Kevin Colas
Managing General Partner at INNOVIT - Italian Innovation and Culture Hub
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Colas is a seasoned investment and strategy professional with 25+ years of experience building and steering public and private portfolios, now leading DeepTech-focused Snatched Ventures and founding the Empire Angel Collective to back sustainable, consumer-facing innovations. He combines CIO-grade multi-asset portfolio management with hands-on venture partnering—sourcing deals, driving commercial growth, recruiting, and fundraising—across transport, energy, food, fashion, precision medicine and retail. Kevin applies a disciplined "4Fs" underwriting framework (revenue, gross margin, revenue-to-capex, cash conversion) to ensure startups scale profitably and endure cycles, a nuance that reflects his practitioner approach to venture underwriting. His background spans strategy consulting, sales analytics, and M&A across global markets, and he’s active as an advisor and mentor linking US, European and African ecosystems. Academically grounded with advanced finance and business degrees and data analytics certificates, he blends quantitative rigor with a taste for category-defining, mission-driven companies.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Certificate, Data Analysis, Professional Certificate, Data Analysis at University of California, BerkeleyMBA Electives, Venture Capital & Investment Banking, MBA Electives, Venture Capital & Investment Banking at Boston College Carroll School of ManagementMaster's Degree, MPhil in Banking & Finance, Master's Degree, MPhil in Banking & Finance at Université Paul CézanneBS & BA, Economics and English (respectively), BS & BA, Economics and English (respectively) at Université Pierre Mendès-France (Grenoble II)Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Finance, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Finance at Université Paris Dauphine - PSLProfessional Certificate, Big Data and Social Analytics, Professional Certificate, Big Data and Social Analytics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Global Business Administration, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Global Business Administration at Hult International Business SchoolMaster's Degree, MS in Management, Master's Degree, MS in Management at SKEMA Business School
English, French, Spanish, Italian, PortugueseGithub contributions (1)
ColasKev/MIT-Big-Data---Social-Analytics-2016
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:68 commits, 66 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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