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Amanda Eilian
Founding Partner
Amanda has been actively investing in early stage consumer companies for the last decade, drawing on her experience as an institutional investor and entrepreneur. Previously, Amanda was the co-founder of Videolicious, an enterprise video creation platform backed by Amazon, and served as its President until it was acquired by Squarespace (NYSE:SQSP). Under Amanda’s leadership, Videolicious grew to over 5 million users in 103 countries, including Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Walmart, SAP, Verizon and GE. Prior to forming Videolicious, Amanda was a founding partner of Capitol Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition vehicle (SPAC) that completed a $265 million initial public offering and became Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE:TWO). TWO grew to over $4.4 billion of market capitalization (including a spin-off) to become the third largest mortgage REIT in the United States. Amanda began her career in private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Amanda is a Truman Scholar and received her MBA from Harvard Business School where she was a Baker Scholar, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with Honors in Economics. Amanda serves on the Board of Directors of the Melanoma Research Alliance and the Board of Advisors of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and is a member of the Tech:NYC Leadership Council. She lives in New York City with her husband and four children.
Lisa Blau
Founding Partner
Lisa has spent the last decade actively investing in early stage consumer companies focused on health and wellness. Her expertise is informed by her own experience as an entrepreneur in the category. Lisa chairs the board of a political action group called United for NY’s Future; is a board member of KIPP, a network of charter schools in New York City; the Trinity Board of Advisors at Duke University; and The Mount Sinai Parenting Center. Lisa has a B.A. from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and lives in New York City with her husband and three children.
Alison Ryu
Partner
Alison has been investing in consumer brands for more than a decade. Prior to Able, Alison was a General Partner & Managing Director at CircleUp Growth Partners where she led investments in early stage consumer brands. Before CircleUp, Alison was a Vice President at TSG Consumer where she invested in consumer and retail brands and worked closely with the e-commerce investments in their portfolio. She spent a year as an operator on the executive team of Backcountry, one of the TSG portfolio companies. Prior to TSG, Alison worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan in the Consumer & Retail Group. Alison has served on the Board of Directors of Kosas Cosmetics, The Coconut Cult and Nutpods. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.
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