Aaron is the co-founder and Managing Partner at 645 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that leads seed and Series A rounds. Aaron has 20 years of deep finance and technology expertise, having developed advanced equities Program Trading and foreign exchange derivatives software. As the first Managing Entrepreneurial Officer at Cornell Tech, Aaron worked in tandem with Greg Pass (former CTO of Twitter) to create and pioneer the campus Studio culture and pedagogy, in addition to guiding complex technology startups toward commercial success. Since founding 645 Ventures in 2014, Aaron has worked closely with portfolio company founders to strengthen and grow businesses and achieve scale in pursuit of successful M&A and IPO. 645 Ventures has invested in breakout successes, including Goldbelly, Iterable, FiscalNote, Squire, Resident/Nectar Sleep, FLY Labs (acquired by Google), Source3 (acquired by Facebook), Abacus (acquired by Certify), and several category-defining companies.