About Ariel Jaduszliwer

For nearly a dozen years, Ariel has been Managing Partner at Brainstorm Ventures, a generalist venture capital firm that invests at the earliest stages in some of the most exciting tech startups in the Americas.  Past and present unicorns include OpenTable, Zappos, KIO Networks and Turing.  Ariel serves on the board of Defy Ventures, a nonprofit that provides entrepreneurship training to incarcerated people. Ariel is a Kauffman Fellow and has been a Mentor to three more recent Fellows. Ariel also serves as Mentor for Techstars Miami, Unreasonable Mexico, and SomosVC.  Ariel is the co-owner of Palau Moxó, an 18th century palace in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter.

Ariel began his career as an investor at Pacific Community Ventures, one of the pioneering growth equity impact investment firms, and has served on the boards of several of its portfolio companies.  Previously, he worked as a consultant at the Bridgespan Group, an affiliate of Bain & Company. He advised clients, such as the Gates Foundation and Hispanic Scholarship Fund, on their investment and growth strategies. Ariel briefly led the United Nations Development Programme’s Growing Sustainable Business Initiative in Venezuela. Prior to business school, Ariel worked in various capacities at Intel Corporation. Ariel received his MBA from Wharton and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering from UC Berkeley and Georgia Tech, respectively. Ariel is a native Spanish speaker and New Yorker.