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Adrian Horotan

Adrian Horotan

General Partner atSafer Madenear New Haven, Connecticut
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Adrian Horotan is a General Partner at Safer Made, previously involved in venture investments and corporate finance. He holds degrees from Yale and INSEAD and lives near New Haven, Connecticut.

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Career

  1. ABN AMRO Securities
  2. The Hartford
  3. Diageo Guinness USA
  4. Eli Lilly
  5. Launch Capital
  6. FE Clean Energy Group
  7. Connecticut Innovations · senior associate
  8. Elm Street Ventures · Principal
    2012-null
  9. Safer Made · General Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

AxioMx, Inc.Solais LightingSustainable Real Estate SolutionsThetis PharmaceuticalsHistoRxOxford Performance MaterialsBiorelixQueraltGrey Wall SoftwareStone Creek EntertainmentPrecipio Diagnostics

Focus

venture investmentscorporate financeinvestment banking

Education

Yale, master of environmental managementINSEAD, France, MBAINSEAD, MBAYale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Master of Environmental Management

Also at Safer Made

Marty Mulvihill
Marty MulvihillGeneral Partner

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Who is Adrian Horotan?

Adrian Horotan is a General Partner at Safer Made, previously involved in venture investments and corporate finance. He holds degrees from Yale and INSEAD and lives near New Haven, Connecticut.

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What did Adrian Horotan do before Safer Made?

ABN AMRO Securities; The Hartford; Diageo Guinness USA; Eli Lilly; Launch Capital; FE Clean Energy Group; senior associate at Connecticut Innovations; Principal at Elm Street Ventures.

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