August62021
Episode 29: Margaritas with Marguerita — Meet Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, co-founder REFASHIOND Ventures
A Note from Marguerita Cheng, CFP® Pro — Don’t miss today’s episode of my show, Margaritas with Marguerita, where women learn how to flex their financial muscles from industry experts for 15 minutes each Friday at 5pm EST.
Meet our guest: Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Co-founder & GP, REFASHIOND Ventures, The New York Supply Chain Meetup, and The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation
Today’s topic: Supply Chain Technology — The biggest investment opportunity in our lifetime?
We know you’ll enjoy learning about:
- What is a supply chain, and why are they so important?
- Why is there now an opportunity to refashion or reinvent global supply chains?
- What is supply chain technology?
- How can listeners invest in this burgeoning opportunity?
- What is REFASHIOND Ventures, and how does REFASHIOND Ventures approach this opportunity?
- How can listeners learn more about supply chains and supply chain technology?
About Brian: Brian is a co-founder and general partner of REFASHIOND Ventures — an NYC-based, early-stage supply chain technology venture firm that is being built on investing in startups refashioning global supply chains. Before co-founding REFASHIOND, Brian gained 10 years of experience in investment research and management. He spent 8 of those years building an early-stage venture firm, KEC Ventures, from scratch. The firm grew to $98M of assets under management distributed across 2 funds and 51 investments, with a team of 9 people.
Brian is also the co-founder of The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation, a network of grassroots-driven communities of people who are obsessively enthusiastic about supply chain, innovation, and technology. The community has nearly 3000 members in its New York City chapter and nearly 8000 members globally. He studied mathematics and physics for his first degree from Connecticut College, holds an MBA with a specialization in financial instruments and markets from the Stern School of Business at New York University, and is a CFA Institute charter holder. He is also an adjunct professor of supply chain and operations management in the Department of Technology Management and Innovation at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University. A venture partner with Newark Venture Partners and serves as a VC-in-Residence for Genius Guild Greenhouse Fund, Brian blogs at Innovation Footprints and is on Twitter @brianlaungaoaeh.
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