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Neil Cohen

Neil Cohen

Founder & Chairman atEmerald Development ManagersNew York
LinkedIn Emerald Development Managers websiteFirm profile

Neil Cohen founded Cohen & Company, LLC in 1994, now Emerald Development Managers LP. He co-founded American Rock Salt Company LLC and holds advisory roles at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University.

What Neil can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ALead preference not reported
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Career

  1. Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. · investment banker
    1986-1992
  2. AmBase Corporation · Executive VP, CFO, and board member
    1992-1994
  3. Cohen & Company, LLC · Founder
    1994
  4. Emerald Development Managers LP · Founder and Chairman
    Now
  5. American Rock Salt Company LLC · Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Member of the Executive Committee
  6. American Rock Salt Company LLC · Co-Founder, Co-CEO
  7. Cohen & Company, LLC
  8. Emerald Development Managers · Founder and Chairman
    Now

Companies founded

Emerald Development Managers LPCohen & Company, LLCAmerican Rock Salt Company LLCAmerican Rock SaltEmerald Development Managers

Investments named in public bios

Babson Diagnostics, Inc.Proscia Inc.LifeSprout Inc.WATT Fuel Cell CorporationTBT Pharma Inc.Sustained Nano Systems, LLCTorigen Pharmaceuticals Inc.ProsciaTBT PharmaSustained Nano SystemsLifeSproutWATT Fuel Cell

Focus

investment managementreal estatefinancial serviceshealthcaretechnologylife sciences

Education

MIT Sloan School of Management, MS in ManagementThe Johns Hopkins University, Bachelor of Engineering Sciences in Mathematical Sciences

Also at Emerald Development Managers

Charles Collins
Charles CollinsPartner
Cy Schroeder
Cy SchroederPrincipal
Ian Tolfree, PhD
Ian Tolfree, PhDPrincipal
Beckie Cohen
Beckie CohenAssociate
Youssef Kheiralla
Youssef KheirallaAssociate

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John NordinGeneral Partner, Analog Ventures
Alex Katz
Alex KatzPartner, ff Venture Capital
Cat MiddletonGeneral Partner, The Venture Collective
Alex Demeulenaere
Alex DemeulenaereManaging Director, Zero Infinity Partners

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Questions

Who is Neil Cohen?

Neil Cohen founded Cohen & Company, LLC in 1994, now Emerald Development Managers LP. He co-founded American Rock Salt Company LLC and holds advisory roles at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University.

How much does Neil Cohen invest?

Emerald Development Managers has not reported a check size. It invests at pre-seed, seed, series a.

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What did Neil Cohen do before Emerald Development Managers?

investment banker at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.; Executive VP, CFO, and board member at AmBase Corporation; Founder at Cohen & Company, LLC; Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Member of the Executive Committee at American Rock Salt Company LLC; Co-Founder, Co-CEO at American Rock Salt Company LLC; Cohen & Company, LLC.

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