Adam Quinton

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Adam is Founder/CEO of Lucas Point Ventures and an active investor in and advisor to early stage companies. Previously he was a top ranked sell side investment analyst in the UK, Asia and the US. Adam’s current investments include The Muse, Rapt Media,Glassbreakers, VenueBook, Hire an Esquire, Pinks and Greens,Validately and Snaps. In the first half of 2014 he served as Chief Financial Officer of NYC based cybersecurity company NopSec, another of his investees. In addition in 2014 he was named one of the 25 Angel Investors you need to know in New York by AlleyWatch as well as one of 100 Tech Influencers You Need to Know. In 2015 he was featured in Tech.co as “One of 8 VCs Making Waves“. He serves on the Board of Pinks and Greens and an Advisor to Hire an Esquire, Tactile Finance and San Francisco based SwoopTalent. He is on the Executive Advisory Board of techweek. Adam is and member of and/or advisor to several angel groups including 37 Angels and Astia Angel where he is a founding Angel and chairs the Astia East Coast Advisory Board. He is an Mentor for Boulder based accelerator program MergeLane and an Advisor to San Francisco based Women’s Startup Lab as well as the Vinetta Project. In the not for profit space he is Board member at International House New York and a member of their Executive Committee. He is also a Board member at the Center for Talent Innovation. Adam is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs where he is a Capstone workshop advisor and member of the Management Faculty. He holds a BA and MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and an MBA from Cass Business School, London.