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Allison Barr Allen

Allison Barr Allen

Investor atOperator CollectiveMill Valley, California
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Allison Barr Allen is an investor at Operator Collective focused on early-stage startups. She previously led Global Product Operations at Uber and co-founded a payments startup.

What Allison can write

Writes checks of$500K to $3M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Operator Collective writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Operator Collective.

Career

  1. Uber · Head of Global Product Operations for the Money Team
    2014-
  2. Trail Run Capital · Angel Investor
  3. Operator Collective · Investor
    Now
  4. Uber · Operations and Logistics Manager
    2014-2016
  5. Uber · Product Operations Lead - Money Team
    2016-2018
  6. Uber · Head of Global Product Operations - Money Team
    2018-2019
  7. Operator Collective · LP
    Now
  8. Fast · COO
    2019-Present

Companies founded

Trail Run CapitalFast

Investments named in public bios

MercuryHexEsusu

Focus

early-stage startupsfintechsaasb2bearly-stageseed

Education

Northwestern University, Bachelor of Science

Also at Operator Collective

Mallun Yen
Mallun YenFounder & Managing Partner
Dana Marohn Spiliotis
Dana Marohn SpiliotisPartner
Haley Brannan
Haley BrannanPartner

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Questions

Who is Allison Barr Allen?

Allison Barr Allen is an investor at Operator Collective focused on early-stage startups. She previously led Global Product Operations at Uber and co-founded a payments startup.

How much does Allison Barr Allen invest?

Allison Barr Allen invests through Operator Collective, which writes checks of $500K to $3M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Allison Barr Allen?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Allison in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Operator Collective backed works better.

What did Allison Barr Allen do before Operator Collective?

Head of Global Product Operations for the Money Team at Uber; Angel Investor at Trail Run Capital; Operations and Logistics Manager at Uber; Product Operations Lead - Money Team at Uber; Head of Global Product Operations - Money Team at Uber; COO at Fast.

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