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Conor Hayward

Conor Hayward

Investment Team, Strategic Initiatives·Upfront Ventures

Bio

Professional summary

Conor Hayward is an investor at Upfront Ventures focused on strategic investment opportunities, including SPVs, secondaries and growth investments. He also works on portfolio construction and capital allocation across Upfront's investment vehicles. Earlier at Upfront, he worked on the finance team supporting portfolio valuations, fund modeling and financial operations, and before that worked in investment banking and venture capital.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Upfront VenturesInvestment Team, Strategic InitiativesPresent
  • Upfront VenturesFinance Team
  • UndisclosedInvestment Banking and Venture Capital

Education

  • The George Washington UniversityB.S. Finance; B.S. Economics; minor in Computer Science

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