Andrew Nealon

Andrew Nealon

Partner & CTO atSocial StartsNew York City

Andrew Nealon has managed technology development in New York City for over a decade. He founded Insert Culture and currently serves as CTO and Partner at Joyance Partners.

What Andrew can write

Writes checks of$25K to $500K
Comes in atSeries AMostly follows a lead
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Social Starts writes $25K to $500K checks, larger than 1% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Insert Culture · principal of operations
  2. Joyance Partners · CTO and Partner
  3. Social Starts · Partner & CTO
    Now

Companies founded

Insert Culture

Focus

technology developmentdata analysis

Education

The New School, MS in Media Management and TheoryOregon State University, BA in Speech and Rhetoric

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Questions

Who is Andrew Nealon?

Andrew Nealon has managed technology development in New York City for over a decade. He founded Insert Culture and currently serves as CTO and Partner at Joyance Partners.

How much does Andrew Nealon invest?

Andrew Nealon invests through Social Starts, which writes checks of $25K to $500K at series a.

How do I pitch Andrew Nealon?

A warm intro from a founder Social Starts backed works best.

What did Andrew Nealon do before Social Starts?

principal of operations at Insert Culture; CTO and Partner at Joyance Partners.

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