Drake Cadeddu

Associate at Corner Ventures

Los Altos, California, United States

About

Associate at Corner Ventures. Completed my Masters in Quantitative Finance at the University College of London in 2023. Prior experience in Private Equity with a focus on Venture Capital and in an AgTech startup. Some of my experiences include: financial modeling, valuation, forecasting, and equity research. Based in the Bay Area, and received a BBA in Finance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX in 2022

Experience

  • Associate at Corner Ventures
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Market Analyst at Beewise: Automated Beekeeping
    May 2021 - Aug 2021 · 4 mos

    • Recruited by CEO to evaluate and analyze priority markets for company’s AI-powered Beehome • Led market analysis for South American markets Argentina and Brazil, segmenting demand by customer type and size • Performed and delivered market analysis for Turkey and Spain • Work product presented to Company Board of Directors, used to plan Company’s go-to-market strategy

  • Summer Associate at Corner Ventures
    May 2020 - Aug 2020 · 4 mos

    • Directly assisted with sourcing, due diligence and investment modeling on 5 investments made by Managing Director over course of subsequent year, including Beewise (AgTech), Twin Health (ML), Marble (LegalTech), Instawork (Marketplace) and Solv (Marketplace) • Assisted Managing Director with SPAC planning and SPAC S-1 preparation, work product used to support successfully launching 2 tech-focused SPACs in subsequent year (COOLU and TRONU) • Led follow-on investment analysis and recommendation for portfolio company Healthy.io • Screened and reviewed 60+ inbound start-up pitches, furnished summary notes to Managing Director

  • Summer Associate at DAG Ventures
    May 2019 - Aug 2019 · 4 mos

    • Updated FinTech (with emphasis on payments), Sustainable Energy and Security start-up sector coverage • Analyzed stock distribution vs stock sale options for post-lockup public portfolio companies EventBrite, Oportun, Boku and Zuora • Assisted General Partner in editing S-1’s for portfolio companies WeWork (IPO later pulled) and One Medical (IPO 1/20, trades under ONEM) • Invited to attend 8 portfolio company board meetings and entrusted with summarizing board packages for General Partner