John Volquez is a Partner at Drive Capital. He previously worked in banking on Wall Street and served as a writing teacher and board member in Asheville.
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Send your deckJohn Volquez is a Partner at Drive Capital. He previously worked in banking on Wall Street and served as a writing teacher and board member in Asheville.
John Volquez invests through Drive Capital, which writes checks of $500K to $30M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
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board member at Hanger Hall School; banking job at Wall Street.
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