + founder of On Chain Studios and Cryptoys

We view each LP as an important part of the community. We strive to get to know all of you and engage in 2 way conversations to source/co-syndicate deals, provide value to the founders we invest in, and grow each other's networks. Should you have a founder we should meet, we encourage you to DM us to discuss syndication or have them submit their startup through this link.

Being based in Miami has opened the doors to an extremely diverse set of founders and investors from all over the world. We plan to share our expansive network, extending access to opportunities that prior were inaccessible.

We’re stage agnostic, as we invest equally across Pre Seed, Seed, Series A and later stage. Our plans are to open access to rounds that we ourselves are investing in or advising as we work closely with founders throughout their growth.
            

    
    

    
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Flamingo Capital

Co-Founder

A newsletter platform built for content and community.

Most email tools are built for old-school, transactional marketing. That means duct-taping tools and complex workflows to build lasting relationships with your email list and convert those relationships into revenue.

Letterhead puts all those capabilities in one place.

My role is focused on partnership development across the entire organization.

Let’s build better communities together!

Letterhead

Investor and founding team

Host Live and Recorded Audio On Your Website.
Space enables you to engage, educate, and support your audience with interactive audio experiences.

Space Soft Inc

Advisor and Investor

Firefly

Conscience VC invests into early-stage consumer companies embracing deep tech and data. Proud to build alongside such a future thinking team.

Conscience VC

Investor and Senior Advisor

Make money & pay online without ads

What if the web was monetized by idle processing power and bandwidth not personal attention and data?

Massive

Craftsman+ is a creative technology company driven to bring rich ad experiences to mobile.
Powered by a sophisticated, easy-to-use ad creation platform, Craftsman+ enables marketers to quickly iterate their content at scale across their marketing channels. The company's creative agency division drives results by delivering impactful ideas and marketing messages through the kind of high-engagement storytelling only possible in a next generation, low-code environment. Craftsman+ empowers marketers and brands to achieve and exceed marketing goals by quickly and simply diversifying, customizing, and dynamically honing campaigns. The company is headquartered in New York City and recently announced an EMEA expansion with a team in London.
            

    
    

    
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Craftsman+

The shortcut to shopping.

Get personalized inspiration, exclusive deals and pay how you prefer. Only in the Klarna app.

If your brand is interested in partnering with Klarna, let’s chat.

Klarna

Strategic Advisor

NUE.Life provides effective, alternative healing therapies to help you manage your mental health in the comfort of your own home.

NUELIFE HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC

We started The #MiamiTech Happy Hour to connect everyone in Miami who has a shared interest in Tech, when there were so many new interesting people moving to Miami. It began as a casual meetup during the loosening of the quarentine of 2020 and has blossomed into the go to weekly event in the #MiamiTech ecosystem!

This is a recurring happy hour for new and old Miamians interested in connecting with fellow entrepreneurs, investors, tech folks, and a diverse group of awesome people. Come grab a drink and catch up!

A few logistical details:

We host this gathering every week, at the FREEHOLD - find us in the outdoor area!
We normally start at 6 PM and It usually lasts for a few hours - come and go when works for you.
There is street parking around the area.

Often we have sponsors + panels (startups, VC's, Tech companies, public/private organizations, etc.) that want to support and connect with the Miami community!

Here is a link to RSVP for each week and keep up to date on the programming:

<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-miamitech-happy-hour-tickets-156539589125">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-miamitech-happy-hour-tickets-156539589125</a>

By attending, all participants commit to upholding and being subject to our Code of Conduct.
By attending, participants also acknowledge and grant permission for the use of photographs they may appear in for promotional material by the organizers or sponsors. If you would like to rescind this permission, please contact us directly.

Hope to see you soon!

Natalia + Chris
            

    
    

    
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The #MiamiTech Happy Hour

Predictive builds and invests into bold products harnessing data science for outsized impact. Over 50% of our portfolio is founded by female or minority entrepreneurs. We develop and partner with impactful software platforms to accelerate value creation.

Predictive VC

BYJU’S - The Learning App is an Indian educational technology and online tutoring firm founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran at Bangalore. In September 2020, it was the world's most valued edtech company with a valuation of $11.1 billion.

BYJU'S

Everyday non-alcoholic mood enhancers. All-natutural and ready to drink. Serve over ice, or great as a mixer. Broad spectrum Hemp-derivedCBD cocktails

Proposition Cocktail

Advisor

Invest your spare change automatically. Join almost 4,000,000 people saving and investing every day. Sign up in no time to save and invest more money.

Acorns

Sustainable shoes straight from South America. It starts with better materials, continues with better design and we close the loop with fair factories and responsible shipping methods. Look Good. Do Good.

Juntos

Shoot My Travel is a global travel photographer marketplace that pairs travelers with local professional photographers to capture their trip memories on demand.

Founded in 2015 and inspired by the idea that amazing things happen when you go beyond the selfie, Shoot My Travel is a Miami-based startup that connects travelers with professional photographers in over 387 destinations worldwide.

Our mission: provide professional vacation photos that you’ll treasure forever (and over-post for years to come). When you’re caught up in trying to get the “perfect shot”, you risk missing what’s right in front of you. Shoot My Travel encourages a Carpe Diem approach to vacations – offering travelers the opportunity to be in the moment, while showing them all the city has to offer!

Shoot My Travel believes in capturing the essence of timeless moments, through candid, real and natural shots. Our photographers are carefully selected based on experience, professionalism and creativity – and work with you to capture memories you’ll love looking back on.
            

    
    

    
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Shoot My Travel

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is the creator of Fortnite, Unreal, Gears of War, Shadow Complex, and the Infinity Blade series of games. Epic's Unreal Engine technology brings high-fidelity, interactive experiences to PC, console, mobile, AR, VR and the Web. Unreal Engine is freely available at <a href="http://unrealengine.com">unrealengine.com</a>. For the very latest on the studio, check out @EpicGames.

Epic Games

Real news, curated by real humans

Packed with the trends, news & links you need to be smart, informed, and ahead of the curve.

<a href="http://www.inside.com">www.inside.com</a>

Inside.com

Facetime meets a smartboard

Caribu lets you video call and read no matter where you are, so you never miss another story time. Get it free on your iPad or iPhone today.

<a href="https://caribu.com/">https://caribu.com/</a>

Caribu

In order to select optimum ingredients, it is essential to understand where, how, and when such ingredients are harvested. That’s why we have invested considerable time learning their ideal conditions.

Our luxurious products are grounded by the human connection they yield. Each and every indigenous community benefits from harvesting our raw ingredients. Seasonality is part of this — we have spent time learning the growth cycle, and ideal environmental conditions of each natural ingredient. We use this specialized knowledge to meticulously decide when each raw ingredient is at its ripest — only then do we harvest. We embrace a true hands-on, homegrown culture, whilst sourcing the best raw ingredients from around the world.
            

    
    

    
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Binske

Begin your journey as an art collector while support local artists.

Commissioner is a subscription model that gives you original artwork, access to thriving contemporary artists, and brings you to unexpected spaces, homes, and studios in your community.

Commissioner is taking a fresh approach to arts patronage - we are growing our own collector base, repping the artists we believe in, and most importantly, connecting you - the collector - with great artists.

You can be part of our movement as a Collector or a Patron. Join us to be connected with thriving contemporary artists, get access to exclusive programming, and explore unexpected spaces, homes, and studios in your community.

A Commissioner subscription at the Collector level gives you four original, limited edition works of art.

<a href="https://www.commissioner.us/">https://www.commissioner.us/</a>
            

    
    

    
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Commissioner Arts Program

Partnerships and Growth

Social Venture Partners Miami builds powerful relationships among people and organizations that are out to make the world a better place. With a network of more than 3200 engaged donors in 40 cities, we help individuals amplify their giving, fund and strengthen nonprofits and equip our communities to tackle our greatest social challenges – together.  We focus on Ideas that can start in Miami and scale around the world to have a great social impact for humans and the planet.

Partners in the SVP Network pool their funds and together they make multi-year, unrestricted gifts to carefully vetted nonprofit investees with proven potential for social change. Partners also contribute their business and professional expertise to the nonprofits, all with the goal of strengthening the nonprofit and increasing its impact. Central to this work is the opportunity for Partners to learn about strategic philanthropy so they can make the greatest impact possible with their time, talent and financial investment.
            

    
    

    
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Social Venture Partners

Founding Partner, Miami

Whereby.us is an experiential media tech company that creates technology platforms, tools, content and local publications that help our fellow curious locals explore and connect with the fascinating, lovably eccentric cities we call home.

We are storytellers and community creators by trade and platform developers by a true calling to help all creators build thriving communities and businesses.

We also have developed Letterhead, which is an all-in-one solution for growing and monetizing your newsletter.

Most email tools are built for marketing, and force you to compromise on user experience, workflow, or revenue. Letterhead’s different: it's built for newsletters, from the ground up.

My role is focused on partnership development across the entire organization.

Let’s build better communities together!
            

    
    

    
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WhereBy.Us

Chief Business Officer and Investor

DXagency is a full-service engagement agency dedicated to helping companies build customer loyalty with a full range of strategic, creative and analytic solutions. While at DX, I began the expansion into the Southeast market and Latin America, opening the doors to fortune 500 companies across multiple industries including sports, music, retail, e-commerce, start-ups, entertainment, fashion, non profits, food and beverage and luxury goods.

DXagency

Account Director

Throughout my 8 plus years at 1800 flowers, we helped steer the company through a tough recession and grow the business to all time highs through targeted customer acquisition plans, corporate partnerships and focused execution on daily, monthly and yearly goals.

- Responsible for the management, development, and coordination of new and existing business partners for the B2B division of 1800 <a href="http://flowers.com">flowers.com</a> Inc.
- Structure and manage Gift card, Incentive, Employee recognition, Marketing, Decor, Rewards/loyalty, barter and employee discount programs.
-  Career progression: Account manager, Key Account manager, Key account marketing manager, Regional Partnership Manager and Strategic Partnership Manager.
-  Focused on growing the digital gift card program and corporate business through strategic partnerships.
-  Have brought on numerous large key accounts, while consistently driving revenue growth above plan and budgets, I depended on the values of planning/goal setting, implementation/execution and clear communication

find me at @cadamo25 (twitter)
            

    
    

    
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1-800-FLOWERS.COM, INC.

Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Accounts

- Marketing and special events planning for the "Door to Dorm Tour" featuring multi-platinum and Grammy award winning musical acts Hinder, Papa Roach, and Puddle of Mud
-  Developed and grew new business relationships with colleges, retailers, suppliers, and marketing partners
-  Originated and coordinated all event marketing for trade shows, schools, and street teams
-  Created, implemented, and ran campus representative program
-  Public relations including writing of all press releases; Liaison to external media
            

    
    

    
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Madpackers.com

Director,  Business Development

- Increased processing rate by 25% of all New York Life new hires
-  Reviewed and processed agent, broker, agency, corporate and intern contracts for prospective agents
-  Advised and communicated daily with over 200 general offices on pending requirements and regulations
-  Evaluated all legal documentation pertaining to criminal violations, financial history, and terminations
-  Confirmed all company and regulatory requirements were satisfied prior to contracting candidates

New York Life Insurance Company

Contract Analyst

- Responsible for the total, effective and profitable operation of a CVS Pharmacy's operations
-  Supervised, trained, hired and directed over 30 employees at a 24 hour retail store (times square)
-  Completed and analyzed business reviews and developed and executed successful business plans
-  Handled all customer relations issues, while promoting a positive shopping environment
-  Independently created and coordinated sales building concepts and department plan designs
-  Improved 5 different store locations over a one year period reducing inventory and increasing sales by introducing a streamlined approach to store management, ordering and inventory tracking.
            

    
    

    
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Chris 🫶 Adamo

Chris 🫶 Adamo