Hannah Duffy

“Chief of Staff at the Kufel Group with a strong operator + investment/portfolio orientation, leading OKR rollout, real-time portfolio reporting, and AI workflow adoption in parallel. Built AI-enabled executive productivity systems (meeting transcription/summaries, prep briefs, scheduling optimization) and measured impact via an Executive Effectiveness Dashboard, citing a 40% drop in urgent escalations and 13% portfolio performance improvement.”

“Investor/sourcer from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital focused on vertical SaaS, with a structured system for high-volume founder outreach (30–50/week) and thesis-driven messaging. Has originated cold outbound conversations (e.g., Elevate, Rockbot) and owned end-to-end diligence work including SaaS metric analysis, operating model building, and internal decision memos/partner updates.”

“MBA-trained operator-investor who interned in venture capital at Marquee Ventures while also founding GoodBites Brisket Jerky. Brings a rare combination of startup evaluation experience and true zero-to-one execution, having built outbound sales, sourced manufacturers, created a website with Claude Code, and run day-to-day operations for a specialty food brand.”

Grant Ge

Screened

Mid-level Venture Capital Investor specializing in deep tech, climate tech, and industrial AI

Houston, TX6y exp

“Investor/VC-style operator focused on proactive founder sourcing and early-stage evaluation, leveraging ecosystem relationships, events, and thesis-driven research in industrial/energy domains. Has concrete examples of advancing industrial digitalization and industrial sensing opportunities, and of nurturing a cold outreach into an active pipeline by helping founders validate markets and pivot a modular battery/BMS concept toward an RV trailer use case.”