In the spring of 2013, I cofounded a data analytics company. I had graduated from a Johns Hopkins masters’ program the previous spring, taken the summer off, and got hired in the fall to help spin up programming at a nonprofit.

I spent the early years of my career working in politics. I raised money for candidates and managed day-to-day operations for campaigns.

We are a venture fund. Our mission is to invest in great entrepreneurs and accelerate the growth of their companies in a way that results in an outsized return for our investors.

Squadra is a team of real people. We’re investors, we’re operators, we’re entrepreneurs ourselves. We’ve experienced the good, the great, the scary, the boring.