Nat Turner

Nat Turner

General Partner atOperator PartnersNew York

Nat Turner is CEO of Collectors, a collectibles industry company, and previously co-founded and led Flatiron Health and Invite Media. He is an active angel investor in over 250 startups.

What Nat can write

Writes checks of$250K to $1M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BMostly follows a lead
Best routeA short note on LinkedInA warm intro from a founder they backed works better.

Operator Partners writes $250K to $1M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.

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

Career

  1. Invite Media · co-founder and CEO
    before 2010
  2. Flatiron Health · co-founder and CEO
    before 2018
  3. Collectors · CEO
  4. Operator Partners · General Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Flatiron HealthInvite Media

Investments named in public bios

BarkBoxCedarClover HealthColor GenomicsHeadwayImagenImmutaOscarPhiloPlaidRampWorkriseViseZipline

Focus

collectiblesoncologyadvertising technologyangel investing

Education

The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

Also at Operator Partners

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Questions

Who is Nat Turner?

Nat Turner is CEO of Collectors, a collectibles industry company, and previously co-founded and led Flatiron Health and Invite Media. He is an active angel investor in over 250 startups.

How much does Nat Turner invest?

Nat Turner invests through Operator Partners, which writes checks of $250K to $1M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Nat Turner?

A warm intro from a founder Operator Partners backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Nat Turner do before Operator Partners?

co-founder and CEO at Invite Media; co-founder and CEO at Flatiron Health; CEO at Collectors.

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